Introduction to ePortfolio’s

What is a portfolio?

“ Simply a collection of documents relating to a learner’s progress, development and achievements ”

Beetham, 2005

What is an ePortfolio?“ An e-portfolio is a purposeful aggregation of digital items – ideas, evidence, reflections, feedback etc, which ‘presents’ a selected audience with evidence of a person’s learning and/ or ability.”

Sutherland and Powell (2007)

ePortfolio typology : Developmental

Developmental Portfolios

•demonstrate the progression of skills over time

•displays the journey towards competence / capability

•acts as a medium between student and faculty

ePortfolio typology : Assessment

Assessment Portfolios:

•These portfolios are popular with professional skill development

•Used reasonably widely in work based education

•Are used to evaluate student competence and capability

ePortfolio typology : Showcase

Showcase portfolio’s

•To show off and demonstrate the students skills and work to date.

•This purpose is public facing to display a level of competence / capability and socially profile themselves

Example of Showcase and Assessment

CMALT portfolio

•Both Public facing showing off my skills and projects but also to submit for assessment for Certified Membership of Association of Learning Technologist’s

•Created using Google Sites

Example of Showcase and Developmental

Linkedin page:

•List of competences

•List of projects

•Validated by professional colleagues

ePortfolio Taxonomy of functionality

Curation

Reflection

Validity

Community

Buckley (me) (2012)

Pertinent Drivers

• Supporting workplace learning

• The need for robust and valid assessment of this learning

• To encourage the reflective practitioner and a lifelong learner

Systematic Review on use of ePortfolio’s in undergraduate education

‘Higher quality' papers identify improvements in knowledge and understanding, increased self-awareness and engagement in reflection and improved student-tutor relationships as the main benefits of portfolio use.

S Buckley (i.e. not me), (2009)

Systematic Review on use of ePortfolio’s in undergraduate education

However, they also suggest that whilst portfolios encourage students to engage in reflection, the quality of those reflections cannot be assumed and that the time commitment required for portfolio completion may detract from other learning or deter students from engaging with the process unless required to do so by the demands of assessment.

S Buckley (i.e. not me), (2009)

Pitfalls

REAL LIFE – Is it all or nothing? http://www.rcog.org.uk/catalog/book/pocket-logbook

RESPONDING TO CHANGESometimes people want more individualisation

than you can realistically give everyone

NHS ePortfolio revolution

The NHS ePortfolio Revolution starts hereThis site exists to generate discussion and

collate opinions on the experience of using the NHS ePortfolio. It exists to persuade "people in charge" that they need to invest in making the ePortfolio better because you matter, your training matters, and your time is too valuable to waste ticking boxes. ***

Where do we start?We start with looking at what we have

• What does it consist of …• What is it good at …• What is it bad at …• What has been requested• Who views what• Does it incorporate work based assessment• What implication does capability have?• Do we need to prescribe one?• Is the solution a technological one …

Example Systems

• Action Plan: Practice Assessment Management System

• Pebble Pad• Mahara• NES NHS ePortfolios• Blackboard

BibliographyBeetham, H (2005) e-Portfolios in post 16 learning in the UK: developments, issues and opportunities. At: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/eportfolio_ped.doc (accessed 26/07/07)

Buckley, S (2009), The educational effects of portfolios on undergraduate student learning: a Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) systematic review. BEME Guide No. 11. [Med Teach. 2009]

Sutherland, S. and Powell, A. (2007), CETIS SIG mailing list discussions [Online] Available at: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A1=ind0707&L=CETIS-PORTFOLIO#3 (Accessed: 13 August 2012)