ePortfolios 101

Nick Rate nick.rate@core-ed.net http://nickrate.com

ePortfolios101

ePortfolios 101

•Attempt to define•Look at the purpose•Unpack the types•Why? Look at the benefits•Process•Selecting an ePortfolio Tool•Questions to consider...•Shaping your requirements...

The ePortfolio as a Container:

...uses electronic technologies as the container, allowing students/teachers to

collect and organize portfolio

artifacts in many media types (audio, video, graphics, text)...

Barrett, 2005

The ePortfolio as a Process:

“...what is produced when persons

collect, select, reflectively interpret, and/or present their own evidence to support their assertions

about what they have learned, know and can or

should do...”

Cambridge, 2003

“...ideas of what an e-portfolio 'is' are complex and to an extent the

definition and purpose will vary depending on the

perspective from which a particular person is approaching the concept...”

JISC ePortfolio Infokithttp://www.flickr.com/photos/darthdowney/

Derek Wenmoth

Exploring eportfolios:

from:

2000: Whole class ‘digital yearbook’ on CD

to:

2009: Individual online blog portfolios

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“...gives schools the flexibility to design and deliver programmes that will engage all students and offer them appropriate learning pathways.”

The New Zealand Curriculum

Do you use...

“...teaching approaches that consistently have a

positive impact on

student learning...”The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Do you have...

“...assessment for the purpose of

improving student

learning...”

The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Do you use...

“...elearning to open up

new and different

ways of learning...”The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/47899590@N00/

Do you see...

“...parents and caregivers

as key partners...”

The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Do you have...

“...programmes that will engage all students...”

The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Are your students...

“...connected...”

The New Zealand Curriculumwww.flickr.com/photos/saschaaa

connected learners

effective pedagogy

effective assessment

parent involvement

motivate & engage

ePortfolios

elearning

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TheShowcaseePortfolio

ePortfolios

TheAccountability

ePortfolio

TheProcess

ePortfolio

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The Process ePortfolio

Supports students towards achieving their learning goals.

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The Showcase ePortfolio

Celebrates learningoutcomes & shows thehighest level of achievement.

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Documents learning for achievement of specific outcomes or standards.

The Accountability ePortfolio

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“The use of

multimedia tools is one strategy

that involves and

engages learners.”Barrett, 2005

Benefits...

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

“...opens wide the possibilities for

reflections... in action, before action, after action, in solitude, in consultation with peers, in consultation with instructors...

written, spoken,

videotaped, or

graphically represented...”

Riedinger., 2006http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

...the social networking potential of the learning landscape and eportfolio-related tools are

features that facilitate and

enhance the making of

connections and the linking

together of people, ideas,

resources and learning...

Tosh et al., 2006

“...it is the quality, not just the quantity, of

feedback that merits our closest attention.”

Sadler, 1998http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

“...the e-portfolio recognises

that learning is

continuing and seeks to

provide tools to support that learning.”

MOSEP 2007

“...students can

literally carry their eportfolio around with them and

update it at

any time in

any place.”

MOSEP, 2007http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/

...to define e-Portfolios as a

process, rather than just a product or a technological system.

Attwell, 2007

Burke, Fogarty & Belgrade (1994)

CollectSelectReflectProject

Project purpose

Collect & organise

Select learning

Interject personality

Reflect metacognitively

Inspect to self-assess

Perfect & evaluate

Connect & conference

Inject/Eject personality

Respect accomplishments

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Helen Barrett

Exemplars, creating LI, SC, matrices/rubrics

Learning artifact

demonstrated in portfolio

Feed back & feed

forward & reflection

Students working towards new goals in their learning

Future learning

Feed back & feed

forward & reflection

1st draft of writing

story board

brainstorm

teachers

peers

self

family

Learning artifact

demonstrated in portfolio

“finished” example

2nd draft

video

Nick’s AFL & ePortfolio Cycle

Selecting an ePortfolio Solution

Should an eportfolio include all aspects of a student’s life and learning?

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What happens when a student leaves school? Moves to a new class? Transfers?

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Who retains ownership and control?

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Open to the world?

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Are your parents and teachers ready?

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How do your current internet & computer use policies cater for eportfolios and use of Web 2.0 tools?

Will your eportfolios play a role in reporting achievement against the National Standards?

Selecting an ePortfolio Solution

Purpose and Perspectives

Student

TeacherSchool

Management/Leadership

Parents

ePortfolioSolution

Government Policy?

Selecting an ePortfolio Solution

Students TeacherParent/School

CommuntyLeadership

Purpose:Purpose:Purpose:Purpose:

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Selecting an ePortfolio Solution

Students TeacherParent /

School ComLeadership

Purpose:Purpose:Purpose:Purpose:• Support assessment for learning. (criteria, feedback, feedforward, peer/self-assessment, reflection)• Celebrate and share achievement.• Ownership of learning

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

Non-Negotiable Criteria/features: What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?

• Upload/embed post learning examples (photos, movies, Web 2.0 creations)• Allow comments• Ability to customise/personalise

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Additional criteria/features:What else do you want to be able to do?

Student retains ownership even if leaving or transferring schools.Student retains ownership even if leaving or transferring schools.Student retains ownership even if leaving or transferring schools.Student retains ownership even if leaving or transferring schools.

ePortfolio Management...

In order to be effective and support the process of student learning, eportfolios:

•need to be embedded into your teaching and learning.

•require a high level of access to technology.

•you need to set time aside for students to first learn

how and then to actively reflect and give feedback

on learning.

Start small, and work your way up. Get students actively blogging in a class blog and move on to individual spaces

ePortfolio Management...

ePortfolios do not add to your workload. Instead you will need to change some of the ways you:

• give feedback• facilitate reflection• engage students in self and peer assessments

and

• you need to adapt learning and teaching so that

the process and outcomes can be shared

digitally within the eportfolio platform.

What else?

mlearningmobloggingmfoliosmportfolios

“Learning that happens across locations, or that takes advantage of learning opportunities offered by portable technologies.”

Wikipediahttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

“...students can

literally carry their eportfolio around with them and

update it at

any time in

any place.”

MOSEP, 2007http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/

Where to for me...

ePortfolios & National StandardsePortfolios & mobile technologiesePortfolios & live streaming

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