EdTechUK

René Magritte

René Magritte: the illusion of reality is a really nice collection of resources about the bowler hatted Belgian surrealist.

Reviewing E-portfolios

Developing and Implementing a Methodology for Reviewing E-portfolio Products is a recently published report commissioned by JISC and written by Helen Richardson and Rob Ward from the Centre for Recording Achievement and the MLEs.

Reviewing 12 UK e-portfolio/PDP/progress file products, the authors developed a mapping template which can be used to frame your e-portfolio evaluations. In terms of whats currently already out there, accessibility/standards issues didn't fare too well:

"Very few systems currently support learner selected screen display preference settings, such that the learner can set screen display including font size and background colour, which are then applied automatically at log-in.  Some systems are planning development in this area.

Most system developers report that ‘conformance with e-learning standards is under development’ including development towards UKLeaP, and a few give a more specific time frame such as ‘within the next 6 months’.  A few developers report that they plan to improve usability and move towards WCAG compliance and IMS ACCLIP specification."

eToolbox

JISC RSC Wales is hosting an eToolbox Service, designed for use by post 16 education practitioners interested in enhancing their teaching practice through technology.

The eToolbox is a website carrying information and links about learning related or learning supporting software - no reviews or examples of the programmes in edu-action at the moment. Are these coming?