"As the year progressed, we related specific key competencies to our learning in the classroom. We examined each key competency, discussed in groups what it would look like, and brainstormed ideas that were added to the wall chart. Evidence of success with the key competency was recorded in the students' portfolios."
Written by Ian Munro in the Ministry of Education, this paper serves to help people get oriented in the eportfolio space and launch them forward with improved odds of success.
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."
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.
Should everybody have an ePortfolio? How do ePortfolios contribute to the identity construction process? How do ePortfolios support the acquisition of 21st century skills? How do ePortfolios support lifelong learning, orientation and employability? Why are ePortfolio mostly still non-interoperable?