Transcript Document 7286174

Online Portfolios
Pros and Cons of Different Software,
Services and Strategies
Based on my Online Portfolio
Adventure, Fall 2004
My evaluation study of online
software, services, or strategies
• Electronic Portfolio Org
(http://electronicportfolios.org/myportfolio/versions.html)
• Under On-line Publications
• To date, recreating my new
portfolio using 17 different
software packages,
services, or strategies
My advice
• When learning new tools,
use familiar tasks
• When learning new tasks,
use familiar tools
What is the State of the Art of
e-Portfolio Development?
• Publishing environments:
– Optical media (CD-R, DVD-R)
– WWW
• Authoring environments:
– Common Tools
– Customized Systems
Common Desktop Tools
with hyperlinks
• Office - Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• Hypermedia authoring tools - HyperStudio
• Adobe Acrobat
• HTML Editors - Front Page, Dreamweaver,
Netscape/Mozilla Composer
• Multimedia Authoring
Macromedia Director & Flash, Ezedia
Online Portfolio Tools
• HTML editors plus web server space
– Netscape/Mozilla Composer, Geocities
• Blogging tools - include entry categories
– Movable Type, WordPress, BlogWave Studio
• Online Content Management Systems
(CMS)
– Userland Manila, Blackboard CMS
• Open Source Software - Plone (Zope),
PHP/MySQL
Online Portfolio Tools
• Customized Commercial Systems
- Higher Ed
– General Hi-Ed: nuVentive’s iWebfolio, ePortaro
– Teacher Ed: LiveText, TaskStream, FolioTek,
McGraw-Hill’s FolioLive, Chalk & Wire
• Customized ePortfolio Tools developed
in-house
– Maricopa CC, PLP (Vermont Institutes),
MNSCU/AveNet, Alverno DDP, Johns Hopkins, IUPUI
Epsilen, UWashington,,
• Open Source ePortfolio
- OSPI (rSmart/UMN), others in development
Online Portfolio Tool
Characteristics
• Custom-designed Electronic Portfolio Systems(A) system includes database to align artifacts to standards
• Free Server Space
• Open Source Software
• Commercial Software - primary market: Higher Ed,
Teacher Ed, PK-12, Any
• Content Management System (CMS)
• Web Log Software or Online Journals - “Blogs”
• License agreement with - individual or institution
• Hosting - Hosted: resides on a centralized server; Server:
software installed or data stored on own server space
• Cost & Storage space available
Conclusions
• Too early to judge
• Scales applied to each system
- “Trade-offs” - “Balance”
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Creativity
Ease of Use
Cost/Storage & ROI
Features
Flexibility/Customization Allowed
Integration with Assessment System
Transfer & technology skill development
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“They each
exhibit trade-offs
between the
flexibility inherent
in an HTMLbased tool with
the relative easeof-use but lack of
creativity in a
system built on a
data-base.”
The Process
Portfolio Processes
Traditional
• Collecting
• Selecting
• Reflecting
• Directing
+ Technology
• Archiving
• Linking/Thinking
• Storytelling
• Collaborating
• Celebrating • Publishing
Digital Tools for
Reflection
Blogs and Wikis
What is a blog?
• Abbreviation for “web log” which is an
online journal organized in reverse
chronological order…the most recent
entry on top
• Emerging into the mainstream in the
last 18 months
• Very popular with adolescent girls
• Free, open source and commercial
tools available
Blogs* in Education
*Web logs=online journals
• WebBlog (http://www.weblogg-ed.com/)
What is a “wiki”
• Hawaiian term for “quick”
• A tool for collaborative writing
• Anyone who reads a wiki page
can click the EDIT button and
add or edit text
• Another “older” technology that
is emerging into common use.
Planning Questions
Planning Worksheet
Handout
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What is the purpose of the
portfolio?
qShow growth over time
qDocument ongoing learning and professional
development
qAssessment – achievement of standards or goals
qEmployment (Marketing)
qOther:_______________________________
Who are the various audiences
for the portfolio?
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Student
Parent
College
Faculty
Potential employer
What kind of technology does the
primary audience have access to?
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VCR
Floppy Diskette
Hard Disk Drive
LAN Server
CD-R/W
WWW Server
DVD Player
What hardware and software do you
have / how often do you have access?
• Computers (how many)
– RAM
– Storage space
– Connections (USB, firewire)
– CD or DVD recorders
• Digital cameras
• Video cameras
How often will students
have access to technology?
• Daily
• Two or three days a week
• Every week
How can you leverage the
technologies students own?
• Accessibility from home computers
• Connectivity with cell phones & PDAs
(digital images, reflections)
• What about video storage or streaming?
• Other technologies?
