Student ePortfolio projects

The Centre for Digitally Enhanced Learning - ePortfolio projects


The Centre for Digitally Enhanced Learning (CDEL) at Newport University have begun piloting student led ePortfolio workshops for students. This pilot ePortfolio provision has been developed in recognition of the need for all students to fully engage in creating and managing their own ePortfolios and the personal and professional opportunities this encapsulates; students can begin to create a professional image now and promote themselves to prospective employers by creating and managing their own personal brand.


The ePortfolio is a powerful tool that can inspire students. It encapsulates the ‘New Basic Skills’ required of students today; multi-literacy, creativity, communication/IT, lifelong learning, adaption and change, environmental responsibility. Students being able to market themselves to lots of different cultures, businesses and industries is one of the most effective ways they can create a stable professional and financial future for themselves, as they’ll demonstrate a wide range of abilities through a diverse portfolio.

Initially, CDEL ran two large workshop sessions for student mentors and feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. The workshops are a combination of theory (e.g. personal branding and what to include) and practice. The sessions have had a great impact on the students as they have come away from the day with their ePortfolios already created and live on the web. They have also gained practical skills and confidence in website creation and maintenance as well as starting to think about their future employability. 


As an outcome of this pilot stage of the project, staff from CDEL presented one of their 'hands-on' workshops at the recent ALDinHE conference. Delegates were taught how to create an ePortfolio with Google Sites and all attendees left with a live portfolio. CDEL received excellent feedback from this session and plan to attend the conference again next year. 


Building on the success of the ePortfolio pilots, CDEL are progressing an institutional ePortfolio system for integration within the University's VLE.  This will enable students to export their developments to their own website after they have graduated.

CELT Awards: New Award Added

As you know you the deadline is looming for the CELT Awards.  The categories for self nomination are: 

                     

• Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
• CELT Rising Star Awards
• CELT Learning Support Awards
• Deputy Vice Chancellor’s (Academic) Enterprise Educator Award

Following the success of the Deputy Vice Chancellor’s (Learning Support) Awards for The Student Experience (Student Experience Staff Awards), for which over 450 nominations were received we are piloting a new award this year called the CELT Award (The Colleagues Award).

This award is an opportunity for colleagues around the University to show their appreciation to others.    Nominations are open for all academic and corporate staff to nominate another member of staff.  

The 4 most original nominations will win £50 of CELT vouchers for each nominee and £25 of CELT vouchers for the nominator.  CELT Vouchers can be exchanged for services within the University, e.g. car parking, food, drink, etc.

I nominate __________________for a Colleagues Award for ………………(max 10 words)  because …………………………………………………….. (max 100 words).

Examples (merely suggestions):-

·         for being a great listener

·         as an excellent team worker

·         for being a creative problem solver

·         for being a "breathe of fresh air"

Criteria

1.     Originality of title

2.     Reason for nomination

Click here to make your nomination .  Closing date is June 6th.   Winners will be announced at the CELT Awards on June 11th.

CELT: Conference and Awards

The CELT Conference and Awards are being held on Monday 12th June.

The conference will be held at City Campus in the morning and Caerleon Campus in the afternoon, with the awards to follow.

For more information view the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzFKhLwVbs&hd=1  or book here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3168169079

HEA: The Teaching Development Grants for 2012-13

The Teaching Development Grants for 2012-13

Higher Education Academy teaching development grants are a core part of the HEA's work to build up an evidence base for the sector around what works in learning and teaching. Through the practice that they develop and model, they encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for discipline-wide and sector-wide impact. 

Grants are awarded through a bidding process to individuals, academic departments and collaborative teams within higher education institutions that subscribe to the HEA. 

The substantive thematic call areas for 2012-13 will be assessment and feedback and flexible learning. In order to encourage innovative applications we will also allocate 25% of the funds to an open call for learning and teaching development.

The Individual call will open on the 18 May 2012 with a closing date for submissions on the 17 June 2012, with ring fenced funds for fellows and new academic staff.

The departmental call will open on the 28 August 2012 with a closing date for applications on the 30 September 2012.

The collaborative call will open on the 7 January 2013 with a closing date for applications on the 3 March 2013.

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/tdg

HEA: Event

Student Engagement with International Curriculum Development, 19 October 2012, Cardiff Metropolitan University

This seminar will focus on a student centred project carried out at Cardiff Metropolitan University and will cover the student involvement in international curriculum design, how their recommendations were put into practice and the conclusions drawn from experience.

HEA: Event

Different languages, one voice: The international students’ voice in internationalising the curriculum, 11 July 2012, University of Glamorgan

The aim of the seminar is to share the findings from our internationalisation project lead by our international students. The seminar will share issues and good practice identified by our student groups’ research.

HEA Annual Conference, 3-4 July 2012, University of Manchester

The title for the 8th Annual Conference of the HEA is “Great Expectations – are you ready?” Higher education is undergoing transformational change throughout the UK and although policies may be diverging amongst the four nations, the principle of students being central is shared. Their expectations of their course, institution and learning experience are rising. Staff and Institutions have their own aims and expectations too. In the year of the London Olympics where competitors have expectations of winning and are preparing to be ready for the challenge we apply the theme to the higher education sector and explore its implications for 2012. There are three main strands: Student expectations and the learning experience; Supporting staff to deliver student learning experiences of a lifetime; Institutional adaptability.