What is an E-Portfolio?
E-Portfolios are organized collections of digital information that show:
· What an individual has learned and accomplished
· Reflections on the student’s learning
· How the student chooses to present the learning to others
Why E-Portfolios?
E-Portfolios:
· Demonstrate student knowledge, skills, and achievements
· Provide an avenue of communication among students, parents and teachers
· Empower students to take control of their personal knowledge management
· Show growth over time
· Help guide students with their post-secondary planning
· Involve the exchange of ideas and feedback
· Help students to become critical thinkers
· Augment the development of writing and communication skills
· Help students make connections between formal and informal learning
Research shows:
E-Portfolios:
· Benefit learning most effectively as an integral component of teaching and learning approaches
· Can support both guidance needs and curricular outcomes
· Exhibit the learning outcomes of students with a wide range of abilities
· Make progress and attainment more obvious to both teacher and student, revealing development, achievement, strengths, and weaknesses(Learning Sciences Research, University of Nottingham, 2007)