Competencies
Student Portfolio
Competencies
• Collect evidence of learning
• Select specific evidence the demonstrates a
particular outcome, goal or standard
• Reflect metacognitively on learning
represented in evidence, making a case that
the artifacts constitute evidence of
achievement
• Make connections in their learning
• Set goals for future learning
Faculty Portfolio
Competencies
• Model all of student competencies PLUS:
• Implement classroom-based assessment
FOR learning strategies
• Provide specific and detailed feedback to
learners about their learning
• Support student reflection through modeling
and research-based practices
• Create an environment that facilitates
students' deep learning
Technology skills
• File Management Skills (i.e., naming files,
organizing in folders, able to move and copy
files, search and find files on a network folder,
a hard drive or a CD-ROM)
• Converting artifacts into digital format (i.e.,
scanning images, recording audio, digitizing
video, depending on technological
background or teacher or student)
Online Tools
Handout of Technology
Decisions
• Page 2
Storage for Digital Archive or
Working Portfolio
q LAN-based Server
q WWW-accessible Server
o Space Allocation ____ MB
o In-house
o Out-sourced
Formats for Digital Artifacts
qText (.txt, .htm)
qMS Office (.doc, .ppt, .xls)*
qGraphics/Images (.gif, .jpg)
qSound (.aiff, .wav, ra, .mp3)
qVideo (.mov, .avi, .wmv)
qAcrobat (.pdf)
qInspiration (.ins)*
qeZedia (.zoi)**
Common Tools
qMS Office*
qDatabase (Filemaker Pro, Access)
qNoteTaker*
qInspiration* or Kidspiration*
qeZedia**
qiPhoto*
qiMovie
qWeb Page Editor
qKidPix*AppleWorks*
IT Online Customized System
In-house development
Open Source Portfolio Tools
Commercial System
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TaskStream
LiveText
Chalk & Wire
ePortaro
FolioTek
McGraw-Hill Folio Live
iWebFolio by nuventive
Common tools used for
constructing portfolios
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Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Web page Editor and Web Browser
E-Mail Program, including attaching files
A simple graphics editor to scan and/or resize
images
• A simple digital video editing program to add
digital stories to portfolio
Formats for Publishing
Presentation Portfolio
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CD-ROM
DVD
Videotape
WWW
Secure WWW Server hosted:
– In-house
– Commercial Server
Archiving
• Format *
– Acrobat PDF
– HTML/XML
* Archival formats
approved by the
Library of Congress:
ASCII Text (web
pages) and Acrobat
(PDF)
• Medium
– CD-ROM
– DVD
– WWW server
Pros and Cons of Tools
Explored
Fall 2004
HTML Editors
• Mozilla
Composer
• Dreamweaver
• Front Page
• Pros:
– Creativity
• Cons:
– lack of support
– Security/Password
– Requires higher skill
level
– Cost
– Require Server
Open Source Tools
• Mozilla
Composer
• Plone CMS
• Open Source
Portfolio (OSPI)
• WordPress
(blog)
• Pros:
– free
• Cons:
– lack of support
– Security
– Lack of creativity
(OSPI)
– Require server
Free Web Site Builder with
Free Web Space
• Geocities
www.geocities.com
• Tripod
tripod.lycos.com
• Pros
– Free
– Some design tools
• Cons
– Lack of support
– Ad supported
– Security/password
Commercial (Teacher Ed)
(all hosted)
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TaskStream
LiveText
Chalk & Wire
FolioTek
FolioLive
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Security/Password
Support
Database backend
Tie artifacts to outcomes/
goals or standards
• Cons
– Cost
– Lack of Creativity
Commercial (Higher Ed)
• Blackboard
• Nuventive’s
iWebFolio
• ePortaro
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Security/Password
Support
Database backend
Tie artifacts to outcomes/
goals or standards
• Cons
– Cost
– Lack of Creativity
Content Management
Systems
• Manila
• Plone
• Blackboard
• Pros
– Intuitive Interface
– Control over publishing
content
– Security-Password
• Cons
– Cost (except Plone)
– Server required
Blog Software
• Movable
Type
• WordPress
• Pros
– Intuitive Interface
– Focus on reflection
– Popular tool
• Cons
– Server required
– Chronological order
Home-Grown Customized
Systems
• Maricopa CC’s
MyEport
• Vermont Institute’s
PLP
• MNSCU (AveNet)
eFolio Minnesota
• Snoqualmie SD
(MGT)
• Pros
– Created for portfolio
purpose
– Tie artifacts to
outcomes/ goals or
standards
• Cons
– Cost (varies)
– Lack of creativity
Helen C. Barrett, Ph.D.
Research
Director
The REFLECT
Initiative
A research project to
assess the impact of
electronic portfolios
on student learning,
motivation and
engagement in
high schools