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Department of Education & Skills hosts first meeting of the European ePortfolio project group
Pictured from left are Anne White, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Ireland, Egidijus Ceponi, Centre of Information Technologies in Education, Lithuania, Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills
The Department of Education & Skills has hosted the first meeting of the European ePortfolio project consortium.
The project is a trial of the use of ePortfolios in teaching, learning and assessment. An e-portfolio, or digital portfolio, is a collection of electronic material which can include texts, electronic files and images.
Working with Ireland on this European project are representatives from Ministries of Education and their agencies in six countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania, Slovenia and Spain. Representatives from all seven countries have been meeting over the past two days (9th and 10th May).
The seven-country consortium was successful in applying for a grant under the European Commission’s “Creative Classrooms” call for proposals.
This project is estimated at just over €1 million, with the EU providing funding of €790,000.
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