ePIC 2015 - 13th conference on ePortfolios, Open Badges and identity

While an increasing number of technologies are colonising education, work, social and cultural life, what is their real impact on individuals, communities and institutions? How do they contribute to the increase of trust, in oneself and others? How do they affect the construction of our identities, individual and collective? Are they assimilated into the old frameworks, or do they have a transformative or disruptive effect? What are the conditions for making transformation or disruption possible? What kinds of disruptions? Who benefits?
ePortfolios, Open Badges, MOOCs, Personal Learning Environments and Learning Analytics have often been labeled 'disruptive'. Does the reality support that claim? What can we say about the intentions of the designers and practitioners of such technologies? Do they empower learners and workers (whether employee or self-employed), do they provide additional means for institutional control, or both?
To address this year's theme, authors and practitioners are invited to submit contributions in relation to a range of technologies and learning contexts:
Technologies primarily include (but are not limited to): Open Badges and ePortfolios, Social Networks and Personal Learning Environments, Learning Management and Knowledge Management Systems, Personal and System Analytics.
Learning primarily includes (but is not limited to): learning recognition and assessment, accreditation and certification, recruitment and self-employment, coaching and continuing professional development, communities of practice and learning organisations, social capital development and citizenship.
When relevant, authors are invited to situate their reflection in relation to trust and openness:
Trust primarily includes (but is not limited to): network of trusts, risk and reputation management?, trust architectures and infrastructures, authentication and authorisation, privacy security and trust management
Openness primarily includes (but is not limited to): Open Learning and Knowledge, Open Educational Resources, Open Source and Open Standards,Open Trust and Credentials, Open Resources and Processes, Open Data and Architectures, Open Business and Open Society, MOOCs, BOOCs and SPOCs…