CoP Meeting Summary- Jan 2005

Here’s a brief summary of our last CoP meeting…

Discussion Points

1. Project/dept updates: Representatives from Science, Education, Nursing, and Agricultural Sciences gave short updates on e-portfolio activities in their departments.

2. Interesting conversation of how to introduce folio thinking to larger classes. How to encourage students to reflect on their learning & make connections between their courses. One point made was that there is a definite benefit to continuing with the same software from year to year. By doing this, students don’t have to engage so much in learning new technology from year to year.

3. Sample e-Portfolios: Everyone agreed that sample e-portfolios should be available on the website. Many students in the pilots are eager to see example e-portfolios when embarking on their own. Members also suggested that we include examples of reflections. Kele & Alison will take the lead on assembling examples and will poll the community for input & feedback.

4. iWebfolio demo: A few members shared their thoughts on the iWebfolio demo that was held on Jan 19th. Scott Johnson from Nuventive travelled to UBC to demo iWebfolio 3.0, their latest version. This was not a live demo & consisted of a series of screen shots and a teleconference with Dave Choban, Nuventive’s CIO. A live demo should be available in late March. Initial reaction was very positive and many felt that Nuventive had indeed listened to feedback from it’s users. One huge improvement is the ability for users to choose themes and navigation schemes for presentation.

5. K-12 e-Portfolio Initiatives: Kele reported on a couple of meetings she attended with BCcampus & school district representatives on the potential to bridge portfolios from K-12 to higher ed. See seperate summaries of these 2 meetings in separate blog postings in “Community” area.

6. Upcoming events: see a list of the internal & external events in the attached agenda.