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ePortfolios:
what are they about?
Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young,
The University of Melbourne and
Serge Ravet,
European Institute for eLearning (EIfEL)
Melbourne,
6-7 December 2004
ePortfolio Defined
An ePortfolio is (NLII, 2003)
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“a collection of authentic and diverse evidence,
drawn from a larger archive
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representing what a person or organization has
learned over time on which the person or
organization has reflected,
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and designed for presentation to one or more
audiences for a particular rhetorical purpose”
ePortfolio definitions from workshops
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A multi-form electronic representation of an individual’s
history
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A personal, shareable digital record, owned by an
individual
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Focuses on learning and thinking in an integrated way
This is our class photo, we had them done early in term 2.
Why do we need ePortfolios?
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Pupils, students
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Lifelong learning citizens & knowledge workers
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Human Capital Assets Management: managing competencies,
appraisals, recruitment, performance, increased productivity, Targeted
training, knowledge management, asset mapping, quality assurance
Professional communities, learning communities
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Value personal assets – competencies, achievements, intellectual
capital
Control one’s digital identity
Learning organisations
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Scaffolding, demonstrating learning
Supporting authentic assessment
Managing PDP & CPD – ‘extracting knowledge from the workplace’
Society, learning regions, learning cities
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Social inclusion – value and develop social capital – prior learning
accreditation and recognition (PLAR)
Socio-economic goals, labour mobility, education reform, lifelong and
lifewide learning
How do ePortfolios differ from portfolios?
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The paperless portfolio
 Dematerialises documentation
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The workflow portfolio
 Supports processes – e.g.
learning, assessment,
recruitment
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The knowledge portfolio
 Provides the elementary
bricks of KM systems
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The socialite portfolio
 Interconnects digital clones of
knowledge workers
How can I describe my ePortfolio?
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My digital clone
 A digital representation / extension of my self – my eSelf
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My work companion
 A tool blended into my learning / working environment
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My butler
 A service provider to one’s self
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My dashboard
 An informative display of the state of my skills and knowledge
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My planner
 A tool to plan my learning
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My IPR management assistant
 A tool to value and exploit my personal assets
The ePortfolio TOUCH
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Transparency of usage
 Negotiate with, and track readers: show me yours, I’ll show you mine!
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Opacity of contents
 Control access to personal information: don’t touch my digital clone!
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Ubiquitous
 Interlink ePortfolios: ePortfolios of the world, united!
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Celebration of achievements
 Value individual assets: my ePortfolio is at the beauty parlour!
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Holistic
 Maintain a global view of the individual: reunite my digital self!
What kind of technologies?
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Desktop publishing
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Online publishing /
management
 Personal web
 Blogs
 Plone
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Learning activities
outcomes
content
Work activities
outcomes
Social activities
outcomes
Showcase
portfolio
Assessment
portfolio
My
Repository
ePortfolio platforms
 Commercial
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iWebfolio, Nuventive
ePortaro
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 Open Source
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OSPI
Concordia University
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Learning
portfolio
Lucy’s
Vladimir’s
Chang’s
What kind of policies do we need?
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We need
 Learning innovations
 Proactive leadership
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Local, regional, national levels
 Collaboration among initiatives
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interoperability
 Quality ePortfolio tools and services
 Research on the efficiency of ePortfolios
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Do we need
 An ePortfolio for every Citizen?
 One ePortfolio for life?
Thank you!
Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
[email protected]
Serge Ravet
[email protected]