Thank you Shane you have said what I was grasping at.
Just one caveat to Andy's definition, 'creative' work. Is the evidence
of a demonstrated competence 'creative'? The EPs Shane is describing
from FE etc usually consist of 'yes' or 'no' to a statement of
competence. These, we would have to say are the most commonly used
eportfolios, nationally, at the moment. What do you think?
In the context of WBL and therefore 14-19 reform the inclusion of
non-textual evidence is crucial. This is not where UCAS is at the
moment...
Thanks for info about 'representation'. Some ep's do indeed accommodate
a wide variety of media. But can't you have a digital representation of
a person? In WoW the avatars clearly demonstrate their competence by the
armour and weapons they carry/own. This is non-textual (semiotic?) but
evidence that the target audience understands.
If we are to define 'eportfolio' then we have to include all of these
types? I suppose I am saying that an 'EP' can sometimes have a very
narrow purpose, and/or be very simple.
Certainly all very interesting thanks for keeping me awake!
regards
Terri Kinnison
Becta 14-19 Policy Adviser
-----Original Message-----
From: e-portfolio practitioners and developers
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shane Sutherland
Sent: 09 July 2007 19:17
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Subject: Re: A model relating eportfolios to [portfolio] tools?
Andy
I like yours if you like mine :)
The use of information (as an inclusive term) about a subject was
included,
against my preferred eportfolio thinking, to include those kinds of ePs
popular in some FE quals where the subject (learner) is not the author
of
their own eportfolio - the author is often the subject's
assessor/work-based
supervisor/invigilator or any combination.
Shane
-----Original Message-----
From: e-portfolio practitioners and developers
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Powell
Sent: 09 July 2007 18:09
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Subject: Re: A model relating eportfolios to [portfolio] tools?
> So, I think I'm inclined to stick with my original offering "An
> eportfolio is a purposeful aggregation of digital items - ideas,
> evidence, reflections, feedback, data etc - which 'present' a selected
> audience with information about the subject of that eportfolio". For
> me the 'purposeful'
> indicates intent - more often than not explicit intent.
Shane,
Apologies. I don't have much disagreement with your wording... in my
blog
entry I'd just tried to come up with something simpler - but I probably
went
too far!?
Having said that, I don't much like your use of "information about the
subject of that eportfolio" because it seems rather weak. Isn't the
'evidence of learning and/or ability' part important? It is also
dangerous
(in my experience) to leave example lists in definitions, since some
people
will take them to be an enumeration of all the possibilities.
Tweaking yours slightly gives:
"An e-portfolio is a purposeful aggregation of digital items which
'presents' a selected audience with evidence of a person's learning
and/or
ability."
I had the slightly shorter:
"An e-portfolio is a digital collection of creative work, designed to
show
evidence of learning and/or ability."
but I think my 'show evidence' is your 'present' and my 'designed' is
your
'purposeful' - so I don't actually think there's much difference between
them? Your 'selected audience' bit is helpful but is missing from mine.
Andy
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