NEWS & FEATURES
Resources for Featured Speakers at the 2012 Annual Conference
We added a link to the AAEEBL YouTube video site where you can find videos of featured speakers for the 2012 Annual ePortfolio Conference. Also added were two articles contributed by Peter Elbow who will be offering a workshop on Monday morning, July 16 on Technology, Writing and Spoken Language. You will find links to these resources at our Featured Speakers' page. (5/17/12)
2012 Annual ePortfolio Research Survey -- A Call for Your Response
AAEEBL's Research Committee has issued its 2012 survey. The survey is open from May 9 through June 22, and the results of the survey will be analyzed and presented at AAEEBL's Annual Conference in Boston this July. Read more. (5/10/12)
2012 Annual Conference Program Available
We have posted program for the 2012 AAEEBL ePortfolio Annual Conference. We want to make it available to our visitors and members now without delay, but we will be polishing this up a bit with some formatting. Meanwhile, it will give you a great overview of the terrific sessions that will be featured at our 2012 Boston Annual Conference: ePortfolios as a Catalyst for Connections: Celebrating the Curious, Creative and Capable Learner.
Register now for the
2012 Annual Conference, or to gain the benefit of a generous member discount,
join AAEEBL prior to registration. AAEEBL member institutions are granted up to three $200 discounts on registration at the registration site for this conference. (5/2/12)
One Dozen Reasons Why to Attend AAEEBL's First-Ever K-12 ePortfolio Institute
Check out our list of
reasons why the AAEEBL K-12 Institute: Connecting with ePortfolios is an important add to your July schedule! Plan now to attend and learn from an in-depth case study and from renowned K-12 eportfolio leaders. You can see what's planned by visiting the
conference landing page and the viewing the
program page. Register now! (5/1/12)
College President Bassis and Trent Batson on ePortfolios
Westminster College President Michael Bassis created his own eportfolio and is quoted as saying that he was hard-pressed “to identify an activity that has more educational value than building an e-portfolio the way it’s being done at Westminster.” Read more in the Inside Higher Ed feature story.
Out of Practice ePortfolio-Keeping Group
Work with eportfolios? Do you have your own eportfolio? Check out the group for eportfolio practitioners to join in order to practice what they preach and create then keep their own eportfolios, Out of Practice. Read more. (3/28/12)
ePIC 2012-- 10th International ePortfolio and Identity Conference
Join ePIC, July 9-11 in London
for the 10th anniversary of the international ePortfolio & Identity Conference and 2nd ePortfolio World Summit. Our friends in ePIC have been leading forums that connect practitioners, researchers, technologists and policy makers as they explore eportfolio and identity practices and technologies. For more information, visit the
ePIC Web site. (5/8/12)
Learn more about
How Digital Technologies Reshape Identity Construction in the 21st Century -- a book project associated with the ePIC Conference. (5/17/12)
ePortfolio Australia 2012 Conference to be held in Sydney
This conference in Oz, September 27-28, is a premier event with a strong focus on eportfolio use and career as well as life-long learning. We have been fortunate to collaborate with conference organizer Allison Miller and to benefit from her support on AAEEBL's Annual Conference committee. AAEEBL shares a special bond with our colleagues down under and includes Beverley Oliver of Deakin University on our Board of Directors. If you have ever been tempted to take a trip "down under," this is a great opportunity to see 'roos and koalas and to learn more about eportfolios from a global perspective. (Read more.)
In Brief: Links to Previous AAEEBL News Stories