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25th September 2007

MyKnowledgeMap rolls out e-portfolio learning at first human capital technology summit

Educators, trainers, human resource managers and technologists from 35 countries will preview an innovative e-portfolio solution from UK-based learning technology provider MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) at the first Human Capital and Social Innovation Technology Summit (HCSIT) in Maastricht, Holland, 16th- 19th October 2007.

New Multi-Port from MKM is a flexible e-portfolio designed to easily manage all aspects of assessment and evidence-based reflective learning.

Modular in design, Multiport can be extended and customised to provide the features required of its user's curriculum - from formal competency-based assessments to online spaces where learners can reflect informally on their experiences.

The product suite constitutes three core elements, targeted to different assessment styles and learning methods that work seamlessly together or stand-alone.

Thought-Port is a blog-like reflection space for learners to keep a log of their learning and experiences, chat about them with other centre members, and map experiences against a qualification framework.

Skills-Port enables learners to manage formal assessments. Evidence of learning can be mapped to structured requirements, whether NVQ, a Foundation Degree, or a particular set of work-based competencies.

Centre-Port offers remote tutor and assessor support, online, allowing staff to keep in touch with learners whether in or remote from the workplace.

Unique in Europe, HCSIT connects ideas, people and organisations in the field of digital technologies and human capital and takes place in conjunction with ePortfolio 2007, the key international event for the growing community of e-portfolio professionals - and now in its fifth year.

MKM is a silver sponsor of both events, expected to attract over 500 decision-makers from human resource, employment and industry sectors, education and training sector, as well as public sector bodies.

Further information at:

www.myknowledgemap.com

http://events.eife-l.org

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NOTES TO EDITORS


MKM Multi-Port – origins

Multi-Port is a development of the work-based and competency-based assessment systems for qualifications created by MKM with partners including Foundation Degree Forward (the UK government agency for Foundation Degrees), leading Higher Education institutions and sector skills bodies developing NVQs.

MKM Multi-Port - the future

Taking advantage of the leading-edge technologies being developed in its labs, MKM is extending and adapting Multi-Port during 2008 with additional releases including:

• Mobile-Port - enabling assessments to be created online, and then delivered direct to learners' smartphones or PDAs.

• Card-Port - integrating Multi-Port with a skills passport-type smartcard system, this enables learners to carry a secure record of their learning and achievement that can be read straight in to a desktop or workstation using a contact-less card reader, and that can easily be integrated with personal ID systems.

About MyKnowledgeMap

Founded in 2000, MyKnowledgeMap (often known as MKM) is a dynamic company delivering web-based knowledge systems designed by individuals, for the individual.

Operating in the corporate, public and education sectors, MKM's range of products and services includes:

• Academies: MKM is the UK's leading supplier of infrastructure systems for national skill academies, including those in the UK for food & drink manufacturing, sport & active leisure, care, and retail. MKM's e-academy infrastructure helps learners and people with a stake in a particular skill to progress from entry to degree level. Working with the UK's national Sector Skills Councils (MKM's clients include Skillsmart Retail, Improve and SkillsActive), MKM has pioneered online academies that can help people with everything from day-to-day productivity to discovering and achieving relevant qualifications. MKM also offers e-academies tailored to the needs of organisations in the private and local government sectors.
   

• Skills diagnostics: MKM's Skills Diagnostic suite allows clients to build their own system of skills diagnosis and training regimens. Its sophisticated software tools are designed to meet clients' specific needs, and to facilitate, not impose, the required solutions.
   

• Learning: MKM's e-learning solutions, including e-learning content, delivery systems and teaching aids, are used by a worldwide and growing range of organisations from Lloyds TSB to the RSPB; from manufacturing to retailing; from the police to local authorities; from the University of York to colleges in Delhi, Bahrain and Nairobi. MKM produces inventive and versatile applications that are can be shaped and contextualised by their users to meet the rapidly-changing needs of contemporary work and training, either for use within an e-Academy environment or as stand-alone products.

Further Information from:

Rob Arntsen / Tom Holland/ Dawn Ritchie, MyKnowledgeMap 00 44 (0) 1904 466081
Peter Muir / Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR 00 44 (0) 1727 860405