ePortfolio resources

1. What is an eportfolio?

Find at least 2 definitions (there are many on the web) and bring them to the lecture.

2. What purposes can you see for eportfolios?

3. How could eportfolios help learning?

4. Should everyone have an e-portfolio?

 

ePortfolio links

Cherry's primary school ePortfolio (Western Australia

Deano's portfolio

women@the cutting edge

http://www.cityofnottinghampassport.com

http://www.foliosinternational.com

Readings

Cohn, E., & Hibbitts, B. (2004). Beyond the Electronic Portfolio: A Lifetime Personal Web Space. http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=EQM0441

Hartnell-Young, E. (2006). ePortfolios in Australian schools: supporting learners' self-esteem, multiliteracies and reflection on learning. In Mittermeir, R.T. (Ed.): ISSEP 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4226. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. pp. 279-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11915355_26

Helen Barrett’s website http://electronicportfolios.com/ 
JISC e learning page  http://www.elearning.ac.uk/mle/pdp/notts/jisc_eport
e assessment and e-portfolios. Becta’s view
http://becta.org.uk/corporate/publications/documents/e-assessment.pdf
Centre for international ePortfolio Development, University of Nottingham
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/e-portfolio
DfES e-strategy: Harnessing Technology http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/e-strategy