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1. Sarah Chesney
Emerging challenges & opportunities
Sarah Chesney
(with contributions from Jeremy Benson)

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• Why use an e-portfolio to support learning?
– Process (process of learning or transitional
process)
– Product (evidence, presentation)
But we mustn’t forget that in amongst all the talk
about supporting learning, there is the issue of
efficiency and cost-saving
E-portfolios
Purpose

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Reflection – this should be an approach
that is applicable for any learner be they
staff or student.
Why is using an e-portfolio so
important?

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INSTITUTIONAL VIEW
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Informed
Advocate
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Students
Formative &
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Course design
To colleagues
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For students &
colleagues esp
in early stages
of adoption
CPD & application for UKPSF
& remaining in good standing
Evidence:
Retention, grad
es, employmen
t, economics.
Awareness of
challenges e.g.
of transitions,
importance of
audience,
interoperability
Correcting
misconceptions
Sharing best
practice
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Challenges arrive
• When the process itself straddles different
processes and there is no acknowledgment of
the ‘gap’ – this isn’t just a technical problem
this is about value and audience (e.g.
potential employers)
• When there is no recognition that there may
be some efficiencies, but there is also new
work to do – e.g. feedback on work shared
either formatively or summatively

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Two examples of challenges
• Innovative assessment
• Staff CPD – (e.g. HEA UKPSF)
E-portfolios may be a solution but tension arises
if this is at odds with:
• the discipline
• the institutional culture
• learner expectations
• or even who is funding the learning

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Complexity
Challenges are even more acute when a
champion of the e-portfolio changes jobs
Look at what we lose!

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Success 1
Will only be achieved if the e-portfolio
approach:
Has sustained & continuous senior
management support, vocal
endorsement, and ongoing scrutiny

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Success 2
Reliant on EP practitioner & software
The survival of the e-portfolio will depend on
being able to demonstrate:
• efficiencies on a large scale
• results – retention, grades, graduate jobs
• statistics - generated by software itself and
the wider online learning environment

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Sorry folks
Thank you for listening. Sarah Chesney & Jeremy Benson contact sarahchesney@me.com