Tools for effective Personnel Development Planning (PDP)

LTDU recommends that tutors use the Blackboard learning environment for hosting student PDPs and E-Portfolios.

Having said this, there may be specific reasons and cases where an external tool is more appropriate. Provided below is a sample of some of the other tools that are freely available for use and can be downloaded from these websites:

https://www.blogger.com/start    http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki    http://www.wetpaint.com/    http://www.mahara.org/

All of them can be integrated into Blackboard via the Campus Pack add-on, which enables wikis, blogs and also podcasting.

Case Studies at UWIC :

> Using Sharepoint, an innovation within the Cardiff School of Sport has enabled all first year students to link their student portal personal documents to a private blog within Blackboard with access only for their personal tutor.

> Also using Sharepoint, the Cardiff School of Management are launching a reflective log folder created in the student portal with a link to a Blackboard blog, which will enable personal tutors to access their student's reflective writing while they are on work placement.

> The Cardiff School of Art & Design, the Cardiff School of Education and the Cardiff School of Health Science are also using wikis and blogs to support reflection and E-Portfolio.

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