Hi, Roger, and Matt,
I have no desire to get into flame wars here concerning the
advantages/disadvantages of different e-Portfolio systems.
But *YES* I see the e-Portfolio lasting for life, from cradle to grave, or
as Dr Helen Barrett said, 'from sperm to worm'. The main drive in HE
e-Portfolio research is typically about assessment, showcasing, PDP and
lifelong learning. - ie that graduates should be capable of taking their
e-Portfolio 'with them' from one institution to another and on throughout
life as a digital CV in its broadest sense if nothing else.
In Secondary schools the main focus of e-Portfolio work is in careers
guidance, PLTS and Diplomas. My recent contract in Scotland focuses on
'Education for Excellence' or 'Schools of Ambition' which addresses topics
like 'Effective Contributor', 'Successful Learner', 'Confident Individual',
and 'Responsible Citizen'. From this start, students can then start adding
extra sections as they choose.
In Primary schools, and even Pre-school, parents and Teaching Assistants can
support even our youngest e-Portfolio users to collate simple artefacts and
comment upon both their own work and provide feedback to others.
Perhaps the main value of having an e-Portfolio system 'for life' is that,
at a third of the price of maintaining a website, learners can continue
adding to their CV, work samples, evidence of community service etc assured
of continuing on-line support.
To answer your questions more briefly:
Their's for life??? YES
What cost? Minimal
Who hosts? eFolio in the UK is hosted externally to any institution and is
thus accessible anywhere there is Internet access.
Who controls? The learner controls although with minors there are security
permissions. As a tool for learning there are also some constraints re
commercial misuse.
As an example, see the following eFolio of a UK graduate now working back in
France in (I think) her third job:
http://bonnaudgisela.efoliomn.com/index.asp?Type=ACTIVITY&SEC={18F1F58A-2020
-456B-9526-C04BA2E5325E}
Best Wishes,
Ray Tolley FEIDCT, NAACE Fellow, ACQI, MBILD
ICT Education Consultant
Maximise ICT Ltd
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-----Original Message-----
From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Roger Broadie
Sent: 14 June 2010 22:17
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
Hi Matt,
Their's for life???
What cost? Who hosts? Who controls?
Roger
On 14 Jun 2010, at 09:34, Matt Wingfield wrote:
> Apologies for not replying to this post sooner, but I was tied up in
> meetings on Friday.
>
> Speaking from our own experience as a provider of e-portfolios, it
> is absolutely possible to achieve both these days...i.e. an e-
> portfolio system that both provides the institution with the
> aggregated views that they need to track and assess student work,
> whilst still giving the student access to their own e-portfolio that
> is theirs for life and simply 'plug-ins' to the institution's view.
>
> This is all achieved through the use of web-services...the portfolio
> is simply a service that can be linked to any other web-service,
> including other services that the student wants to link/access
> through their e-portfolio, such as Facebook for example.
>
> This approach also means that the e-portfolio can be integrated with
> other institution web-services based systems, such as the VLE, where
> you can simply take modules from the e-portfolio and integrate these
> into the VLE. We've already done quite a bit of work in this area
> combining elements of our e-portfolio system such as our on-screen
> marking tool - Red Pen Tool (allows you to mark and annotate any
> digital file through a browser - PowerPoint's, Word files, videos,
> audios) and integrate this within Moodle for example.
>
> This is all possible now, and it all comes down to the approach
> taken...and web-services is the key!
>
> I hope that this is helpful.
>
> Matt Wingfield
> TAG Developments
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Tyrone Knight
> Sent: 14 June 2010 09:02
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
>
> Cheers Mike and Ray for your replys
>
> There I was thinking I was just behind in the e-learning world!
>
> When I spoke to the tutor, it is clear the e-portfolios are for
> academic assessment, as well as future showcasing. I don't know who
> is setting this standard as such, but I think I may need to talk to
> the External Verifiers (who are uncouraging that more course use
> this layout & E-portfolios). I would think that they should be able
> to offer some guidance, guide lines or good practice seen elsewhere.
>
> Regards
>
> Ty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Ray Tolley
> Sent: 11 June 2010 18:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
>
> Tyrone, and Mike,
>
> These are some of the issues I intend addressing at the EIfEL
> conference and
> again in Boston, Ma, next month. See:
> http://www.epforum.eu/
>
> http://www.aaeebl.org/page/AAEEBL+Annual+Conference
>
> My short answer if not very helpful is the anecdote about the
> farmhand's
> response to the tourist asking for directions, "If you are going
> there, I
> wouldn't start from here!"
>
> But seriously, the first issue is that of whether the e-Portfolio is
> deemed
> to be primarily an institution-owned assessment tool or is it
> something
> owned by the learner?
>
> If the e-Portfolio is embedded within a VLE then, as you identify,
> there are
> serious problems not only about 'longevity', 'ownership' and
> 'portability'
> but also about showcasing and continued PDP.
>
> If the e-Portfolio is learner-owned then there needs to be some
> agreement on
> uniformity otherwise you create an impossible job for peers, tutors,
> mentors
> and assessors. I do not feel that cloud solutions or Wordpress meet
> the
> wider variety of e-Portfolio functionalities including such things
> as audit
> trails, feedback tools etc.
>
> I'm not trying to sell a product, but see my links below,
> particularly my
> blog.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Ray Tolley FEIDCT, NAACE Fellow, ACQI, MBILD
> ICT Education Consultant
> Maximise ICT Ltd
> P: http://raytolley.v2efolioworld.mnscu.edu/
> B: http://www.efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/
> W: http://www.maximise-ict.co.uk/eFolio-01.htm
> T: http://twitter.com/efolio
> Winner of the IMS 'Leadership Regional Award 2009'
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of
> Mike Johnson
> Sent: 11 June 2010 16:54
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
>
> Hiya,
>
> This is not going to help much, but we've managed to avoid the issue
> somewhat because undergrad students have enough to do completing a
> clinical
> portfolio. Now we're trying to move forward with some kind of e-
> portfolio I
> am leaning towards offering them to use the (fairly nasty) VLE-based
> platform or some support for them to 'do it themselves' via tumblr or
> wordpress... or even a shared dropbox folder with word docs inside.
> In this
> way we could ensure students take responsibility for their own
> portfolio....
> may even promote ownership/engagement with the reflective process
> (which is
> what we ought to really be concerned about, right?). It's also
> portable and
> durable in a way that I have yet to trust classic e-portfolio
> systems to be.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Mike
>
> --
>
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> Date: 11/06/2010 16:42
> Subject: [VLES]
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> Dear All
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> I am contacting you in the hope of finding out how you deal
> with E-Portfolios
>
>
>
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>
>
> A colleague has insisted that he wants this academic years
> course code left ‘live’ for another 1 / 2 years, so that
> the
> students can show potential employers and for the purpose of external
> verifiers. Some of my concerns are the continued access of the college
> system
> by students, and the time required to remove the support courses
> from their
> profile.
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> We don’t host our own Blackboard area, and I
> can’t seem to find a way of exporting the students work /
> assignments
> /
> e-portfolio. The Grade centre results aren’t going to be enough.
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> I am also worried that the cost of our Blackboard will go up
> with the amount of users.
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> So my question is how do you tackle E-portfolios, do you use
> blackboard or another source/method? Any advice at all is much
> appreciated.
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> Many, many thanks
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> Ty
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