As anyone who has a teenager will attest, putting a first time learner in the driver’s seat of a car is a scary proposition.  Edition 18 of The Knowledge Tree looks at how web 2.0 technologies, particularly e-portfolios and point of view (POV) technologies, are allowing learners to ‘take the wheel’ in the learning process.

Highlights:

Lead article, The world of e-portfolios (lead article) by Allison Miller, E-portfolios Business Manager at the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, writes that as we move further into the digital age, e-portfolios are beginning to play a key role in RPL (recognition of prior learning). In this article she also provides an international perspective on the use of e-portfolios for RPL.

Allison will be available for a live conversation on Monday 10 August from 12.30 – 1.30pm AEST as part of the Framework’s e-Gems 09 series of web conferencing sessions.

Article, Dis-integrating e-portfolios by Stephen Downes writes about the evolution of e-portfolios and the need to ensure they don’t become just another box for learners to tick in order to gain their qualifications.

Co-written article using wiki, Sci-fi learning - The power of POV by Vicki Marchant, Leigh Blackall and Simon Brown provide how point of view technologies, such as camera glasses and video cameras, can enhance an e-portfolio by quickly and easily capturing live evidence in the workplace.

Interviews include using e-portfolios for RPL, predicting a future where e-portfolios are increasingly linked to community networking applications such as Facebook, and blurring the lines between social and educational environments by Mark Hunwicks, Meaghan Botteril and Glenn Searle.

Hope you enjoy Edition 18, Putting the learner in the driver’s seat! Edition 19 will be published on 13 October 2009.

The Knowledge Tree editorial team

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