1. Evidencing professional development on a teacher education programme Iain Kitchener and Rita Headington

2. Our objectives To explore the use of e-portfolios as a collection tool outside the VLE To give students an opportunity to use the familiar context of technology to explore the potential of an e-portfolio to collect together a range of evidence in an expanded range of formats for assessment To provide opportunities for reflection on personal and professional development

3. Our context Professional Development course 6 sessions through the year PDP, study skills etc leading to summative assignment 15 first year students – our personal tutees

4. What we did ‘Traditional’ introduction to PDP Introduction to PebblePad over two/three sessions…learning together!  Logging in  Personalisation  Exploring resources  Sharing assets

5. Students’ use of PebblePad Amanda’s personalisation and learning journal Cherie’s personalisation and layout of work Jessica’s academic achievements

6. The problems we encountered Only being one step ahead! Lack of time to bring students together Overlap with our own VLE Nature of our PDP  summative  underdeveloped

7. What we liked Opportunity for reflection Personalisation Selective asset sharing

8. Where next? Training for ourselves! Review of PDP practice A continuing trial with this cohort A further trial with a new cohort?

9. But our questions remain… Can an e-portfolio support our students’ learning? Is it a technology too far?