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E-portfolios
By John Riddle
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E-PORTFOLIO BACKGROUND
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E-Portfolio Defined
• a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web
• A demonstration of the user's abilities and platform for self-expression
Source: Wikipedia
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Types of e-Portfolios
• Assessment portfolio• Career portfolio• Reflective portfolio
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SAMPLE E-PORTFOLIOS
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When an employer types Katherine Kwok into Google
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Her e-Portfolio is the very first result making it easy for prospective employers tofind out about her skills and tech savvy
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E-Portfolios help you stand out and help you get a better job, not to mention learn better, develop greater awareness, discipline and courage tostand up for your vision of life… all traits of successful leaders (Source: JeffBalin.com).
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e-Portfolio Trends
• Moving from just individual portfolios towards team and organizational portfolios
• Ability to output multiple views of e-portfolios to different audiences
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e-Portfolio Trends
• Organizations using e-Portfolios for sourcing talent
• Increasingly people leveraging free but powerful blogging and web content management systems such as WordPress
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e-Portfolio Trends
• European Union wants all its citizens to have e-Portfolios by 2010
• Some countries like the Netherlands have nation-wide e-Portfolio programs
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Why bother?
• Reflective aspect of an e-Portfolio has been proven to help you better learn
• Helps showcase your abilities to employers and build positive online reputation
• Helps you learn Web 2.0 skills… with these same skills you can develop a niche blog or a Web-based business
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SAMPLE STUDENT VENTURESUSING THE SAME OR SIMILAR TOOLS USED FOR E-PORTFOLIO
Matthew Nelson used blogging skills to create an eclectic blog about art, design and more.
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Jess Sloss has become an authority on social media… he’s landed a job at an ad agency focused on video and social networks.
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Lars Vedo launched two news aggregating businesses that have hadhundreds of thousands of visitors
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Adam Henderson launched WorkLauncher.com a site matching employers with student project teams
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Online reputation
• 45% of employers now screen social media profiles
• 35% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them not to hire the candidate
• 18% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them to hire the candidate
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Online reputation
• 77% of employers “google” job applicants (Source: ExecuNet)
• What if they find negative things about you on the Web?
• Or even worse, what if they find no mention of you at all?
• An e-Portfolio can help you build and manage your online reputation
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FREE E-PORTFOLIO TOOLS
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Open source, free, e-Portfolio platform that can integrate with the Moodlecourse management system
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Build and promote your e-portfolio for free with ZENPortfolios.com, uses the powerful WordPress platform … can submit your e-Portfolio built with any tool
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What are you waiting for?
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Life is short… don’t waste time
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e-Portfolios help you reflect on where you have been…
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where you are now…
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and where you want to move towards
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A regularly updated e-Portfolio will help you get there!
CreditsThis presentation Prepared for an Assignment in BSYS 1000at BCIT (www.bcit.ca)Links:Bsys1000.bcitbusiness.ca
Music Credit:New Day by BertycoX(Ajaccio, France)
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