What is an eportfolio?

What is it for?

• Assessment– Demonstrate student competency and skills. Educators and

peers can provide comments and feedback

• Development– Of students' educational goals, providing evidence of the

advancement of knowledge and skills. Can provide support for personal development too

• Showcase– Demonstrate exemplary assignments and other work, as

well as student skills. Designed for potential employers or educators and can be used instead of, or to supplement one's CV.

Types of ePortfolio

“In most cases ePortfolios are not used for a single purpose. Instead, they tend to combine 2–3 types of portfolios thus

creating a Hybrid portfolio” Balaban, I.; Bubas, G., (2010)

• Level 1 & 2: Scrapbook & Curriculum Vitae

• Level 3: Curriculum Collaboration

– Students can share views with peers, tutors & employers and receive comments

• Level 4: Mentoring

– Educators are intensely engaged in guidance & feedback

• Level 5: Authentic Evidence for Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting

– Structured, organised, used for assessment & feedback

Based on Love et al (2004) cited in Balaban, I.; Bubas, G., (2010)

“Because of its features, ePortfolio offers support for reflection, which is one of its main advantages over other systems”

Suggested Levels of Portfolio Use

The eportfolio can help:

• To externalize learners’ ideas and thoughts.

• To understand other students’ ideas

• To deepen their knowledge by combining other’s ideas and thoughts.

Sawazaki, T. & Tanaka, Y. (2013).

MyPortfolio Today

• Available to all users with a Warwick account:myportfolio.warwick.ac.ukmahara.warwick.ac.uk

• Tools include: – File store

– Plan

– Journal

– Options to edit and create pages & collections

– Incorporate external content

MyPortfolio is a user-centric portfolio toolThe user decides who can view any content

Academic Development & Careers

Personal

Sport ChessClub

CV

The same resources can appear in multiple pages

Getting started using MyPortfolio is easy:

• Visit http://myportfolio.warwick.ac.uk• Login• Explore and experiment

References

• Love et al (2004) cited in Balaban, I.; Bubas, G., "Educational potentials of ePortfolio systems: Student evaluations of Mahara and Elgg," Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), 2010 32nd International Conference on , vol., no., pp.329,336, 21-24 June 2010

• Sawazaki, T. & Tanaka, Y. (2013). Designing Courses based on SECI model with Mahara, e-Portfolio. In T. Bastiaens & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (pp. 1355-1358). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved March 10, 2014 from http://www.editlib.org/p/115065