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ePortfolio Conference

Subject: The ePortfolio Conference will be held on September 17th - 19th 2007 in Maastricht (the Netherlands).

Main theme: The main theme of the 5th International ePortfolio conference is Employability and Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Society. The conference is co-organised by EIfEL in partnership with the TENCompetence project, SURF, CWI, Kennisnet, Kenteq, the City of Maastricht and the Province of Limburg.

We invite the submission of papers that report original academic or industrial research in the areas of lifelong learning, employability and the ePortfolio. All academic papers will be peer-reviewed and published in the conference proceedings. Best papers will be selected to make an extended version to be published in a special issue of a scientific journal.
Besides researchers who contribute academic papers, we will also invite representatives from industry, public employment services, schools and universities to jointly discuss and explore some of the major challenges we face today related to employability, lifelong learning and the ePortfolio.
The challenges that will be discussed are:
1. Methods, theories and practice to ensure lifelong employability and social inclusion
2. Methods, theories and practice to cope with changing employment demands in society
3. Methods, technologies and standards for ePortfolios and new forms of assessment
4. Methods, technologies and standards related to (personal) competence development/lifelong learning
5. Supporting the repositioning of traditional organisations in the knowledge society (eg, role of libraries)
6. Creating online networks of learners and professionals in regions and professional sectors
7. Transforming education and training systems to meet the needs of the knowledge society
8. Improving massively the level of education and mastery of literacy and key skills
9. Ensuring the privacy and data protection related to ePortfolio
10. Implementing ePortfolio and related learning technologies effectively

For more information visit the Conference Website