What context are you creating your ePortfolio in?
Purpose, Course, and Audience
I Am Statement
I Want to Become Statement
Two additional artifacts from the course
A description, artifact, and reflection for each entry
This ePortfolio is a course-based ePortfolio you are creating for H-200. You must meet the required inclusions discussed in the assignment and earlier sections, but what is the goal of you creating this ePortfolio?
When taking this course, you are asked to reflect on what it means to be an honors student and how those values overlap with your personal, academic, and professional sense of self. Constructing a cumulative ePortfolio to reflect your experience in this course is meant to help you visually illustrate your identity as an Honors student and reflect on the significant learning experiences during the course.
Promoting an understanding of yourself and your goals and aspirations
Positioning you to take ownership of your honors undergraduate experience
Developing your ability to self-reflect and self-evaluate
Providing a platform for you to visually construct and review your identity, goals and aspirations, and how these fit into your larger plan
Teaching you valuable strategies to connect your involvement and experience to a larger context: your professional identity and journey.
Construction of ePortfolios is linked to reflective thinking, which in turn promotes a sense of identity (Rowley, 2014).
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In Week 1 we discussed how effective ePortfolios consider their audience. For your H-200 ePortfolio to be its best, we now have to ask: Who is you audience for this portfolio?
The answer depends on you! All of you have your professor as an audience, but beyond that who sees your ePortfolio is largely controlled by you.
Professor of Introduction to Honors Course
You
Other Honors students
General public
Interviewers & Admissions committees
An effective ePortfolio makes design choices and includes artifacts and materials catered to their audience.
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When designing for a specific audience, its important to consider viewer perspective, knowledge, and experience. All of these guide your language and design choice to ensure optimal presentation and content for your audience.
Some things to consider
Diction and the use of formal and informal tone
Content depth and complexity, use of specified language
Included artifacts and relevance to audience
Depth of self-reflection and discussion of identity
Discussion of personal versus professional identity
The ePortfolio studio offers in-person and virtual consultation appointments with student ePortfolio experts. Any format, any course, almost any time, and at no cost! If you don't know where to start, schedule your appointment ASAP. Whether your stuck on a draft you don't love or starting from scratch, the ePortfolio studio can help.