e-portfolio background. e-portfolio defined a collection of electronic evidence assembled and...

E-PORTFOLIO BACKGROUND

E-Portfolio Defined

• a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web

• A demonstration of the user's abilities and platform for self-expression

Source: Wikipedia

Types of e-Portfolios

• Assessment portfolio• Career portfolio• Reflective portfolio

SAMPLE E-PORTFOLIOS

When an employer types Katherine Kwok into Google

Her e-Portfolio is the very first result making it easy for prospective employers tofind out about her skills and tech savvy

E-Portfolios help you stand out and help you get a better job, not to mention learn better, develop greater awareness, discipline and courage tostand up for your vision of life… all traits of successful leaders (Source: JeffBalin.com).

e-Portfolio Trends

• Moving from just individual portfolios towards team and organizational portfolios

• Ability to output multiple views of e-portfolios to different audiences

e-Portfolio Trends

• Organizations using e-Portfolios for sourcing talent

• Increasingly people leveraging free but powerful blogging and web content management systems such as WordPress

e-Portfolio Trends

• European Union wants all its citizens to have e-Portfolios by 2010

• Some countries like the Netherlands have nation-wide e-Portfolio programs

Why bother?

• Reflective aspect of an e-Portfolio has been proven to help you better learn

• Helps showcase your abilities to employers and build positive online reputation

• Helps you learn Web 2.0 skills… with these same skills you can develop a niche blog or a Web-based business

SAMPLE STUDENT VENTURESUSING THE SAME OR SIMILAR TOOLS USED FOR E-PORTFOLIO

Matthew Nelson used blogging skills to create an eclectic blog about art, design and more.

Jess Sloss has become an authority on social media… he’s landed a job at an ad agency focused on video and social networks.

Lars Vedo launched two news aggregating businesses that have hadhundreds of thousands of visitors

Adam Henderson launched WorkLauncher.com a site matching employers with student project teams

Online reputation

• 45% of employers now screen social media profiles

• 35% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them not to hire the candidate

• 18% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them to hire the candidate

Online reputation

• 77% of employers “google” job applicants (Source: ExecuNet)

• What if they find negative things about you on the Web?

• Or even worse, what if they find no mention of you at all?

• An e-Portfolio can help you build and manage your online reputation

FREE E-PORTFOLIO TOOLS

Open source, free, e-Portfolio platform that can integrate with the Moodlecourse management system

Build and promote your e-portfolio for free with ZENPortfolios.com, uses the powerful WordPress platform … can submit your e-Portfolio built with any tool

What are you waiting for?

Life is short… don’t waste time

e-Portfolios help you reflect on where you have been…

where you are now…

and where you want to move towards

A regularly updated e-Portfolio will help you get there!