[Oz-teachers] eportfolio assistance needed please

[Chris Betcher]

It's still just early days with Mahara, so we are sort of just seeing what
we can do with it at the moment.  Mainly, we like the fact that there is a
Mahara Assesment type in Moodle, so teachers can set assessable items in
Moodle to which a student-created Mahara view is the response.  The
Moodle-Mahara synergy then manages all the usual workflow between student
and teacher, adding results to the gradebook, sending notifications back to
students, etc.

Our English teachers in particular like the possibility of using Mahara as a
container for rich responses to assessment items that can still be tracked
through Moodle.  We have been going into the English classes one by one and
teaching the kids how best to use it.  They've picked it up very quickly.

Chris

On 12 May 2010 07:37, DEAN Rohan <rdean6 at eq.edu.au> wrote:

>  Hi Chris
>
> What learning framework do you use? What guidance do you give students? Is
> this a showcase or do students reflect on their learning? Is this part of an
> inquiry cycle where students determine what they are going to learn, how
> they are going to learn it and then present evidence of their learning…..
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> Kind regards
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> *From:* oz-teachers-bounces at rite.ed.qut.edu.au [mailto:
> oz-teachers-bounces at rite.ed.qut.edu.au] *On Behalf Of *Chris Betcher
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 May 2010 3:21 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Oz-teachers] eportfolio assistance needed please
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> 1. We run Mahara.  It's fairly new, so we are still rolling it out to
> students and getting them up to speed with how to use it, but it looks
> really good.  It itegrates directly into Moodle, which is perfect for us.
>
> 2. Mahara allows students to create "views" of various pieces of work,
> which they then expose to whatever audience they wish.  This includes not
> just teachers, other students and friends, but also the open web if they
> wish (therefore potential employers, further education, etc).  They can
> choose what they share, and set timeframes around how long they share it.
> Our intention is to leave their "portal" open after they leave our school.
>
> 3.  No.  Mahara treats the ePortfolio as a student-owned space.  It would
> be up to the student to include these other things.
>
> 4.  No, we don't do that.  I can't see why you'd want to actually replace
> an earlier piece of work.  I would have thought that the benefit of an
> ePortfolio was to see improvement over time, so deleting or overwriting old
> work would be counterintuitive.
>
> Chris
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>  On 11 May 2010 12:45, van Os, T <tvanos at joeys.org> wrote:
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> Dear all
>
> I am aware of Helen Barrett's material on eportfolios but was wondering
> what technologies / ways are schools using for student portfolios.
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> Also QUT apparently have a great one - does anyone know it and can it be
> adapted to Secondary school (who are the suppliers)?
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>
> A few questions surrounding eportfolios
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> 1. What system/ software do you use.?
>
> 2.Can the information be exported out of the system so that the students
> can "take" the information with them - for scholarships, grants, vocational
> entrance evidence
>
> 3. Do teachers also contribute ot the folios - ie when a student gets an
> award, grades etc
>
> 4. Lane Clark suggested the idea of versioning examplars ie - if a
> student writes a brilliant piece in year 8 he or she may submit it to their
> portfolio labelling it narrative2.0 (replacing the one they put up in year 7
> perhaps) . version narrative 3.0 may not happen until year 10 or 11..etc
> Does anyone else follow this model?
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>
> thanks in anticipation
>
> cheers
>
> Thea
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