I’d like to
share with you some basic concepts about e-portfolios. First of all, an e-portfolio is “a purposeful collection of student’s work that exhibits
the student’s effort, progress and achievements in one or more areas.” I find
this definition very insightful because I thought a portfolio was just a
collection of student’s work to see his/her progress along time. So, what
called my attention was the word “purposeful” because that means that we teachers
need to set a clear objective of why we’ll have our students work on a portfolio
so that everything we do lead students to reach that aim. Depending on the
objective one has in mind is the kind of portfolio that will be developed and
the tools that will be used to do it. E-portfolios are those which are entirely
computer readable and it is very recommendable to use them because they offer a
lot of benefits, such as portability, easy to create back-up files, completely
learner centered, etc.
There are
certain steps to follow in order to create an e-portfolio:
1. Defining the portfolio context and
goals.
2. The working portfolio
3. The reflective portfolio (what?, so
what?, and now what?)
4. The connected portfolio
5. The presentation portfolio
There are
different kinds of portfolios: learning, assessment and employment portfolios.
Basically, learning portfolios focus on the learning process; assessment
portfolios focus on the learning product and employment portfolios are aimed to
get a job. The kind of portfolio depends on the purpose, process and product
one has in mind.
Porfolios
are ongoing learning tools. As it’s been said before, they are a collection of
student’s work which can be called artifacts. But what makes portfolios a very
valuable tools is the fact that students reflect on their work. When
they do that, these artifacts become evidence of students’ achievement.
Barret, Helen, (2001). Education Portfolios: A chapter in education technology; An encyclopedia to be published by ABC-CLIO.
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