Building an ePortfolio using Web 2.0 TechnologiesMatthew MobbsStudent Support and Development Servicehttp://tinyurl.com/mmobbsePortfolio Project in collaboration with Biological Scienecs at University of Leicester
A project designed to find the best tools available to create a free ePortfolio available beyond graduationTaught to 180 Biological Sciences  students, from September for a PDP moduleObjectives: What content had to be included in an ePortfolio
How to manage the contentOutput: Built 3 exemplar ePortfolios and project wiki (http://pleuol.wetpaint.com)
ePortfoliosCollectionProgressionReflection
Web 2.0Presence (Micro-blogging)PLEWikisBlogsRSSWeb AlbumsSocial Bookmarking
Managing ePortfolio contentePortfolioWeb  Services and AccountsPersonalised Learning Environment
Chosen ToolsePortfolioWeb  Services and AccountsPersonalised Learning Environment
Web ServicesUsed to collate PDP evidenceSocial BookmarkingPresence (Micro-blogging)http://delicious.com/http://twitter.com/
TwitterPresence (Micro-blogging)What I’m doing now
Share ideas
Get responses from a community www.twitter.com
del.icio.usSave your favourite web content
Group them with a personal ‘tagging’ system
Share with othersSocial Bookmarkingwww.del.icio.us.comOn the course students were asked to tag content using similar tags:UoLBS1001-08 Molecular Biochemistry
UoLBS1002-08 Macromolecules In Action
UoLBS1003-08 Cell And Developmental Biology
UoLBS1012-08 Animal & Plant Diversity
UoLBS1005-08 Genesdel.icio.usSocial BookmarkingNumber of siteswww.del.icio.us.comUsers in NetworkOn the course students were asked to tag content using similar tags:UoLBS1001-08 Molecular Biochemistry
UoLBS1002-08 Macromolecules In Action
UoLBS1003-08 Cell And Developmental Biology
UoLBS1012-08 Animal & Plant Diversity
UoLBS1005-08 GenesWeb ServicesUsed to collate PDP evidenceSocial BookmarkingPresence (Micro-blogging)http://delicious.com/http://twitter.com/
Example ePortfoliosDeveloped ePortfoios in three environmentsCreated a 1st Year Biological Science Student,  Joanna Hughes Pebble PadBlog Based – WordPressWiki – WetpaintJoanna Hughes

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