An ePortfolio System for Life

Shane SutherlandePortfolio Project Director

University of Wolverhampton

What is an ePortfolio?

A systematic and organized collection of evidence used by the teacher and the student to monitor the growth of the student's knowledge, skills, and attitudes.Cole et al, 2000

What is produced when persons collect, select, reflectively interpret, and/or present their own evidence to support their assertions about what they have learned, know, and can or should do.Cambridge, 2003

…a collection of authentic and diverse evidence, drawn from a larger archive, that represents what a person or organisation has learned over time, on which that person or organisation has reflected, designed for presentation to one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical purposeNLII

What is an ePortfolio?

An ePortfolio is a personal digital collection of information describing and illustrating a person’s learning, career, experience and achievements. ePortfolios are privately owned and the owner has complete control over who has access to what and when.

the digital portfolio… is even more interesting for its contribution to the learning processEIfEL, 2005

…a haphazard collection of artifacts (i.e. a scrapbook) but rather a reflective tool which demonstrates growth over time Barrett, 2000

Paper and e-portfolios are inherently limiting Love et al, 2004

Webfolios are static Web sites where functionality derives from HTML links. ePortfolio therefore, now refers to database-driven, dynamic web sites, not static, HTML-driven sites.Batson, 2002

What is an ePortfolio NOT?

a portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that tells the story of a student's

personal self and a student's achievement or growth characterized by strong vision

of content, skills and processes addressed, built on student selection of work going

in and referenced to criteria. Portfolios may demonstrate a wide range of student

work. Students control the selection of portfolio content and material. Unlike

standardized tests portfolios are direct indicators of a student's learning

experiences. Portfolios allow teachers and parents to share real display of a

student's performance without interpretation of test scores. Portfolios provide a

natural medium for teacher-pupil discussions and the customization of individual

learning experiences and goals. Comprehensive portfolios, maintained over a period

of time, can exhibit comparisons of student work and illustrations of growth.

Portfolios can grow and carry into the learners work life beyond the school

environment. An increasingly self-reliant work force is evolving at an ever increasing

pace. Today's technology allows electronic portfolios to be one career tool for life

long learners in today's workplace. Bergman

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Shane’s definition

A system which allows users, in any of their learning identities, to

selectively record any abilities, events, plans or thoughts that are

personally significant; it allows these records to be linked, augmented or

evidenced by other data sources and allows the user to integrate

institutional data with their personal data. It facilitates self-awareness,

promotes reflection, supports enrichment through commentary and

feedback from the recipients of shared assets. It grows, develops and

matures as the user accesses, it without constraint, over time. It provides

tools for aggregating assets in multiple forms; for telling myriad stories to

diverse audiences and ensures absolute user-control over what is

shared, with whom, for what purpose and for how long. It is a personal

repository; a personal journal; a feedback and collaboration system; and

a digital theatre - where the audience is by invitation only.

Shane’s definition

A system which allows users, in any of their learning identities, to

selectively record any abilities, events, plans or thoughts that are

personally significant; it allows these records to be linked, augmented or

evidenced by other data sources and allows the user to integrate

institutional data with their personal data. It facilitates self-awareness,

promotes reflection, supports enrichment through commentary and

feedback from the recipients of shared assets. It grows, develops and

matures as the user accesses it, without constraint, over time. It provides

tools for aggregating assets in multiple forms; for telling myriad stories to

diverse audiences and ensures absolute user-control over what is

shared, with whom, for what purpose and for how long. It is a personal

repository; a personal journal; a feedback and collaboration system; and

a digital theatre - where the audience is by invitation only.

Event Input Entry

Ability

Experience

Action Plan

Achievement

Meeting

Thought

The WebFolio, WebCV or

WebLog may be arranged in

diverse ways and may be distributed

to multiple audiences

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The ePortfolio System

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ePortfolio asset repository

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Any Questions?

Thank-you

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Abilities AuditModule 1

Initial Diagnostic Assessment

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Careers Action Plan

Careers Meeting

ReflectionsModule 1

FeedbackModule 1

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PresentationModule 4

PlacementAction Plan

PlacementCV

PlacementExperience

PlacementReflections

PlacementReport

My ThoughtsFeedbackModule 5

WorkExperience

OfficerSU

Personal TutorMeeting

PersonalStuff

Growing Asset Store

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ePortfolio Repository

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ePortfolio Repository

ILP WebFolio

Module WebFolio

Assessment WebFolio

Career WebFolio

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