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Lifelong Learning Articles Mooi artikel van Layte en Ravet over de manier waarop ePortfolio het onderwijs kan revolutioneren The ePortfolio is not simply a collection of evidence, but a tool for developing one's own knowledge and competencies, a kind of virtual representation of oneself, that, like a Tomagoshi, dies if it isn't fed regularly with new knowledge and evidence of competencies. Moreover, ePortfolios can be connected together, in an organisation (a school or a company), a group (a professional community or a community of practice) a territory (a country, a region or a city), making the ePortfolio the organic link between individual, organisational, community, territorial and societal learning. While the first wave of eLearning technology was mainly organisation-centred, the ePortfolio places the focus on the need to develop a new generation of tools that are completely centred on the person. And in doing so, the ePortfolio as individual learning planner, or continui...

Parkin's Lot: When Blending Doesn't Mix Godfrey Parkin is nou niet bepaald gelukkig met de manier waarop "blended learning" op een effectieve manier wordt ingericht. Meer een ratjetoe en verspilling van geld.  In business we use technology to improve performance, yet so often in learning, we apply technology to give the illusion of progress while silently accepting that the performance result is a step backward. Blending door de mixer Niet direct een tegenstander van "blending" maar in gedachten iemand die de winst vooral ziet in een doordachte, levensechte combinatie van leeractiviteiten. Dus meer iets in de zin van: Real blended learning offers an opportunity to move training away from its isolated course environment and to merge it with the learners real-world work, to allow continuous transfer and reinforcement. And, where feasible, blending should blur the lines between an instructors role and the role of the learners manager.