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What is an E-Portfolio?

A portfolio is a collection of work developed across various contexts over time. The portfolio can boost learning by providing students and/or faculty with a way to organise, archive and demonstrate pieces of work.

The electronic format allows faculty and other professionals to evaluate student portfolios utilising technology, which may involve the Internet, CD-ROM, video, animation or audio. E- portfolios are becoming a popular alternative to traditional paper-based portfolios because they offer practitioners and peers the opportunity to review, communicate and assess portfolios in an asynchronous manner

FEATURES OF E-PORTFOLIOS

1.MULTIMEDIA

Once the student work is organised, users can easily add sound, pictures, graphics and videos to the electronic portfolio

2.COMPUTER SKILLS

Students can gain valuable computer skills, which is considered to be quite necessary in today’s world, while developing and editing thier portfolios.

3. ASSESSMENT

E-portfolios directly relate a student’s work to the defined standards or criteria.E- porftolios exhibit wider dimensions of learning than just the traditional methods (paper-pencil reports or exercises). For instance, within an electronic portfolio, a student can add digital audio, video, and graphics to document evidence of learning.

• Because ePortfolios can provide a means for assessment based on evidence of an individual’s growth over time and effort- not a list of test scores.

Because evaluating the learner’s work using a variety of artifacts - graphics, pictures, multimedia, stories, journals, or projects - provides a view into the individual’s mind and capabilities as well as the teaching and learning environment

Because the collection of work provides a powerful and comprehensive digital resume of the multiple intelligences of an individual, as a linguist, an artist, a scientist, a mathematician, an athlete, a reflective learner, a self learner, or a cooperative learner.

* Because a longitudinal view of a learner’s work paints a picture of growth, progress, and continuity over time that the learner can collect, select, and reflect upon to present  a profile of accomplishment based on evidence

WHY TO USE AN E-PORFOLIO?

TYPES OF E-PORTOLOIOS

1. DEVELOPMENTAL

2. ASSESSMENT

3. SHOWCASE

4. HYBRIDS

demonstrate the advancement and development of student skills over a period of time. Developmental portfolios are considered

works-in-progress and include both self-assessment and reflection/feedback elements.

The primary purpose is to provide communication between students and faculty.

1. DEVELOPMENTAL

 demonstrate student competence and skill for well-defined areas. These may

be end-of-course or program assessments primarily for evaluating student performance. The primary

purpose is to evaluate student competency as defined by program

standards and outcomes

2.ASSESSMENT

demonstrate exemplary work and student skills. This type of portfolio is

created at the end of a program to highlight the quality of student work.

Students typically show this portfolio to potential employers to gain

employment at the end of a degree program.

3. SHOWCASE

Most portfolios are hybrids of the three types of portfolios listed above. Rarely will you find a portfolio that is strictly used for assessment, development or showcase purposes. Occasionally, you may come across showcase portfolios

that do not show evidence of self-reflection, rubrics for assessment or

feedback.

4. HYBRID

*Student Information: name, contact information, major, graduation date, etc

Table of Contents: or various way to display links to contents of the portfolio

Learner Goals Curricular standards and/or criteria: used

to align the contents of the portfolio to institutional, departmental or course curriculum (often accomplished by rubrics)

Rubrics: can be used to assess student work. A rubric is a criteria-rating scale, which provides the instructor with a tool to track student performance. They also inform students of the course/departmental/institutional expectations

Guidelines: used to select appropriate artifacts to keep the collection from growing haphazardly

Artifacts: examples of student work including documents, images, video, audio, etc. (can be chosen by student, instructor or both)

Instructor feedback Self-reflection pieces: a

portfolio without reflections is just a multimedia presentation or an electronic resume 

what to include?

