About the WBL Online Community Website
This is a community-driven website which brings together members of the Work-Based Learning Community from the West Midlands, and throughout the UK for both e-learning and occupational skills development.
This site runs on an ePortfolio and Social Networking platform called Mahara. By using this site you are learning how to use a state of the art ePortfolio system but at the same time have access to social networking facilities that allow you to collaborate with your peers and discuss issues related to e-learning best practice and delivery.
The site is also to be used by Communities of Practice who have an interest in sharing and developing best practice ideas related to their particular occupational sector. Some people are pursuing a qualification, but most users are simply enjoying the experience of working with others who have similar interests to themselves.
Why not get started by viewing our getting going with Mahara and WBL Online page. This will show you how to use the basic features of this site and suggest some groups for you to join. For more information you can read about Mahara or alternatively please feel free to Contact Us.
The WBL Online Project
This community website is part of the WBL Online Project which also includes the delivery of learning to improve Digital Literacies of WBL assessors and tutors in the West Midlands. Here is a video of Derrin Kent of TDM introducing the project:
Training providers that are engaging under any element of the WBL Online Project may like to request membership the WBL Online Project group for more information on the training available.
For those involved at strategic level in the WBL 2.0 project, a separate steering group.
Here is a reminder of the programmes currently available to you as part of the WBL Online Project:
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Free access to the WBL Online Mahara WBL Online is based on the Mahara ePortfolio platform. By registering to be part of the WBL Online community, you will be able to participate in topical discussions, write your own blog and access your own files area. It is also a place where communities of practice from different occupational sectors can come together to collaborate and share ideas. |
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Free Mahoodle (Mahara and Moodle) Courses This is a learn-by-doing programme to help you create e-learning resources, pilot them with your own learners, evaluate the resources and improve them for your organisation. The programme is a series of 7 full day workshops and a 10 week online learning programme. The courses are all related to the Virtual Learning Environment Moodle and ePortfolio system Mahara. Read more about these courses or book yourself a place. |
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Free 'We Grow' Change Management Course In this programme, you will become a professional Development Advisor (PDA) who will see to it that other people undergo Continuous Professional Development activity in order to develop their eSkills (eCPD). The programme is based around the concepts of Goals, Reality, Options and Will - GROW. |
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WBL Shots Podcast - Coming Soon This regularly updated soundbite provides you with a short sharp burst of insight into some of the key issues facing WBL. Members of the WBL community in the West Midlands will be debating tough but poignant questions such as "Is the VLE dead?". Check the WBL Shots Website for more information on when this service is due to begin. |
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Reflective Portfolios - Coming Soon This project involves WBL providers releasing members of staff and learners for learn by doing sessions on the Mahara ePortfolio platform so that they can teach their learners how to evidence their learning in a creative and reflective way in a digital portfolio. As part of this, there are a number of free sessions and prizes available, more info coming soon. |
