DECEMBER 2008  EPAC NEWS

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EPAC ONLINE CHAT: Evaluating the "Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning" Metarubric Draft from AAC&U's VALUE Project Upcoming Conferences and Meetings ELI Annual Meeting, January 20-22, 2009 AAC&U Annual Meeting, January 21-24, 2009  ePortfolios West Coast Summit, February 24-25, 2009 AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal, February 26-28, 2009 Calls for Proposals, Papers, Conference and Publication Submissions 11th annual ABET Best Assessment Processes Conference, April 3-4, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning, June 17-19, 2009, San Francisco, CA Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference (SITE), March 2-6, 2009, Charleston, South Carolina ED-MEDIA 2009: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 22-26, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education (m-ICTE2009), Lisbon (Portugal), 22-24 April 2009 ePortfolios in the News & Interesting Projects ABOUT EPAC and how to get involved in our community

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EPAC ONLINE CHAT: Evaluating the "Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning" Metarubric Draft from AAC&U's VALUE Project

http://epac.pbwiki.com/December-2008-EPAC-Chat

Friday, December 5 at 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET

http://www.cccconfer.org

Password: 484371 

Join us this Friday for another EPAC Chat at 10 am PT/12 pm CT/1 pm ET.  The topic of this chat will focus on evaluating the "Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning" Metarubric developed by a team of faculty from around the country as part of the Association of American Colleges & Universities' (AAC&U) VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) project.  The VALUE project is seeking feedback on their draft rubrics and we thought it would be interesting to center this month's discussion on evaluating the "Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning" Metarubric draft.

Please review the following documents before Friday's chat and for the chat itself, please have a copy of the metarubric accessible during the chat:

• Background on the VALUE project :Fall 2008 VALUE Initiative Overview.pdf

• Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning Metarubric: Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning Fall 2008 Draft for Public Release.pdf

• Metarubric Evaluation form: Metarubric Evaluation Fall 2008 Draft for Public Release.pdf

(All of these documents are available for download from the EPAC wiki page above)

 

More about the VALUE project can be found on AAC&U's website: http://www.aacu.org/value/index.cfm

 

HOW TO JOIN THE CHAT

Please note that it is extremely important that you get your system set up prior to the start of the event! It should only take a few moments. Please don't wait until the day of the session to do this!  Information on how to do this can be found in Step 3 below.

1. Go to http://www.cccconfer.org

2. Click the Participant Log In button under the Meet & Confer logo (lower lefthand corner)

3. If you haven't done so already, click on the "Test Your Computer Readiness" button in the lefthand column (we recommend doing this the day before the actual event).

4. Look for the name "ePAC Dec Meeting" on 12/5/2008 starting at 10 a.m. (you may need to click through the numbered pages on the bottom to find our event).

5. Once you've located our meeting, click Go.

6. Fill out the form and enter the password: 484371

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Upcoming Conferences and Meetings

 

ELI Annual Meeting, January 20-22, 2009

• Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting, Participation and Collaboration: Social Learning for the 21st Century, will take place January 20-22, 2009 in Orlando Florida. Conference information and registration can be found at http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=374.  6 selected sessions from the program that may be of interest to EPAC members are summarized here: http://epac.pbwiki.com/2009-ELI-Annual-Meeting

 

AAC&U Annual Meeting, January 21-24, 2009 

• AAC&Us 2009 Annual Meeting, Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College Learning, and Americas Promise, will be held in Seattle, Washington, January 21-24, 2009. Online and mail registration options are available.  8 selected sessions from the program that may be of interest to EPAC members will be summarized here: http://epac.pbwiki.com/2009-AACU-Annual-Meeting

 

ePortfolios West Coast Summit, February 24-25, 2009

• SAVE THE DATE! February 24-25, 2009: ePortfolios West Coast Summit

 

AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal, February 26-28, 2009

• Plan to attend AAC&Us Network for Academic Renewal meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on February 26-28, 2009. The meeting, General Education, Assessment, and the Learning Students Need, will explore how well general education programs match up with expectations for student accomplishment. It will help campuses align general education vision and action, including action to assess and strengthen students cumulative learning. The four conference tracks are organized around one or more big questions related to philosophical and practical challenges facing campuses today and an expectation of evidencethe ability to show whats working and why.

