WEB 2.0 TOOLS FOR CREATING E-PORTFOLIOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Gabriela GROSSECK Ramona BRAN West University of Timisoara E-Portfolio Process in Vocational Education; Present and Future Bucharest 3 May

Agenda Introductory Remarks What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 – Opportunities a nd Limitations How D oes Web 2.0 Apply to E- p ortfolios? Invitation To Dialogue

Introductory Remarks

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 – Opportunities a nd Limitations

How D oes Web 2.0 Apply to E- p ortfolios?

Invitation To Dialogue

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What is Web2.0? Blogs Wikis RSS Pod(video)casting Social bookmarking Sharing of photos, videos and other artifacts Etc.

Blogs

Wikis

RSS

Pod(video)casting

Social bookmarking

Sharing of photos, videos and other artifacts

Etc.

Web2.0: PROS reduction of costs flexibility easier and faster access to information the integration of a variety of Web 2.0 technologies extensive opportunities of information and collaboration possibility to control access to resources by authenticating users sharing accumulated experiences independence from the platform compatibility with the elements of the educational field the low level of complexity needed for use reliability in continuous usage redistribution of effort the increase in number of modalities of use the possibility to test the existing didactic practices the major focus on didactic innovation creating digital content

reduction of costs

flexibility

easier and faster access to information

the integration of a variety of Web 2.0 technologies

extensive opportunities of information and collaboration

possibility to control access to resources by authenticating users

sharing accumulated experiences

independence from the platform

compatibility with the elements of the educational field

the low level of complexity needed for use

reliability in continuous usage

redistribution of effort

the increase in number of modalities of use

the possibility to test the existing didactic practices

the major focus on didactic innovation

creating digital content

Web2.0: CONS an Internet connection is required it hides behind it a sum of technologies and concepts it is based on Ajax it determines variations of interpretation between types of browsers it offers free things it leads to a low quality of the actual content it promotes amateurishness it gives everyone the opportunity to complain it has monetary quantification (Google) it is a kind of second-hand Web it has limited security the speed of programs is incomparably lower than the one of desktop programs it is just electronic junk the extremely diversified offer of technologies make the actual selection process difficult time and knowledge invested

an Internet connection is required

it hides behind it a sum of technologies and concepts

it is based on Ajax

it determines variations of interpretation between types of browsers

it offers free things

it leads to a low quality of the actual content

it promotes amateurishness

it gives everyone the opportunity to complain

it has monetary quantification (Google)

it is a kind of second-hand Web

it has limited security

the speed of programs is incomparably lower than the one of desktop programs

it is just electronic junk

the extremely diversified offer of technologies make the actual selection process difficult

time and knowledge invested

„ The classic” e-portfolio (1.0) © 2006, Helen C. Barett

The new look at e-Portfolios from the framework of Web 2.0 © 2006, Helen C. Barett

Next step? not an easy learning method sum of efforts knowledge of the Web 2.0 technologies method efficient and promising

not an easy learning method

sum of efforts

knowledge of the Web 2.0 technologies

method efficient and promising

Thank you … Q&A … Senior lecturer Ph.D. Gabriela Grosseck Assistant lecturer Ramona Bran West University of Timisoara Faculty of Sociology and Psychology 4 Bd. V. Parvan, office 029 300223 Timisoara phone:0040-256-592266 email: [email_address] [email_address]

Senior lecturer Ph.D. Gabriela Grosseck

Assistant lecturer Ramona Bran

West University of Timisoara

Faculty of Sociology and Psychology

4 Bd. V. Parvan, office 029

300223 Timisoara

phone:0040-256-592266

email: [email_address]

[email_address]