This document discusses emerging technical possibilities for ePortfolios and identifies 4 main topics: 1) The increasing importance of mobile access, 2) The increasing importance of offline access, 3) The centrality of assessment in ePortfolios, and 4) Leveraging technology to improve ePortfolios. It also notes that ePortfolios can fall into one of two categories, either me-portfolios focused on the author or t-portfolios focused on documenting an activity.

1. Emerging Technical Possibilities
Opportunities Issues Observations
Shane Sutherland:
ePortfolio ‘expert’ since 20047th May 2014

2. 1. The increasing importance of mobile

4. 2. The increasing importance of offline

6. 3. The centrality of assessment
Student on placement – in Dubai
1 of 20 of 467
This one had a visa problem
Has 14 different ‘externals’
Has a single portfolio assessed 3x
Most feedback is repetitive…
…but it’s also conversational
The final assessment is complex
It must be 2nd marked and moderated
There’s a uni policy about plagiarism
Grades must be added to the VLE
 Accessible anywhere
 Organise into ‘sets’
 Allow individual extensions
 Allow external accounts
 Pausing
 Comment banks
 Let learners reply
 Use rubrics or templates
 Verification… validation… blind
 Integrate with Turnitin
 Integrate with the VLE

7. 4. Leverage the technology

8. (Presentational) Portfolios fall into two main
categories and (at least) eight sub-categories:
Me-Portfolios
 Personal
 Professional
 Promotional
T-Portfolios (task portfolios)
 Process
 Project
 Placement
 Production
 Pedagogical.
Tend… to focus on the author
Tend… to focus on an activity

9. Emerging Technical Possibilities
Opportunities Issues Observations
1. The increasing importance of mobile
2. The increasing importance of offline
3. The centrality of assessment
4. Leverage the technology