Making the Case

PebblePad is the software of choice for universities, colleges and professional bodies who value and actively support independent, lifelong learners. When an institution purchases PebblePad, it is not buying an eportfolio system; it is buying a sophisticated Personal Learning Space designed to support both individual learners and institutional processes.

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1PebblePad: Reputable, Reliable, Supported...
PebblePad is a robust and secure Personal Learning Space designed with the needs of the individual learner at its core. It is a mature and evolving system supporting large scale, sophisticated and complex elearning and e–assessment. Institutions can be confident that in PebblePad they have a stable, reliable system that supports summative assessment for the whole of the institution’s student population, whilst simultaneously allowing for learners to author their own materials, participate in group work, and invite formative feedback from relevant others.

2PebblePad: compared to paper
Gathering and presenting a portfolio of evidence is traditionally a paper-based process. Whilst paper offers the benefit of being familiar, it’s likely that paper based processes exist more for historical reasons than efficiency or quality. PebblePad provides a range of options in a safe secure environment without the need to print a single sheet of paper.

3PebblePad: The benefits of an efficient system.
In an era when institutions are under mounting pressure from a variety of stakeholders to increase efficiency and reduce costs, it makes sense for institutions to evaluate return on investment. It is reassuring to know that using PebblePad can improve efficiency, streamline processes and reduce administration costs whilst improving the student experience and maintaining, or indeed raising, standards. There are real benefits to using PebblePad – for your students, for your staff, and for your institution.

4PebblePad: designed to enhance learning
The needs of the learner are at the heart of the design of the PebblePad Personal Learning Space. Our design approach is underpinned by sound educational theory. PebblePad supports a range of learning activities, from the creation of narrative based reflective eportfolios through to evidencing of personal attributes against highly structured professional standards.

5Our principles for a Personal Learning Space
There is still a great deal of debate about what an ‘eportfolio’ actually is and this debate is unlikely to ease because eportfolios come in many shapes, sizes and colours. To add to the confusion, the term ‘eportfolio’ means different things to different people – a repository, a presentation, a system, a private space, a social networking space, or a combination of any of these. There are now many tools available that profess to be an ‘eportfolio’ and all look different, have different purposes, or target different audiences.