Transforming Learning, Transformational Learning: The Power of Portfolios by Dianne Conrad, and Douglas Myers
Transforming Learning, Transformational Learning: The Power of Portfolios
Dianne Conrad
Director
Centre for Learning Accreditation Athabasca University
Douglas Myers
Executive Director
PLA Centre
The 21st century’s global economic demands highlight the need for more widespread adoption of proven lifelong and lifewide pedagogies that underpin adult and distance education. As a broadly accessible tool, portfolio learning provides adults with diverse learning needs with opportunities to enhance their learning and working power. This session will outline two successful Canadian uses of portfolio learning systems.
About…
Dianne ConradA practicing adult educator for over 25 years, Dianne is currently the Director of the Centre for Learning Accreditation at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. She is actively engaged in e-learning research that focuses on the development of community among online learners and the positioning of e-learning as a societal phenomenon. Douglas Myers
The Executive Director of Nova Scotia’s PLA Centre since 1996, Dr. Myers has previously held teaching positions at the University of Edinburgh, at OISE in Toronto, and at Dalhousie University. In 2001, he was among the first recipients of the Canadian Recognizing Learning Awards.
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