eportfolios: leveraging the blog format
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ePortfolios:Leveraging the Blog Format to
Demonstrate Student Experience
Melissa A. Venable, PhDTCC 2011
Welcome!
• Types of student portfolios
• Is there any research?
• Blog-to-portfolio features
• Organizing content
• Examples
• Resources & Recommendations
Student Portfolios
• Study
• Career!
Image: everythinginblue, Flickr, CC
What’s been done?
• Teacher education
• Peer review and evaluation
• Reflection and work samples
• Course-level assignments
• Student vs. Instructor selected artifacts
• Portfolio systems / LMS / 2.0 platforms
Features to Consider
• About page
• Pages and posts
• Embed – links, slides, video…
• Categories and tags
• Links to/from online profiles (think LinkedIn)
• Easy, intuitive dashboard
Organization
• Structure• Resume/CV• Relevant models, competencies, standards
(ADDIE, ASTD, AECT…)
• Artifacts• What kind of work to you want to do in the
future?• Existing – Only the best!• New – Build samples to showcase specifics
Examples
Image: Leo Reynolds, Flickr, CC
http://ericstoller.com/blog/portfolio/
http://www.denzingerdesign.com/
portfolio/
http://kerstinhoward.wordpress.com/
Recommendations
• Collaborate with the Career Center.
• Create a showcase event in your program – virtual roundtable?
• Think about portfolios when developing course assignments.
• Talk to your alumni – what would they want to see when hiring?
• Provide encouragement. Nudge. The sky’s the limit!
A Few Resources
• Intrduction to WordPress http://www.slideshare.net/wpprobusiness/introduction-to-wordpress-adam-w-warner
• E-Portfolios for Learning (Helen Barrett) http://blog.helenbarrett.org/
• E-Portfolios at Penn State http://eportfolio.psu.edu/
Questions?
• What is your experience with student ePortfolios?
• Do you have an ePortfolio? Which platform(s)?
• Is it time to lose the “e”?
Thank you!
Let me know how you and your students are using blogs!
Melissa A. Venable, PhD
www.design-doc.com
@Melissa_Venable