issues in developing and implementing eportfolios
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Graham Attwell
Issues in developing and implementing e-
portfolios
What is the purpose of an e-Portfolio?
assessment portfolios
presentation portfolio
Personal Development planning
Personal learning portfolio
the development and implementation of e-Portfolios reflects an engagement by the
education and training systems and institutions
with changing demands for
education through society and with changing forms of learning reflected through the use of
social software.
Drivers of change include more student centred pedagogic approaches, more flexible programme provision, a greater emphasis on lifelong learning, and a move toward competence based assessment.
issues
Changes in teaching and learning
Learning is a process of becoming rather than a process of acquiring
Stephen Downes
The way networks learn is the way people learn…
• they are both complex systems• the organization of each depends on connections
Connectivism (George Siemens)
Stephen Downes
• Learner centered
Learning is centered around the interests of the learner
Learning is owned by the learner
This implies learner choice of subjects, materials, learning styles
The Concept
Stephen Downes
Connected Learning
The computer connects the student to the rest of the worldLearning occurs through connections with other learnersLearning is based on conversation and interaction
Stephen Downes
who provides the e-portfolio?
who owns the e-portfolioe-portfolio
open or closed?
PlanningValidatingAssessingRecording
RecognisingReflectingPresenting
VerifyingModeratingAccreditingCertifying
External world Learner
Quality standards
e-Portfolios
Who owns the e-Portfolio?
who can access the e-Portfolio and for what purposes?
what should an e-portfolio contain?
How do we represent and recognise informal learning?
how can we facilitate reflection
The challenge is to somehow encourage students to spend more time on this reflection stage, exploring more what they have done/achieved. I suspect that this would help them to design more useful plans and, by thinking about their learning, become that elusive better learner.”
reflection is always a fiction where students write specifically
to the needs of the tutor.
Forming an opinionExpressing and opinionArticulating and opinionJustifying an opinionDefending an opinionSupporting opinions of otherChallenging others’ opinionsQuestioning othersSeeking clarificationRepresenting others opinionsBuilding on others’ opinionsSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinionSorting fact from opinion
The development of reflection through e-Portfolios may work best in project-based learning and when reflection is linked to activities
Assessment for learning or assessment of learning
group assessment and authentic assessment
Scott Wilson