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Exploring Supports Provided For Student Eportfolio Development In A Professional Development Context, Muireann Okeeffe
Exploring Supports Provided For Student Eportfolio Development In A Professional Development Context, Muireann Okeeffe
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This small scale study aimed to explore and establish if support strategies implemented to enhance student ePortfolios were helpful to students and to identify useful ways of supporting ePortfolio development with future cohorts of students. This action research study was informed through focus group discussion and individual interviews with students.
The importance of reflection for the development professional practice and of creative abilities is discussed. The substantial benefits of creativity within education are investigated and characteristics of creativity that might be developed with students’ ePortfolios are revealed. Specifically this paper seeks to foster Crafts (2011) four characteristics of creativity, pluralities, …
Dr. Connie's 6 Keys To Becoming A Successful Learner, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
Dr. Connie's 6 Keys To Becoming A Successful Learner, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
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I have learned a great deal about students by teaching and advising learners at the University of Nebraska. The fact that I was working on my Ph.D. on a part-time basis while being employed full-time broadened my knowledge about how to be a successful learner. My professional and personal experiences in the world of higher education have enabled me develop some powerful insights on what it takes to be a successful learner. I would like to share my insights with as many people as possible, so here are Dr. Connie’s 6 Keys to Becoming a Successful Learner: