Attended second year IP session with Glenn Matthews. This particular group seemed to be quite active and engaged in the learning process being able to independently assign each other tasks, brainstorm around a new case study and formulate mindmaps from the brainstorm. Presentations were innovitive, well thought out and it was clear that learning was taking place as the information was disseminated back the rest of the group and feedback received.
One noticible point was the lack of technology used during presentations. OHP acetates were used and had been hand written which would possibly indicate either a lack of presentation/powerpoint skills or last minute preparation. The room had only an OHP, whiteboard and OHP screen for students to use to present. This may need to be address when looking at the use of ePortfolios to support IP. After the session Glenn had suggested that this was a particularly lively group and did not need to interfere with the session as the students were more than capable of directing their own learning. We met with another member of staff who had also just given an IP session in which she found the students needed a fair amount of support. It may be beneficial to sit in on one of these sessions to gain a better veiw of the learning processes and how an ePortfolio tool may benefit those students that experience difficulty with the case studies.
It's really interesting watching this project develop, Nas - good work!
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