The Educational Potential of e-Portfolios: Supporting Personal Development and Reflective Learning

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ISBN: 9780415412131 | 0415412137
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/18/2007

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E-portfolios are a valuable learning and assessment tool. They can serve as an administrative tool to manage and organise work, to present course assignments and act as the medium for learners to record their learning goals, outcomes and achievements. They encourage personal reflection and involve the exchange of ideas and feedback. Using technology in this way supports students' abilities in using and exploiting technology for professional and personal purposes, enabling any time, any place learning and peer learning and facilitating the provision of tutor feedback. e-Portfolios is a comprehensive, practical guide for lecturers and staff developers who need to know more about the development of purposeful e-portfolios for supporting students in reflecting on their learning.

List of illustrations	p. viii
Series editors foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
List of abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
E-portfolios and e-learning	p. 7
E-portfolios defined	p. 8
Relating to e-learning	p. 10
Institutional engagement	p. 12
E-portfolios as e-learning	p. 13
Standards	p. 14
Software	p. 14
Policy drivers	p. 15
Convergence	p. 16
The e-portfolio as a tool for learning	p. 17
Setting the stage for e-portfolio development	p. 19
Linking e-portfolios and reflective lifelong learning	p. 20
Paper-based e-portfolio prototypes	p. 22
Embedding the e-portfolio into the curriculum	p. 25
Case example: Linking the e-portfolio and PDP into a Masters in Pharmacy degree	p. 26
Case example: Alverno - the e-portfolio at an institutional level	p. 29
What about the technical skills?	p. 32
Recognising the issues	p. 33
Getting started with e-portfolios	p. 35
Considering the pros and cons	p. 36
Implementation issues	p. 39
Clarifying the purpose of the e-portfolio	p. 41
Determining the scope of the implementation	p. 43
Relating the e-portfolio implementation to the curriculum	p. 45
Potential contents for an e-portfolio	p. 50
Preparing users to use the e-portfolio	p. 51
The e-learning 'maturity' of the organisation	p. 53
Summary and online resources	p. 55
Course design using e-portfolios	p. 57
How to engage students with their e-portfolio	p. 58
Course design parameters	p. 59
Beyond a repository of information	p. 67
Changing curriculum design	p. 68
Summary and online resources	p. 69
Online case studies	p. 70
E-portfolios and assessment of student learning	p. 71
Linking assessment and e-portfolio purpose	p. 71
Changing views on assessment	p. 74
E-portfolios, formative assessment and student learning	p. 76
The problem of making assessment reliable	p. 80
Self and peer assessment	p. 83
Case example: Learning objects and e-portfolios, a question of choice	p. 84
The difference an e-portfolio makes	p. 85
The e-portfolio as a tool for professional development	p. 87
The link between learning and teaching portfolios	p. 88
What goes into a teaching portfolio?	p. 91
The e-teaching portfolio	p. 95
Creating and maintaining the e-teaching portfolio	p. 96
Professional development input on the e-teaching portfolios	p. 97
Producing a point-in-time teaching portfolio	p. 99
The benefit of an e-teaching portfolio	p. 100
Online resources	p. 100
E-portfolios and inclusive learning	p. 102
How inclusive is the internet?	p. 103
Social inclusion, learning and technology	p. 104
Understanding disability in relation to technology	p. 107
E-learning design for accessibility	p. 108
Difference in disability	p. 109
Useful resources for e-learning and accessibility	p. 115
Software solutions for a complex concept	p. 117
Types of e-portfolio software	p. 118
Commercial systems	p. 121
Proprietary (university-designed) software	p. 121
Open source e-portfolios	p. 124
Open source common tools	p. 126
Choosing appropriate software	p. 126
Standards and specifications	p. 127
Options reviewed	p. 129
Case example: Using Spider at Strathclyde	p. 129
Online resources	p. 134
Relating other new technologies to the e-portfolio	p. 135
Blogs and self-publishing	p. 136
Wikis as works in progress	p. 143
Combining technologies - the birth of the podcast	p. 149
The role of new technologies in e-portfolios	p. 153
Online resources	p. 154
E-portfolio futures	p. 155
Scenarios	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 164
Online resources	p. 165
Glossary	p. 166
References	p. 175
Index	p. 185
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