> On the back of the recent initiative by my colleague Jane Edwards who
> is offering space on our new second life island, I was thinking of how
> I could assist West Mid’s based HE + HE in FE educators a similar kind
> of service.  What struck me was a gap in providing safe and reliable
> spaces for you to try out eportfolios.

> What I had in mind was  to set up working version of some current
> eportfolio products, e.g., elgg, Mahara, Evernote, wordpress, etc. And
> I could also approach some of the commercial vendors (iwebfolio,
> pebblepad, efolio, etc) to give me some free trial accounts I could
> pass on.

> Therefore if you were thinking of piloting an eportfolio for personal
> development planning, reflective practice, foundation degrees, NVQ’s,
> etc ,etc, then you could try one or more for free using our range of
> eportfolios we will set up.  Then if you like it, you implement it
> within your own organisation – with our help of course.  So you could
> trial one, or a number together simultaneously.  We could even install
> some of the more simpler VLE integrated eportfolio solutions on our
> Moodle (like the Solihull eportfolio block) for you to experiment
> with?  And for those who have Moodle VLE, you could see how Moodle +
> Mahara integrates into 1 seamless elearning platform, by experimenting
> with a Mahoodle platform.

> Before I proceed, I’d like to gauge the level of enthusiasm and
> interest for such a project.   Or if you have a similar idea that you
> think I could “fund” for the benefit of the whole West Mids community,
> please let me know ASAP.

> Regards..

> Kevin Brace.  CMALT, MSc, Ieng, PDF-ELT
> HE Co-ordinator.
> JISC Regional Support Centre West Midlands, University of
> Wolverhampton,
> Technology Centre, Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive,
> Wolverhampton WV10 9RU

> T: +44 (0)1902 518931
> F: +44 (0)1902 824345
> E: k.br...@wlv.ac.uk
> Skype: kev.brace

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