This is a simple introduction to the Mahara e-portfolio tool

1. Mahara is:
A student-centered e-portfolio system
A way for students to reflect on and collect examples
of their coursework and development
A way for students to collect/collate and present
these examples electronically
An extension of the college Virtual Learning
Environment

2. E-Portfolios:
quot;the new generation of the three ring binderquot;
JISC My World Project Final Report, Roberts.
2006
quot;ePortfolios ... are personal online spaces for
students to access services and store work.
They will become ever more useful as learners
grow up and start moving between different
types of learning and different institutionsquot;
Secretary of State for Education and
Skills, UK, January 2006.
“…have the potential to provide a
central, linking role between the more
rigid, institution-led learning management
system and the learners’ social online spaces”
– Mahara.org

3. Mahara Features:
Resumé Builder – Users can build and share an on-line CV
and keep personal goals and skills up to date
File Repository
Social Networking
E-portfolio users choose who gets access
Integration with MOODLE

6. Who currently uses Mahara?
Introduction to Early Education – Pilot Group
North West Writers’ Group – GOAL project
Who could use MAHARA?
ALL STUDENTS?
Other Mahara Users:
University of Glasgow ,Clydebank College, Cumbernauld College…….