[edtech] Fwd: ePortfolio 2004 Conference

[Jean Foster]

FYI:

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> From: "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc." <IMS at imsglobal.org>
> Date: October 8, 2004 2:43:28 PM EDT
> To: <CMAnnounce at imsglobal.org>
> Subject: ePortfolio 2004 Conference
>
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> We invite you to register for the 2nd International Conference on the 
> electronic portfolio: ePortfolio 2004 at www.europortfolio.org that 
> will be taking place in La Rochelle, France on 28th and 29th October 
> 2004.   European IMS, www.europeanims.org, is sponsoring the 
> Technology Track at the Conference.
>
> This 2-day conference brings together the world's leading experts who 
> will speak on the state of the art; ePortfolios for schools, higher 
> education, continuing professional development and lifelong learning.  
> The work of a major European Commission-supported project (EPICC) 
> concerning ePortfolio interoperability in which European IMS is a 
> partner will also be presented.
>
> Conference delegates will have the opportunity not only to benefit 
> from expert input, but also to share their own expertise and ideas. To 
> this end the programme also contains interactive workshops and 'open 
> space' sessions to allow the exploration of a wide range of ePortfolio 
> issues, including IPR, accessibility, privacy, technology etc. The 
> Technology Track which includes a presentation by Darren Cambridge 
> (EDUCAUSE) on the IMS ePortfolio specification. The full programme can 
> be found at 
> http://www.qwiki.info/projects/Europortfolio/ep2004/programme/
>
> We also invite you to participate in the conference’s online survey on 
> the electronic portfolio - the first international survey of its kind: 
> http://www.qwiki.info/projects/Europortfolio/surveys/eps1
> The results of this survey will be presented at the Conference and 
> made available to all respondees.
>
> ePortfolio 2004 also includes an exhibition of ePortfolio solutions 
> and initiatives. The Platinum Sponsor for the conference is Nuventive, 
> the producer of iWebFolio (www.iwebfolio.com). An ePortfolio gallery 
> will also take place in the exhibition where individual ePortfolio 
> owners can present their personal ePortfolio. More information is 
> available at 
> http://www.qwiki.info/projects/Europortfolio/ep2004/gallery
>
> Last year's event attracted participants from 22 countries and 
> resulted in numerous initiatives, including the creation of 
> Europortfolio, the European Consortium for the ePortfolio and LIfIA 
> (Learning Innovation Forum, Canada)and other national and 
> international ePortfolio events (London, Dublin, Vancouver, Melbourne 
> in 2004).
>
> We believe that the ePortfolio will have a major transformational 
> impact on learning at all levels, education, organisation of human 
> resources and social capital development and that the conference will 
> be an opportunity to promote the access to ePortfolios for all 
> citizens to value their achievements.
>
>  You will find full details of the conference on the conference 
> website.