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State of the Art of
ePortfolio technologies
Serge Ravet, EIfEL
12-13 December
ePortfolio technologies
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What is the state of the art of
ePortfolio technology?
 What are the different technologies
currently used and what are their
origins?
 How advanced are they and how
efficient are they at supporting different
learning activities?
 Do different types of ePortfolio require
different technologies?
 What are the current issues linked to
ePortfolio technology?
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What is the future of ePortfolio
technology?
 Will current technology converge or
diverge?
 How will ePortfolios relate to other
technologies?
 How important is interoperability?
ePortfolios technologies
provide support for:
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Archiving – e.g. to keep a
learning log
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Publishing – e.g. to find a
job
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Handling transactions –
e.g. to get feedback,
linking with competency
model repositories for
finding a job
ePortfolio services and technologies
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Learning
 How do we identify that learning is taking place?
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By recording learning events and outcomes: reflections, experimentation,
feedback…
– Maintaining a learning journal, log or blog; collecting evidence of learning outcomes
 How do we measure learning?
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By measuring the learning outcomes against standards
– Cross-referencing learning outcomes with standards
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By getting informed feedback
– From clients, peers, assessors
 How do we recognise learning?
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Formally: awarding body
– Assessment and external validation
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Informally: peer recognition
– Social networking
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Employment
 How do we find a job?
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By providing evidence of one’s competencies– artist’s portfolio
 How do we change career?
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By reflecting on our achievements – Bilan de compétences (FR)
ePortfolio Tools
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ePortfolio designed tools
 Open source
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OSPI, ELGG
 Commercial
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“Generic”: iWebfolio, MAPS, ePortaro, Livetext, Taskstream, Folio
Live, Blackboard, PebblePad, Vitaelity…
Assessment: PaperFree, Tribal, CTD Quickstep…
ePortfolio ad hoc tools
 Generic tools
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Plone…
Blogs, Wikis, personal websites…
 Home-made tools
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Intranet systems…
What does the ‘e’ add to 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 do ePortfolio tools differ?
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Recording learning outcomes to the archive
 Constrained by forms or not?
 Aggregation of heterogeneous parts or not?…
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Transactions
 Review: can get feedback from limited / unlimited number of people?
 Easy cross-referencing?…
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Publication
 Templates?
 Updates? Manual / semi / fully automatic
 Import and export ePortfolio parts…
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Some tools are more adapted to different contexts and transactions
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Educational level and activity sector
Scaffolding learning
Collaboration
Reflection
Social networking and community building
Assessment
Job-competency matching…
ePortfolio technology issues: Green Paper
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Policy and public agenda, civil society issues and concerns
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Accessibility
Digital Identity and privacy management
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Main functionality and features of an EPMS (Electronic Portfolio Management
System)
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Service oriented architecture
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Functionality of closely associated services – e.g. training and employment
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Integration and blending with, embedding into other technologies
Repositories, replication and correction
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Sharing ePortfolio parts across multiple and diverse communities
Interoperability, specifications and standards; interfaces with associated services
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Exploitation of ePortfolio contents through multiple services
Aggregation of heterogeneous parts
Resilience of contents
Permissions and access control
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Authentification
Managing multiple identities, multiple audiences
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Authentication / authorisation / security
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Skill and competency framework interoperability
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Groupware and p2p
www.eife-l.org/portfolio/interop/greenpaper
To achieve the objective
of ePortfolio for all, one
of the main challenges
remains
interoperability
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