TLT Talk: Technology for Reflection & Knowledge Building

Our very own Marion Porath (Educ) will be leading one of our upcoming Teaching & Learning with Technology (TLT) Series talks. Some of you may be familiar with Marion’s great work on reflection & e-portfolios with her Master’s of Education students. If you’re not, this is your chance to hear all about it.

Here are the details…

Dear colleagues,

Please join us on November 28, 2005, for the second Teaching and Learning with Technology Seminar Series talk of the 2005-06 Academic Year. Dr. Marion Porath, a Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, will share with us her work related “Technology for Reflection and Knowledge Building”.

Our thanks to the Faculty of Education (CMS) for hosting this talk.

Registration is limited, so please sign up early at:
http://www.tag.ubc.ca/programs/series-detail.php?series_id=167

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Details:
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Title: Technology for Reflection and Knowledge Building
Facilitator: Marion Porath, Professor, Department of Educational and
Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, UBC
Date & Time: November 28th, 2005, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Scarfe 310, hosted by the Faculty of Education (CMS)

Description:
How can an e-portfolio tool support reflection and integration of knowledge? What are the pedagogical implications of using such a tool? This talk will describe how the KEEP Toolkit was used to support M.Ed. students to characterize and integrate learning over the course of their graduate study.

About Marion Porath:
Marion is a Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education. Her background includes elementary teaching and graduate work that integrated special education and cognitive developmental psychology. Marion also has strong interests in problem-based learning and documentation and representations of learning.