Technology Used

What technologies and/or e-tools were available to you or did you seek to develop?

Quantitative data from each partner was collected monthly and collated and shared using a 'GoogleDocs' spreadsheet.

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) were used at Sunderland College to support work with customised HTML pages in the Blackboard VLE. Music students were also encouraged to make extensive use of MySpace.

The ePET e-portfolio system was installed at Gateshead College. The ePET technical team customised the system based on existing 'personal development plan' documentation. Reflective Journals (blogs) were also used.

South Tyneside College used the Blackboard VLE was used. They had intended to use a third party add-on ('Backpack' ) to enable off-line journal keeping by students who spent part of their course at sea, but this could not be used, so off-line work was written up when students had internet connection (e.g. when in port).