DEMONSTRATES EFFORT, PROGRESS, AND ACHİEVEMENTMAKES CONNECTİONS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTİCE

DOCUMENTS YOUR LEARNİNG PROGRESS OVER TİMEPROVİDES EVİDENCE OF MEETİNG PROFESSİONAL STANDARDS

ENHANCES COMMUNİCATİON AND ORGANİZATİONAL SKİLLSGREATER AWARENESS OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

ENCOURAGES REFLECTİVE SELF-İNQUİRYİLLUSTRATES GOOD TEACHİNG

SUPPORTS PROFESSİONAL GROWTHLEADS TO GOAL PLANNİNG

VİSİBLE COLLECTİON OF SKİLLS TO PRESENT TO A PROSPECTİVE EMPLOYER

İMPROVES TEACHİNGOFTEN CONSİDERED AUTHENTİC ASSESSMENT

BENEFITS of E-PORTFOLIOS

1. TİME

A professional portfolio requires constant updating to include the most current projects. Except for graphic designers or writers whose work is already in digital format, the process of converting images and projects into digital files can be very time consuming. The presentation of

the electronic portfolio also needs to stay current, and this will also require updating.

Depending on how busy you are or how often you add new projects, older projects may have a

short shelf-life, and replacing them with the most current project examples is essential before

submitting a portfolio to new prospective employers.

DRAWBACKS

Electronic portfolios may need to be saved in different formats to prevent compatibility issues with the prospective employers you email it to. For instance, if your version of

Microsoft Word saves files as .docx files, the person you send them to may not be able to

open the file. Unless it is specified in advance, there is no way of knowing whether your

electronic portfolio will be compatible with the person you are sending it to. Setting up your

digital portfolio on a website will eliminate this drawback.

2. COMPATIBILITY

The convenience of an electronic portfolio is considered an advantage, although it also can be a drawback. You can bring a disc, memory card, or web address to an interview and expect to be able to present your

portfolio on whatever computer they have available. You will still need to have a hard copy with you even if

you sent an electronic copy in advance.

3. PORTABILITY

1. WHO OR WHAT İS BEİNG EVALUATED?

______student ______teacher 

______curriculum/program ______school

CHECK LIST

______display best work and current performance ______display growth over time 

______determine whether learning goals have been met 

______determine quality of instruction

2. What is the purpose of the evaluation?

______improved attitude towards school work ______learn to evaluate own performance 

______increase critical thinking skills by developing evaluative criteria and using it to select work to include 

______improve instruction ______to enjoy the academic area 

______improve or demonstrate mastery of specific academic skills 

(list) ______________________ ______ to learn processes ______the writing process, 

______steps for attacking complex problems ______the scientific method 

______how to write a research paper

3. What are additional purposes?

______students' classroom teacher ______another classroom teacher 

______in school panel ______state appointed individuals 

______other __________________________________

5. Who is responsible for evaluating the

portfolios?

______number of school years ______number of subjects 

(list) __________________________________

info taken from: http://712educators.about.com/od/portfolios/a/portfolio_list.htm

4. What is the breadth of work to be covered?

An example

Some Sites for Creating Your Own E-portfolio

 http://foliofor.me/ http://carbonmade.com/ http://www.doyoubuzz.com/us/ http://flavors.me/ https://www.foliospaces.org/ http://www.opresume.com/ http://shownd.com/ http://www.visualcv.com/www/indexc.html http://www.webs.com/ http://www.weebly.com/index.php?lang=tr http://wordpress.org/ http://tr.wix.com/

E-portfolios are claimed to be the greatest educational technology developement since the adoptation of course management systems. However, albeit promising, they are not yet a mainstream higher education technology.

E-portfolios have recently become a major method of assessment for students, faculties, and staff that document skill sets reflected on learning, accomplishments, and prospective goals.

Lately, institutions are beginning to see that e-porfolios are a feasible tool that encourage self-study. Thus, an increasing number of institutions are now recognising that they are high-level implications. Inevitably, as e –portfolio applications develop, they will get integrated into campus systems. That is why, we, sooner or later, will become a part of this innovative advance teaching/learning system.

CONCLUSION

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