Breakout 3, Learning@School 2010 Conference

1. ePortfolios
101
Nick Rate nick.rate@core-ed.net http://nickrate.com

2. ePortfolios 101
•Attempt to define
•Look at the purpose
•Unpack the types
•Why? Look at the benefits
•Process
•Selecting an ePortfolio Tool
•Questions to consider...
•Shaping your requirements...

3. The ePortfolio as a Container:
...uses electronic
technologies as the container,
allowing students/teachers to
collect and organize portfolio
artifacts in many media types
(audio, video, graphics, text)...
Barrett, 2005

4. The ePortfolio as a Process:
“...what is produced when persons
collect, select, reflectively
interpret, and/or present their own
evidence to support their assertions
about what they have
learned, know and can or
should do...”
Cambridge, 2003

5. “...ideas of what an e-portfolio 'is' are
complex and to an extent the
definition and purpose will
vary depending on the
perspective from which a
particular person is approaching the
concept...”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darthdowney/ JISC ePortfolio Infokit

6. Derek Wenmoth

7. Exploring eportfolios:
from:
2000: Whole class ‘digital
yearbook’ on CD
to:
2009: Individual online blog
portfolios
www.flickr.com/photos/dustpuppy/

8. “...gives schools the
flexibility to design
and deliver
programmes that
will engage all
students and offer
them appropriate
learning pathways.”
The New Zealand Curriculum

9. Do you use...
“...teaching approaches
that consistently have a
positive impact on
student learning...”
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ The New Zealand Curriculum

10. Do you have...
“...assessment for
the purpose of
improving
student
learning...”
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ The New Zealand Curriculum

11. Do you use...
“...elearning to open up
new and different
ways of learning...”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47899590@N00/ The New Zealand Curriculum

12. Do you see...
“...parents and caregivers
as key partners...”
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ The New Zealand Curriculum

13. Do you have...
“...programmes that will engage
all students...”
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ The New Zealand Curriculum

14. Are your students...
“...connected...”
www.flickr.com/photos/saschaaa The New Zealand Curriculum

15. effective pedagogy
motivate & engage
ePortfolios
parent involvement
effective assessment
connected learners
elearning
www.flickr.com/photos/taniwha

17. ePortfolios
The
Accountability
ePortfolio
The The
Process Showcase
ePortfolio ePortfolio
www.flickr.com/photos/96dpi

18. The Process ePortfolio
Supports students
towards achieving their
learning goals.
www.flickr.com/photos/viernest

19. The Showcase
ePortfolio
Celebrates learning
outcomes & shows the
highest level of achievement.
www.flickr.com/photos/made2serve

20. The Accountability ePortfolio
Documents learning for achievement
www.flickr.com/photos/abbyladybug
of specific outcomes or standards.

21. Benefits...
“The use of
multimedia
tools is one strategy
that involves and
engages learners.”
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ Barrett, 2005

23. “...opens wide the possibilities for
reflections... in action, before
action, after action, in solitude, in
consultation with peers, in
consultation with instructors...
written, spoken,
videotaped, or
graphically
represented...”
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ Riedinger., 2006

25. social networking
...the
potential of the learning landscape
and eportfolio-related tools are
features thatfacilitate and
enhance the making of
connections and the linking
together of people, ideas,
resources and learning...
Tosh et al., 2006

26. “...it is the quality,
not just the quantity, of
feedback that
merits our closest
attention.”
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ Sadler, 1998

27. “...the e-portfolio recognises
that learning is
continuing and seeks to
provide tools to support
that learning.”
MOSEP 2007

28. “...students can
literally carry
their eportfolio
around with them and
update it at
any time in
any place.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/ MOSEP, 2007

29. ...to define e-Portfolios as a
process, rather than
just a product or a
technological system.
Attwell, 2007

30. Collect Project purpose
Select
Reflect Collect & organise
Project Select learning
Interject personality
Reflect metacognitively
Inspect to self-assess
Perfect & evaluate
Connect & conference
Inject/Eject personality
Respect accomplishments
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/ Burke, Fogarty & Belgrade (1994)

32. Helen Barrett

33. Nick’s AFL & ePortfolio Cycle
Exemplars,
creating LI, SC, Students working towards
matrices/rubrics Future learning
new goals in their learning
1st draft “finished”
teachers example
of writing
peers Feed back Learning Feed back Learning
artifact story artifact video
& feed & feed
demonstrated board demonstrated
self forward & forward &
reflection in portfolio reflection in portfolio
brainstorm 2nd draft
family

34. Selecting an ePortfolio Solution

35. Should an eportfolio
include all aspects of a
student’s life and
learning?
www.flickr.com/photos/pasq

36. What happens when a student leaves
school?
Moves to a new class?
Transfers?
www.flickr.com/photos/bigtallguy

37. Who retains ownership and control?
www.flickr.com/photos/sveinhal

38. Open to the world?
www.flickr.com/photos/willfuller

39. Are your parents and teachers ready?
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

40. How do your current internet &
computer use policies cater for
eportfolios and use of Web 2.0 tools?

41. Will your eportfolios play a role in
reporting achievement against the
National Standards?

43. Selecting an ePortfolio Solution
Purpose and Perspectives
Student Parents
ePortfolio
Solution
School
Teacher Management/
Leadership
Government
Policy?

44. Selecting an ePortfolio Solution
Parent/School
Students Teacher Leadership
Communty
Purpose:
Non-Negotiable Criteria/features:
What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?
Additional criteria/features:
What else do you want to be able to do?

45. Selecting an ePortfolio Solution
Parent /
Students Teacher Leadership
School Com
Purpose:
• Support assessment for learning. (criteria,
feedback, feedforward, peer/self-
assessment, reflection)
• Celebrate and share achievement.
• Ownership of learning
Non-Negotiable Criteria/features:
What capability does the eportfolio need to support this purpose?
• Upload/embed post learning examples
(photos, movies, Web 2.0 creations)
• Allow comments
• Ability to customise/personalise
Additional criteria/features:
What else do you want to be able to do?
Student retains ownership even if leaving or transferring schools.

46. ePortfolio Management...
In order to be effective and support the process of student
learning, eportfolios:
•need to be embedded into your teaching and
learning.
•require a high level of access to technology.
•you need to set time aside for students to first learn
how and then to actively reflect and give feedback
on learning.
Start small, and work your way up. Get students actively blogging
in a class blog and move on to individual spaces

47. ePortfolio Management...
ePortfolios do not add to your workload. Instead you will need
to change some of the ways you:
• give feedback
• facilitate reflection
• engage students in self and peer assessments
and
• you need to adapt learning and teaching so that
the process and outcomes can be shared
digitally within the eportfolio platform.

48. What else?
“Learning that
mlearning happens
moblogging across
mfolios locations, or
mportfolios that takes
advantage of
learning
opportunities
offered by
portable
technologies.”
Wikipedia
http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

49. “...students can
literally carry
their eportfolio
around with them and
update it at
any time in
any place.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/ MOSEP, 2007

50. Where to for me...
ePortfolios & National Standards
ePortfolios & mobile technologies
ePortfolios & live streaming
www.flickr.com/photos/opacity