ePortfolios for Learning
I have created this blog to discuss my ideas on electronic portfolios to support lifelong learning. I hope to share some of my concerns about the current direction of electronic portfolios in Higher Education and K-12 schools.
a much broader scope as an online collection of reflections and digital Artefacts (such as documents, images, blogs, resumés, multimedia, hyperlinks and contact information). Learners and staff can use an ePortfolio to demonstrate their learning, skills and development and record their achievements over time to a selected audience.
literature review on portfolios, advantages of using it
"For the past 18 months, Dalhousie Medical School has been examining ways to incorporate the use of ePortfolios in medical education. During the 2010 curriculum renewal, "Portfolio Learning" was one of the twenty committees that engaged in an environmental scan, literature review, and proposed four recommendations for the new curriculum."