Electronic Portfolios

An electronic portfolio or "e-portfolio" documents a learner’s growth over time. It is organized around learning goals and uses computer technology to manage a collection of artifacts, such as papers, recommendations, creative work, and reflective essays. An electronic portfolio can serve multiple purposes, including career development, employment, and assessment. Research shows that well-designed portfolios represent important, contextualized learning that requires complex thinking and expressive skills. What follows are handouts and resources from a special event on December 12, 2008

Helen Barrett - presentation slides

• "Digital archive for life" - illustration
• Personal learning environments - Jeremy Hiebert
• Elizabeth Herbert book at Amazon
• Research projects conducted in Europe (Becta and MOSEP)
• Effective Practice with ePortfolios by JISC (U.K.) - Becta e-portfolio study
• "A Lifetime Personal Webspace" (2004 article in Educause Quarterly)
• Learning portfolio book at Amazon
• The ePortfolio in Dutch Higher Education
• MOSEP report

Julia Williams - PowerPoint slides

• e-Portfolio system
• RoseEval conference - April 17-18 2009
• Chronicle article - April 2008

Matt Stuve

• Videos about Digital portfolios at BSU
• rGrade software
• RapidWeaver at BSU

Selected tools

• Epsilen - a hosted portfolio system
• Open Source Portfolio Initiative - video
• eProtfolio.org
• eFolio Minnesota

About tools

• Categories of tools
• IMS ePortfolio Specification
• EduTools ePortfolio Review

Learn more:

• "Implementing Electronic Portfolios" (2008 article in Educause Quarterly)
• "Portfolios to Webfolios and Beyond" (2004 article in Educause Quarterly)
• Overview by George Siemens at elearnspace
• YouTube video about eportfolios and deep learning
• ePortfolios at Virginia Tech
• Polaris - Online Portfolio for Undergrad Engineering Students
• Inter/National Coalition For Electronic Portfolio Research