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Calls for Proposals, Papers, Conference and Publication Submissions

 

11th annual ABET Best Assessment Processes Conference, April 3-4, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana

• Call for proposals has been extended to December 8th.  Proposals on portfolio development and the use of technology in assessment are encouraged. There will be over 45 concurrent sessions and workshops where you and your peers can learn from faculty and assessment experts about the development and implementation of effective and efficient assessment processes. There will also be individual roundtable sessions by applied science, computing, engineering, and technology commission leaders who will engage attendees in a discussion of ABET policies and procedures around the self-study and the accreditation visit.  Faculty teams are encouraged to attend.  Plan to submit a proposal and to attend now!   For more information and to submit proposals, go to http://www.abet.org/bap.shtml

 

Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning, June 17-19, 2009, San Francisco, CA

• This conference brings together individuals interested in the technological aspects of online learning. Experts, intermediate users and novices are welcome to participate in Symposium activities that will include face-to-face and virtual components. Symposium tracks feature research, application and best practices in important emerging technological tools for social networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services. For more information, see http://www.sloan-c.org/emergingtechno2009. Submit proposals by DECEMBER 8, 2008 at http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org/.  Also check out the discussion thread in the forum on "Student ePortfolios vs. Personal Learning Environments" at http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org/node/86.

 

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference (SITE), March 2-6, 2009, Charleston, South Carolina

• SITE 2009 is the 20th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). SITE is unique as the only organization which has as its sole focus the integration of instructional technologies into teacher education programs. View the Final Call for Presentations at http://site.aace.org/conf/call.htm.  Deadline is DECEMBER 10, 2008.

  • Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE): http://site.aace.org/

  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE): http://www.aace.org/

  • Assessment/E-Folios SIG: http://site.aace.org/sigs/assessment-e-folios-sig.html

     

ED-MEDIA 2009: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 22-26, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii

• ED-MEDIA 2009 is an international conference, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications/distance education. ED-MEDIA, the premiere international conference in the field, spans all disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,500 attendees from over 60 countries. Submissions are due DECEMBER 19, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.aace.org/CONF/EDMEDIA/

 

International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education (m-ICTE2009), Lisbon (Portugal), 22-24 April 2009

• We invite you to participate and submit abstracts to m-ICTE2009 in order to share your achievements in the field of ICT applied to education. m-ICTE2009 will be an opportunity to meet other researchers, make new contacts and discuss about innovative pedagogical practices and initiatives using technology that foster and transform the development of education, and check the state of the art in this field. m-ICTE2009 intends to consolidate a series of conferences, which started in 2002 and whose last edition was held in Seville (Spain) in 2006 and was attended for about 450 participants of nearly 60 countries. There will be a special session on ePortfolios and an opportunity for virtual participation. Abstracts submission deadline: JANUARY 27, 2009/ Early registration deadline: January 15, 2009
  • Conference information:  http://www.formatex.org/micte2009
  • Abstract submission: http://www.formatex.org/micte2009/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=66
  • Special session on ePortfolios: http://www.formatex.org/micte2009/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63
  • Virtual participation (deadline: 30 March 2009):  http://www.formatex.org/micte2009/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=5

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ePortfolios in the News & Interesting Projects

• Check out these 2 projects from the Open University -- Digital Literacies in Higher Education at http://digital-literacies.open.ac.uk/home.cfm and The Net Generation: Encountering eLearning at University at http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/workspace.cfm?wpid=8354.

• 2008.11 - AAC&U November 2008 News: Assessing Learning, Encouraging Individuality Through Portfolios at Spelman College -- Electronic portfolios have become popular at many colleges and universities in recent years, as faculty and administrators seek innovative ways to document and evaluate student development and achievement. But at Spelman College, a historically black liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, Georgia, portfolios had a place in the curriculum long before most students and faculty had even heard of the Internet... READ MORE

• 2008.10 - The Australian ePortfolio Project has released a report investigating the current levels of ePortfolio practice in Australian higher education and identify strategies to support and foster ePortfolio practice in four areas:government policy;technical standards;academic policy; and learning and teaching. Funded by The Australian Learning and Teaching Council, the project was led by Queensland University of Technology involved three other Australian universities: University of New England, University of Wollongong and the University of Melbourne.  More information about the project and the executive summary and full report can be downloaded from the following links:

  • http://www.altc.edu.au/carrick/go/home/pid/483

  • http://www.altc.edu.au/carrick/webdav/site/carricksite/users/siteadmin/public/grants_project_executivesummary_eportfolios_oct08.pdf

  • http://www.altc.edu.au/carrick/webdav/site/carricksite/users/siteadmin/public/grants_project_report_eportfolios_oct08.pdf

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ABOUT EPAC and how to get involved in our community

We are actively seeking suggestions for future chat topics, webcast presenters, and especially people to help keep our wiki up-to-date by editing and posting announcements, finding ePortfolio-related events, summarizing conference programs, and helping to keep our community active and thriving!  If you are interested in contributing to these efforts, please contact me!