A conference, about a book, about ideas and activities to inspire and engage learners.

PebblePad’s long–awaited book, Pebblegogy: Ideas and activities to inspire and engage learners, was launched at a very successful one–day conference at the University of Wolverhampton on Tuesday 21 June. A follow–up event is taking place on 26 August at LaTrobe University, Melbourne.

The book represents a landmark for PebblePad, offering the most detailed explanation yet of what PebblePad is, what it stands for and why it works the way it does. It is written by PebblePad experts who have drawn on the experiences and contributions of the PebblePad community both in the UK and Australia

There was a great turnout on the day from across the UK. All participants picked up their copy of the book and had the opportunity to hear the authors and contributors talk about the ideas that informed the book and to describe some of the inspiring learning designs that are featured in Pebblegogy.

A BIG thank you to all of the delegates who attended the recent PebbleBash 2010 conference at Shifnal, Shropshire, UK.

With over 80 delegates from 3 continents the conference boasted a wide range of educational professionals and students who all contributed their personal experiences of working with eportfolios in their respective disciplines.

There were some amazing insights into the various ways PebblePad is being used to plan, evaluate and reflect. We had some outstanding keynote speakers (and performances) as well as over 25 case-based presentations ranging in subject from Learning, Teaching & Assessment over Work-based Learning to some excellent Student Perspectives.

For anyone who is interested in the case studies as well as the confernce publication "Effective use of PebblePad: A collection of case studies from PebbleBash 2010" please visit this link.