Higher Education, Professional Development
Making
Learning Possible
Learning design, international learning, programme articulations
Diary Notes
The Eighth Residential Seminar of the CRA, Personal Development Planning and e-portfolio: supporting Learning and Development for the 21st Century takes place on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st November 2008 in Manchester.
BILD is running a Connect Event in association with the JISC on "Learning Design and Web 2.0" on 11th November 2008 in Bristol
Online Educa 2008 is taking place in Berlin, 3-5th December.
Institutions and Individuals
While most of our work is with international universities and colleges, we are frequently asked for help by individuals so in the 'Quick links' on the left, you will find a number of sections aimed at students - both 'traditional' and lifelong learners. These sections are drawn from the experience of working with the programme design of universities and professional institutions all round the world so make the most of it and contact us to add to it if you would like to do so.
News November 2008
Participation in the prestigious India-US Global Business and PR conference in Chennai saw our first use of picture-in-picture recording technology so that both talk and slides could be broadcast and saved to CD. Click for a less memory-intensive pdf version of the talk on the use of portfolios in lifelong learning.
Pilot copies of ePortfolios are now available so email if you are interested.
The
historic university city of
Salamanca, Spain,
was the setting for discussion on university governance and marketing.
Click for the basic model.
Social networking is growing up. Try the following links for professional networking and learning discussions:
Centre for Recording Achievement
Making learning possible, the key aim of ElementE, is complemented by lifelong reflective learning and the use of portfolios or other means of recording formal and informal learning achievements. Overseas institutions and individuals interested in joining or obtaining more information should contact Gillian who is the CRA's Associate Director (Overseas).
