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Using the MOSEP Wiki to resource an ePortfolio course
The MOSEP Wiki can help you to design and resource any course that you might want to create on the subject of ePortfolios.

As a Teacher/trainer, once you have decided on what it is that you want to introduce, in terms of a particular topic, you will probably go through a common process:


 * you will search for/identfy teaching resources that you already have or that are available to you
 * you will decide on and selected what is fit/appropriate for your purpose
 * you will structure/group/organise the resources into a sequence appropriate for your learner and chosen delivery method
 * you will then create/add any specific content that you need
 * you will then packaged it up ready for delivery

This section contains copies of activities that have been selected from the MOSEP Wiki by a Teacher/Trainer to use to teachers who have no experience of working with ePortfolios. The content has been copied from the Wiki and assembled into the order that the activities are to be used or delivered. The materials, in this example, have been selected and assembled to support face to face delivery.

(might be useful for Trainers designing a course [LINK] TO KeyPal Resources )

Social Software
A growing number of youngsters are using social software to socialise, share information about themselves, what they like, dislike, their favourite music groups, photos or internet site or engage into various activities (chat, games, etc.). Wikipedia definition of social software

Digital Identity
The Wikipedia definition of digital identity

With the increased level of online activities and the trails left on the Internet during these activities (blogs, web pages, comments, transactions, chats, etc.) we see emerging the notion of "digital identity." Understanding the role played by technologies in the construction of one's identity, being able to control and develop one's digital identity will be critical for insuring privacy and fully exploiting one's potential to find a job, for career development, build partnerships, participate in online communities, etc.

A social networking site is an online place where a user can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to other users. In the past five years, such sites have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users. More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of teenagers conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

The survey also finds that older teens, particularly girls, are more likely to use these sites. For girls, social networking sites are primarily places to reinforce pre-existing friendships; for boys, the networks also provide opportunities for flirting and making new friends.

Pew Internet Report Jan 2007

=Introduction to ePortfolios =

{{ Discussion |what is an ePortfolio? {5 mins)


 * Demonstration - a Teacher's ePortfolio

Discussion }}
 * ePortfolios as purposeful collections of digital artefact
 *  Read Pages 3 to 7 from the KeyPal UserGuide
 * Think about what you saw when you looked at the student's ePortfolios at the beginining of this training session
 * what pressures are on schools to encourage them to introduce ePortfolios? - the ePortfolio drivers LINK IN PPT diagram

=ePortfolio Content and Authoring Options [ minutes]= --

= Getting Started with an ePortfolio -  [ minutes]= -

= Blogging= -

= Engaging Learners in the ePortfolio Process= -

=Integrating ePortfolios into the curriculum= -

=End of Module Action Plan = -

= Extension Activities= -

= ePortfolios evidencing Competency - [ minutes]= -