1. MIT x LTTC
May 3, 2012
Mike H.L. Chui
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
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2. At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
 apply the key elements of Mahara as an e-portfolio
 identify the benefits and limitations of Mahara
 locate information for the technical specifications of
Mahara

3. Portfolios support Assessment of Learning Portfolios support Assessment for Learning
• Purpose of portfolio prescribed by • Purpose of portfolio agreed upon with
institution learner
• Artifacts mandated by institution to • Artifacts selected by learner to tell the
determine outcomes of instruction story of their learning
• Portfolio usually developed at the end of a • Portfolio maintained on an ongoing basis
class, term or program - time limited throughout the class, term or program -
• Portfolio and/or artifacts usually "scored" time flexible
based on a rubric and quantitative data is • Portfolio and artifacts reviewed with
collected for external audiences learner and used to provide feedback to
• Portfolio is usually structured around a set improve learning
of outcomes, goals or standards • Portfolio organization is determined by
• Sometimes used to make high stakes learner or negotiated with
decisions mentor/advisor/teacher
• Summative - what has been learned to • Rarely used for high stakes decisions
date? (Past to present) • Formative - what are the learning needs
• Requires Extrinsic motivation in the future? (Present to future)
• Audience: external - little choice • Fosters Intrinsic motivation - engages the
learner
• Audience: learner, family, friends - learner
can choose

4.  The Mahara project is funded in 2006 by New Zealand's Tertiary
Education Commission's e-learning Collaborative Development Fund
(eCDF), involving Massey University, Auckland University of
Technology, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, and Victoria
University of Wellington.
 Continued development has been made possible by further support
from New Zealand’s Ministry of Education and the application of
Mellon Foundation funds from the Open Polytechnic’s winning a 2007
Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration.
For details, please visit https://mahara.org/about

6.  Signing in  http://mahara.ied.edu.hk
 Click on the Views link
 Click on Create View button (= create a new Web page)

7.  Click on the Change my View’s column layout link (= set no. of column)
 Select
 Click

8.  After adding several blocks for View One …
 Click on Next: Edit Title and Description button
 Enter View One for the title
 Click on Next: Edit Access button

9.  Click on Add button of Secret URL
 You might copy the URL on the right and send to anybody you want
 Scroll down and click on Save button

10.  Right-click and copy the link of view1 - 04 Debate.jpg
 Edit Block 4
 Add a line in the last paragraph
- Click on Insert/edit image button
- Paste the link of view1 – 04 Debate.jpg

11.  Right-click and copy the link of view1 - 04 Debate.jpg
 Edit Block 4
 Add a line in the last paragraph
- Click on Insert/edit image button
- Paste the link of view1 – 04 Debate.jpg

15.  Click on Paste from Word button
 Paste the copied content from MS Word

18.  Easy to relocate blocks in a view
 Support Unicode for block content
 Fast duplication of a view
 Easy to create a collection of views
 Easy set up for access right and duration
 Views can be exported
 Theme selection is limited
 Not fully support embed HTML codes
 Not fully support Chinese-named files

19. Working environment:
 Apache + MySQL + PHP
For details, please refer:
https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Requirements
Download latest version at: https://mahara.org/