The document discusses e-portfolios, which are collections of electronic evidence such as work samples that demonstrate a user's skills and abilities. E-portfolios can take various forms like assessment, career, or reflective portfolios. Maintaining an up-to-date e-portfolio provides benefits such as helping users learn and showcase their talents to employers. It also allows users to curate their online reputation and presence. The document outlines trends in e-portfolios and provides examples of free tools that can be used to create an e-portfolio.

1. E-portfolios By John Riddle

2. E-Portfolio Background Prepared by John Riddle

3. E-Portfolio Defined a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web A demonstration of the user's abilities and platform for self-expression Source: Wikipedia

4. Types of e-Portfolios Assessment portfolio Career portfolio Reflective portfolio

5. SAMPLE E-PORTFOLIOS Prepared by John Riddle

6. Prepared by John Riddle

36. When an employer types Katherine Kwok into Google

37. Her e-Portfolio is the very first result making it easy for prospective employers to find out about her skills and tech savvy

38. E-Portfolios help you stand out and help you get a better job, not to mention learn better, develop greater awareness, discipline and courage to stand up for your vision of life… all traits of successful leaders (Source: JeffBalin.com).

39. e-Portfolio Trends Moving from just individual portfolios towards team and organizational portfolios Ability to output multiple views of e-portfolios to different audiences

40. e-Portfolio Trends Organizations using e-Portfolios for sourcing talent Increasingly people leveraging free but powerful blogging and web content management systems such as WordPress

41. e-Portfolio Trends European Union wants all its citizens to have e-Portfolios by 2010 Some countries like the Netherlands have nation-wide e-Portfolio programs

42. Why bother? Reflective aspect of an e-Portfolio has been proven to help you better learn Helps showcase your abilities to employers and build positive online reputation Helps you learn Web 2.0 skills… with these same skills you can develop a niche blog or a Web-based business

43. Sample Student VenturesUSING THE SAME OR SIMILAR TOOLS USED for e-Portfolio

44. Matthew Nelson used blogging skills to create an eclectic blog about art, design and more.

45. Jess Sloss has become an authority on social media… he’s landed a job at an ad agency focused on video and social networks.

46. Lars Vedo launched two news aggregating businesses that have had hundreds of thousands of visitors

47. Adam Henderson launched WorkLauncher.com a site matching employers with student project teams

48. Online reputation 45% of employers now screen social media profiles 35% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them not to hire the candidate 18% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them to hire the candidate

49. Online reputation 77% of employers “google” job applicants (Source: ExecuNet) What if they find negative things about you on the Web? Or even worse, what if they find no mention of you at all? An e-Portfolio can help you build and manage your online reputation

50. Free E-Portfolio Tools

51. Open source, free, e-Portfolio platform that can integrate with the Moodle course management system

52. Build and promote your e-portfolio for free with ZENPortfolios.com, uses the powerful WordPress platform … can submit your e-Portfolio built with any tool

53. What are you waiting for?

54. Life is short… don’t waste time

55. e-Portfolios help you reflect on where you have been…

56. where you are now…

57. and where you want to move towards

58. A regularly updated e-Portfolio will help you get there!

59. Links: zenassignments.com www.bcit.ca Credits This presentation Prepared for an Assignment in BSYS 1000 at BCIT (www.bcit.ca) Links: Bsys1000.bcitbusiness.ca Thanks for watching and don’t delay in developing your own e-Portfolio

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