PUPPS Showcase and stuff

Hi all

Ben Cotton from socialweb thing came to the PUPPS showcase evening in June and presented a really interesting and thought provoking session on getting a jo in a digital age - he has written about this experience on his blog which can be found here:

http://socialwebthing.com/2010/06/27/landing-a-job-in-the-digital-world/

I am going to spend the next few weeks trying to promote the project to all students who are in work, volunteering etc and see whether I can try and inspire some students to look at the project as an opportunity to develop their employability skills in preparation for the challenges of work and graduate opportunities.

I met two lovely ladies, Janine and Nadine from Leeds College of Art at the IVERG conference and they are keen to do some collaborative work together on e-portfolios, blogging etc

I have written a bid for IAESB which incorporates a lot of the work of PUPPS and ideas for my PhD into a research project called PREPARE - I will post further details when I have finalised the project bid - suffice to say I have taken a collaborative approach and am working with Bob Croft, our excellent learning technologist, a former student now working as a graduate trainee , Lisa Walker and am getting help from the lovely Dr Junjie Wu who is an expert on all things research!

I have contacted Janine Sykes from Leeds College of Art who specialises in collaborative online learning spaces to see whether she would like to be involved.

The deadline on this is 1st September so whilst I should be working on my report for SCEPTrE and my poster for ALT-C 2010, I am working on another bid! Well, that is the life of an early career researcher I suppose.


I have had a few requests for examples of e-portfolios that have been created - students' work is hosted on a private gateway which you can only access through me, so if you are interested in viewing it, please get in touch.

Here is one of the portfolios I have created during the project

http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/pilot/viewasset.aspx?oid=60988&type=webfolio

I am on finally on leave!!!- but as ever, have lots to do - am definitely going to get some leisure time in!

Later!