Mahara is an open source ePortfolio platform that allows students to create, plan, collect, reflect, connect, collaborate, and share. It provides tools for building an online profile and resume, setting goals, uploading files and tagging them, blogging and reflecting, connecting with other users, collaborating in groups, and sharing work publicly or exporting it when finished. The presentation encourages adopting Mahara by highlighting its benefits for students to develop an online presence and showcase their work and growth over time.

1. Mahara
Open source ePortfolios
Mark Drechsler
Senior Consultant

2. This evening:
7 (+1) reasons
your students will love

3. Learner
Create
Plan
Collect
ReflectConnect
Collaborate
Share

4. •an online profile where you
choose what you want to share
with the world.
•an electronic resume
containing your education,
achievements and awards.
1. Create:

5. •using the resume builder to
store personal, academic
and professional goals.
•by creating a structured
learning path.
2. Plan:

6. •files of any type in your
personal storage area.
•tags against your files to
help find them when you
need them.
3. Collect:

7. •using the inbuilt blogging
tool.
•by adding files to your blog
posts from your portfolio.
4. Reflect:

8. •with other users by
searching for and adding
friends.
•using the inbuilt messaging
system.
5. Connect:

9. •in groups using discussion
forums and shared files.
•by deciding who should be
able to join your group, and
how.
6. Collaborate:

10. •what you want, to who you
want, when you want to.
•the results of a group
project.
7. Share:

11. Export your portfolio
in either HTML or
LEAP2A format – its
yours after all!
+8. Leaving?
Image Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/gagilas/

12. For more information:
Visit
http://mahara.org
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