‘Researching and Evaluating Personal Development Planning and e-Portfolio.’

Hosted by The Centre for Recording Achievement, An Associate Partner of the Higher Education Academy (UK) in association with: The Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research; The National Action Research Network (NARN) and The Scottish PDP Forum.

Electronic portfolios are a rapidly developing global phenomenon.  In the UK, many Higher Education Institutions have chosen to use e-portfolio systems to support the implementation of Personal Development Planning (PDP). PDP supports students in recording and reviewing achievements, reflecting and planning for personal, educational and career development. This approach is highly congruent with other initiatives across the world, such as the AeP project in Australia, the work of SURF in the Netherlands and the recently-formed Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) in the US. These initiatives use e-portfolio tools to promote self-regulated, personalised or integrative learning, to align assessment with learning and to support transitions.
A recurring theme has been the need for robust evaluation and research evidence to inform decisions about effective e-Portfolio and PDP practices.
Key seminar themes are:

1. Tutoring, mentoring, coaching for e-portfolio and PDP practice.
2. The development of identity and autonomy (inc. self-regulation/personalised learning).
3. Engagement: student, staff and community perspectives (inc. staff/ professional development, employability).
4. Supporting integrative and reflective learning (inc. co/extra-curricular learning, assessment and feedback, work-based/service learning).
5. Institutional change (inc. scaling up, achieving institutional transformation, drivers such as retention, progression, inclusion, achievement).
6. Researching e-portfolios and personal development planning: tools, methods, approaches.
   

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