Contact - Volume 2, Issue 5 April 2006 - E-Portfolios This issue focuses on the opportunities for assessment and reflection associated with e-portfolios. A podcast and linked resources are included in this issue. Podcast
- E-Portfolios Play it / hear it - MP3 file - 1.6 MB On
Implementing Web-Based Electronic Portfolios Researching
Electronic Portfolios and Learner Engagement This paper provides
the theoretical background for a study of student learning, engagement
and collaboration through the development of electronic portfolios.
It discusses portfolios in education, definitions, multiple purposes
for portfolios, conflicting theoretical paradigms as well as the relationship
between storytelling and reflection.The paper also describes several
technology tools that engage learners in reflection, including blogging
and digital storytelling. ePortfolios and weblogs: one vision for ePortfolio development by David Tosh and Ben Werdmuller Use of
the Electronic Portfolio (ePortfolio) is expanding in both higher education
and in the private sector to document "learning." Two main
purposes of the ePortfolio include: promotion of student-centred learning
and reflection; career planning and CV building. Weblog use has grown
rapidly leading to the development of some excellent programs for keeping
a daily online ‘diary’. This report explores the possibility
of merging weblog technology with ePortfolios, creating a platform for
learning reflection. Other Resources There are many free e-portfolio tools available on the Web. The KEEP Toolkit is available from the Carnegie Foundation. Just go to http://www.cfkeep.org/static/index.html. Consumer’s Guide to ePortfolio Tools and Services www.FuturEd.com Learning Innovation Forum http://www.lifia.ca/ Contact is the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's monthly e-newsletter bringing you the latest information on teaching and learning. Contact podcasts are also available for subscription free from the iTunes Music Store - just search on UOIT. Feel free to pass along this newsletter to anyone you feel would benefit from this information. Have them e-mail us at contact@uoit.ca if they want to be added to the mailing list. Visit the Contact Web site at http://www.uoit.ca/teachingandlearning/contact to see past issues.
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