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EIfEL and Elgg establish a partnership for ePortfolios
EIfEL (European Institute for E-Learning) has established a partnership with Elgg to improve the range of services to its members and to a series of European projects in which EIfEL is involved.
Elgg will bring a social ePortfolio environment to two European projects: GEARS (Getting Engineering Ready and Active for Strategy) and KEYPAL (Key Skills Portfolio Assisted Learning). The social character of Elgg, and its ability for networking and community building are key aspects in extending the services already provided by iWebfolio, Nuventives ePortfolio solution which is offered to EIfEL members.
For Serge Ravet, CEO of EIfEL, this new partnership is important for us as it provides an opportunity to experiment the interoperability framework on which EIfEL has been working for several months leading the EPICC project (European Portfolio Initiatives Coordination Committee). EIfEL, which is actively involved in interoperability and innovation in the field of ePortfolio, is promoting an interoperability framework that should allow each individual to choose the ePortfolio platforms, tools and services of their choice, open source and commercial.
David Tosh, of Elgg, looks forward to the closer collaboration between Elgg and EIfEL, and says This is a great opportunity to further expand Elgg's functionality, ensuring users will feel the benefit at the services level. It is an exciting time for those interested in ePortfolios and personal learning landscapes.
Elgg will be participating in the upcoming ePortfolio plugfest and International ePortfolio Conference organized by EIfEL. The event takes place in Cambridge, UK, on October 26th to 28th 2005, and brings together experts and practitioners from across the world 24 countries are currently represented - to celebrate the remarkable progress being made by the ePortfolio movement worldwide with an increasing number of countries, regions and institutions integrating the ePortfolio into their education and training policies and practice. (http://www.eife-l.org/portfolio/ep2005).
More information: www.europortfolio.org
Contact: Angela BAKER ePortfolio Manager: angela.baker@eife-l.org tel: +33 (0) 1 43 56 20 79
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About EIfEL
EIfEL (European Institute for E-Learning) is a non-profit European professional association created in 2001 and headquartered in France, whose mission is to support the continuing professional development of individuals and the transformation of organisations to build a knowledge economy and a learning society. EIfEL is at the forefront of eLearning and ePortfolio in Europe, supporting organisations and public authorities in developing the learning policies of the 21st Century. EIfEL is leading Europortfolio, the European consortium for the ePortfolio (www.europortfolio.org) and numerous projects linked to ePortfolios. EIfEL has also organised and co-organised numerous ePortfolio events in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Contact: Philippe Verstraete philippe.verstraete@eife-l.org Tel: +33 3 8643 1343 www.eife-l.org
About Elgg
The concept behind Elgg is to develop a fully customizable learning landscape: a hybrid of weblogging, e-portfolios and social networking. This combination of features will provide an engaging environment for learners to create their own learning space and then connect to others, forming online communities of learning.
Elgg is a product of Curverider LTD.
Contact: David Tosh dave@elgg.net Fax: + 44 845 280 2381 http://elgg.net
