ePortfolios in 20 Minutes

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WHAT ARE THEY?

• the traditional CV/resume online; plus artefacts

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WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?

• Proprietary Solution – PebblePad http://www.pebblelearning.co.uk/

• Free and Ready to Use – TAFEVC (Victoria)• Open Source – Mahara (requires some IT skills

to install) http://www.mahara.org/• LMS provided – Blackboard • Customised and provided by the Institution

(QUT)• Bolted on (integrated with LMS) eg Mahara and

Moodle• Rent a Crowd

WHAT GOES IN THEM?

• All the normal CV/resume stuff plus artefacts:

• Snippets from course (journal reflections, forum discussions, resources, course notes)

• Media (audio, images, video)

WHO CAN SEE IT?

• Students?• Friends?• Teachers? • Employers?• Public?• Restricted access – set by students? What

if student does not want to show it to teacher? Only certain (relevant) parts of it viewable by employer?

Image courtesy of MattP http://flickr.com/photos/mattp9/2181975656/

WHAT DO YOU WITH IT WHEN YOU LEAVE THE COURSE OR INSTITUTION?

• Can you take it with you? (Is it portable?)

• Can you export to another epf system?

• Is it lifelong?

Should their use be mandated?

• As a general rule, yes. But students should have the option of choosing the form of their epf.

My preferred option – the rent a crowd model

• Blog (Blogger)• Podcast (Podomatic)• Slide Shows (Slideshare)• Photo Site (Flickr)• Videos (YouTube, Blip TV, Ustream)• Wikis (Wikispaces)• Bookmarks (Delicious)• Website• others will have MySpace, Facebook, Ning etc sites

Gathering it all into one place (the magic of RSS)

• Protopage

• Pageflakes

• Netvibes

• My ePortfolio - http://protopage.com/michaelc

Image courtesy of JRHode http://flickr.com/photos/jrhode/375671790/