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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!