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VSR18: The Learning Trail

11.03.2007 - By Chris BetcherPlay

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Anne Wade is research project manager at Montreal's Concordia University, and her focus is on a project known as ePearl, a web based tool that enables students to gather, present and reflect upon their work and leave a learning trail as they go. If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Anne Wade is research project manager at Montreal’s Concordia University, and her focus is on a project known as ePearl - the Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active Reflective Learning. ePearl is a web-based tool that enables students to gather, present and reflect upon their class work, creating a trail of digital assets that follows them through their school life. In this episode Anne presents an overview of the system and gives some insight into the background of this project. Links from this episode: ePearl Overview - for an explanation of what the system doesePortfolio Information - More background on ePortfoliosCSLP/CEAP - the homepage for the projectDemo site - Go have a look for yourselfLogin details for the demo site as follows: Student environment: Early elementary - Level 1 : Usernames: student1a, student1b, student1c Late elementary - Level 2: Usernames: student2a, student2b, student2c Secondary - Level 3: Usernames: student3a, student3b, student3c Teacher environment: Level1: Usernames: teacher1a, teacher1b, teacher1c Level 2: Usernames:teacher2a, teacher2b, teacher2c Level3: Usernames:teacher3a, teacher3b, teacher3c Password is always - 123 Enjoy.

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