Author: Julie Hughes, j.hughes@wlv.ac.uk

JISC e-Learning Activity Area: e-Portfolios

Higher Education Academy Subject Centre: Philosophical and Religious Studies/History, Classics and Archaeology

This case study illustrates...an effect on learning, an effect on exam results, an effect on student personal development, student satisfaction with e-learning, innovation in learning and teaching, an influence on educational research, staff satisfaction with e-learning, staff personal development, an influence on policy, modifications to learning spaces, an effect on social equality

Technology Used

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

I used the e-portfolio system pebblePAD. Although we consider that it is actually a personal learning environment with a focus upon the processes of learning rather than a digital repository or product.

The webfolio is only one of the publication functions within this system. Students can create thought assets, action plans, record experiences and meetings, undertake learning profiles and create weblogs. They can also upload digital images, sound files, video and scanned documents.

The system was designed and developed by a university off-shoot company. It was made available to all staff and students in 2005.