A Nation-wide ePortfolio:Reflections on Ambitions and Experiences in the Netherlands

Janssen, J., Brouns, F., Vaessen, H., Weijnen, G., Huveneers, E., & Hodzelmans, R. (2011). A Nation-wide ePortfolio: Reflections on Ambitions and Experiences in the Netherlands. In Proceedings of the ePortfolio and Identity Conference (ePIC) 2011 (pp. 191-196). July, 10-12, 2011, London, UK. For the presentation, please see also: http://hdl.handle.net/1820/3436In the Netherlands 2008 stands out as a year of significant boosts for nation wide adoption of e-portfolios. In that year the Netherlands Institute for Normalisation (NEN) published the first version of a National Technical Agreement (NTA 2035) for the exchange of e-portfolios using an application profile based on (among others) the IMS ePortfolio specification. In that same year two important government advisory committees on employment and the labour market recommended nationwide adoption of e-portfolios as an instrument to assess and stimulate personal professional development and to increase mobility. In this paper we reflect on the current state of affairs from three different perspectives: a recent study investigating means to accelerate adoption of the NTA 2035, the Service Centre for Lifelong Learning Limburg project which aims to deploy the NTA, and current provision of software supporting the NTA.Service Center Leven Lang Leren Limbur

Blackboard portfolio en E-portfolio NL:een poging tot afstemming

Janssen, J., Brouns, F., Vaessen, H., Weijnen, G., & Huveneers, E. (2011). Blackboard portfolio en E-portfolio NL: een poging tot afstemming. Heerlen, Nederland: Project Leven Lang Leren Limburg.Dit document beschrijft de inspanningen die binnen het Service Centrum Leven Lang Leren Limburg (Werkpakket 5: E-Portfolio) zijn gedaan om een portfolio in Blackboard te ontwerpen op zo'n manier dat een export van het portfolio relatief eenvoudig te vertalen is naar de E-portfolio NL standaard. Het rapport beschrijft de impact van ontwerpkeuzes binnen het Blackboard portfolio op het exportresultaat.Provincie Limburg, Hogeschool Zuyd, ARCUS College, Leeuwenborgh Opleidingen, Open Universiteit - Project Service Centrum Leven Lang Leren Limbur

A Nation-wide ePortfolio: Reflections on Ambitions and Experiences in the Netherlands

Janssen, J., Brouns, F., Vaessen, H., Weijnen, G., Huveneers, E., & R. Hodzelmans (2011). A Nation-wide E-portfolio: Reflections on Ambitions and Experiences in the Netherlands. Presentation given at the e-Portfolio and Identity Conference (ePIC), July 11-13, London, United Kingdom. For the paper, please see also: http://hdl.handle.net/1820/3435In the Netherlands 2008 stands out as a year of significant boosts for nation wide adoption of e-portfolios. In that year the Netherlands Institute for Normalisation (NEN) published the first version of a National Technical Agreement (NTA 2035) for the exchange of e-portfolios using an application profile based on (among others) the IMS ePortfolio specification. In that same year two important government advisory committees on employment and the labour market recommended nationwide adoption of e-portfolios as an instrument to assess and stimulate personal professional development and to increase mobility. This presentation reflects on the current state of affairs from three different perspectives: a recent study investigating means to accelerate adoption of the NTA 2035, the Service Centre for Lifelong Learning Limburg project which aims to deploy the NTA, and current provision of software supporting the NTA.Service Center Leven Lang Leren Limbur

Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment

The global lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic health risks has altered human interactions with nature. Here, we report immediate impacts of changes in human activities on wildlife and environmental threats during the early lockdown months of 2020, based on 877 qualitative reports and 332 quantitative assessments from 89 different studies. Hundreds of reports of unusual species observations from around the world suggest that animals quickly responded to the reductions in human presence. However, negative effects of lockdown on conservation also emerged, as confinement resulted in some park officials being unable to perform conservation, restoration and enforcement tasks, resulting in local increases in illegal activities such as hunting. Overall, there is a complex mixture of positive and negative effects of the pandemic lockdown on nature, all of which have the potential to lead to cascading responses which in turn impact wildlife and nature conservation. While the net effect of the lockdown will need to be assessed over years as data becomes available and persistent effects emerge, immediate responses were detected across the world. Thus initial qualitative and quantitative data arising from this serendipitous global quasi-experimental perturbation highlights the dual role that humans play in threatening and protecting species and ecosystems. Pathways to favorably tilt this delicate balance include reducing impacts and increasing conservation effectiveness