Electronic Portfolio

Burcu Örentürk Aybat

What?

Uses electronic tecnologies Allows the portfolio developer to collect and

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

Shows the relationship between the standards or goals, artifacts and reflections.

Demonstrates growth over time.

Why?

Learning (Formative) Portfolios

Assessment (Summative) Portfolios

Employment (Marketing) Portfolios

(Hartnell-Young & Morriss, 1999; Wolf, 1999).

Types of Electronic Portfolio

Working Portfolios

Showcase or Best Works Portfolios

Assessment Portfolios

Benefits

minimal storage space easy to create back-up files portability long shelf life learner-centered increases technology skills through hypertext links it is easier to make argument that

certain standards are met accessibility (especially web portfolios)

(Kankaanranta, Barrett & Hartnell-Young, 2000)

Interactive Process

Evidence =+Artifacts

+Reflection+Validation

Digital VS Electronic Portfolio

Electronic portfolio artifacts come together for a purpose. Digital portfolios’ may not be.

Electronic portfolio shows the growth over time. Digital may not be.

An electronic portfolio contains artifacts that may be in analog (e.g., videotape) or computer-readable form. In a digital portfolio, all artifacts have been transformed into computer-readable form.

(Barrett, 2000)

Electronic Portfolio Development Stages

Portfolio Development

Electronic Portfolio Development Multimedia Development

Purpose & Audience 1. Defining the Portfolio Context & Goals  Decide Assess

Collect, Interject 2. The Working Portfolio Design, Plan

Select,Reflect,Direct 3. The Reflective Portfolio Develop

Inspect, Perfect,Connect

4. The Connected Portfolio Implement, Evaluate

Respect 5. The Presentation Portfolio Present, Publish

Defining the Portfolio Context & Goals Purpose Audience Resources

The Working PortfolioOccupies the longest span of time

Steps: Determine the types of portfolio artifacts to be collected and then

select Select the software development tools most appropriate for the

portfolio context and the resources available Set up electronic folders for each standard to organize the artifacts Use a word processor, database, hypermedia software or slide

show to articulate the goals/standards to be demonstrated in the portfolio and to organize the artifacts

Identify the storage and presentation medium most appropriate for the situation

Write short reflective statements with each artifact stored, to capture its significance at the time it is created

The Reflective Portfolio

Precedes evaluation reviews Three Questions:

1. “What?" 2. “So What?" 3. “Now What?"

(Campbell, Melenyzer, Nettles, & Wyman, (2000) based on Van Wagenen and Hibbard (1998)

The Connected Portfolio

Unique to the electronic portfolio

Steps: create hypertext links between goals, work

samples, rubrics, and reflections Insert appropriate multimedia artifacts Create a table of contents to structure the

portfolio

The Presentation Portfolio

Record the portfolio to an appropriate presentation and storage medium

Present the portfolio before an audience (real or virtual) and celebrate the accomplishments represented

Evaluate the portfolio's effectiveness in light of its purpose and the assessment context

Electronic Portfolio Development Tools No digital artifacts (some video tape artifacts) Word processing Databases Presentation tools Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat

PDF files) HTML-based web pages Multimedia authoring program (such as

Macromedia Authorware or Director)

Learner Ownership and Control of Electronic Portfolio Development

Contents Contents Contents

Purpose Purpose

Process

Learner Control vs. Organizational ControlAssumption:

Greater Learner Control leads to more Intrinsic Motivation

LEARNER CONTROLORGANIZATION CONTROL

Motivation

Intrinsic

Extrinsic

DEGREE

OF CHOICE

Acrobat Portfolio

Can Import any types of file to PDF Insert graphics, pictures, sounds, videos Create hyperlinks and buttons to organize

artifacts.

WWW PortfolioQuestions: Security and Access: Which information should be

confidential? What happens if everybody reach private information? What are the difference between eportfolio and multimedia or digital notebooks? What makes a web page become eportfolio?

“real” eportfolios are really belongs to the Internet which is free to everyones access.

Does it affect to human rights if it is online? According to a researcher (Breault, 2000); students think

that portfolio is a marketing tool while teachers think that it is an assessment tool.

If everybody can access to portfolios, students might not want to add their reflections.

“customized systems approach”

Use online record system to store reflections and artifacts

Needs to learn how to use the database Limited creativity and flexibility Higher cost in tools and software, lower cost in

training (depends on the system design) Problems about developing portfolio outside the

school.

Tools used to develop Electronic Portfolio: Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint or

Keynote Adobe Acrobat Netscape Composer or

your favorite Web Page Editor

iPhoto iMovie3

DreamWeaver eZedia HyperStudio MovieMaker PhotoStory NoteTaker KidPix AppleWorks Kidspiration / Inspiration

Recommendations from Helen Barrett (March, 2007) Why? (what is the purpose for implementing the

ePortfolio? or are there multiple purposes?) Did you read all of my Frequently Asked Questions on

my website? http://electronicportfolios.org/faq.html Did you read my page on Professional Development for

implementing ePortfolios: http://electronicportfolios.org/teachers/profdev.html

The next Eifel conference will be in Maastricht, Netherlands, in October 2007. That is one place to start. 

http://electronicportfolios.org/distance/index.html