An e-portfolio is not the same as a professional website. An e-portfolio is a reflective process and representation of your own learning and / or development as a student, teacher, professor, etc.
E-Portfolios help to:
Purpose of Portfolios:
Formative
- Celebration of achievement, lifelong learning
- Track progress and growth over time
- Professional Development planning and recording
Summative
- Showcase learning
- Course / Graduate requirement
- University admissions
- Performance Review – APPR
- Professional Certification
Marketing
- Job Application
- Cold Calling
- Organizational Abilities
Two Linked Faces:
Presentation on balancing the 2 faces of portfolio: http://blip.tv/eportfolios/balancing-the-two-faces-of-eportfolios-3162109
Why put a portfolio online?
Multiple Intelligences
The Ultimate Quest: Lifelong portfolio
Source: Helen Barrett, Ph.D. Presentation on e-portfolios - http://www.slideshare.net/eportfolios/iste-google-apps2012
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