Graham Attwell Issues in developing and implementing e-portfolios

What is the purpose of an e-Portfolio?

assessment portfolios

presentation portfolio

Personal Development planning

Personal learning portfolio

the development and implementation of e-Portfolios reflects an engagement by the education and training systems and institutions with changing demands for education through society and with changing forms of learning reflected through the use of social software.

Drivers of change include more student centred pedagogic approaches, more flexible programme provision, a greater emphasis on lifelong learning, and a move toward competence based assessment.

issues

Changes in teaching and learning

Learning is a process of becoming rather than a process of acquiring Stephen Downes

The way networks learn is the way people learn… they are both complex systems the organization of each depends on connections Connectivism (George Siemens) Stephen Downes

they are both complex systems

the organization of each depends on connections

Learner centered Learning is centered around the interests of the learner Learning is owned by the learner This implies learner choice of subjects, materials, learning styles The Concept Stephen Downes

Learner centered

Connected Learning The computer connects the student to the rest of the world Learning occurs through connections with other learners Learning is based on conversation and interaction Stephen Downes

Connected Learning

who provides the e-portfolio?

who owns the e-portfolio e-portfolio

open or closed?

Planning Validating Assessing Recording Recognising Reflecting Presenting Verifying Moderating Accrediting Certifying External world Learner Quality standards e-Portfolios Who owns the e-Portfolio?

who can access the e-Portfolio and for what purposes?

what should an e-portfolio contain?

How do we represent and recognise informal learning?

how can we facilitate reflection

The challenge is to somehow encourage students to spend more time on this reflection stage, exploring more what they have done/achieved. I suspect that this would help them to design more useful plans and, by thinking about their learning, become that elusive better learner.”

reflection is always a fiction where students write specifically to the needs of the tutor.

Forming an opinion Expressing and opinion Articulating and opinion Justifying an opinion Defending an opinion Supporting opinions of other Challenging others’ opinions Questioning others Seeking clarification Representing others opinions Building on others’ opinions Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion Sorting fact from opinion

The development of reflection through e-Portfolios may work best in project-based learning and when reflection is linked to activities

Assessment for learning or assessment of learning

group assessment and authentic assessment

Scott Wilson

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