2. e-portfolios for learning
Chrissi Nerantzi and Neil Currant,
Academic Developers, University of Salford
Twitter @pgcap

3. Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this session, delegates will be able to:
• Illustrate and examine the e-portfolio for learning approach
used within the LTHE module of the PGCAP Programme
• Discuss the benefits and challenges of e-portfolios within
Academic Development
• Identify and explore opportunities for e-portfolio based
learning and assessment within PgCert programmes, CPD
and PDP

4. What

5. e-portfolios
• different types of e-portfolios
• institutional
• learner-owned
• social media
• from institutional tools to personal tools >
preferences
• Personal Learning Environments (PLE) and
Personal Learning Networks (PLN)

6. Why use e-portfolios?
challenges

7. e-portfolios...
• develop autonomous learners
(Donnelly 2003)
• capture learning, reflections, store
and share assessment tasks with
tutors and peers, and connect
(Kear 2011) with each other.
• experiment in a safe environment
and within a learning community
(Wenger 1998)

8. How

9. context
• module: Learning and Teaching in Higher
Education
• supported development through reflection
• blended feedback conversations
• model alternative assessment approaches
• e-portfolio assessed
• systems PebblePad (institutional pilot) and
Wordpress (social media) - cohort 2

10. first findings

11. I found this difficult and 'clunky' to use- not a natural process
for me, in fact I suspect I didn't upload material to it properly, I found it rather
if at all. Id assumed I could add content in the form of word difficult to gain
documents which wasn’t the case, and I found it difficult to feedback and
navigate around the site and to see/check if id added thought for the
information (it goes into a window- like this one- where you most part time
cant see the whole thing in one go). was wasted
trying to use an
un-user-friendly
interface.
Found the
pebble pad
portfolio quite
clumsy to use
and not
particularly
intuitive

12. I liked the media rich
Really enjoyed using the portfolio potential of using an e-
especially as I could personalise it . I portfolio. It was
strongly want to / need to use relatively easy to
wordpress for the next module of navigate around
PGCAP Wordpress and really
useful to dip in and out
to reflect on the work I
had submitted. Tutor
and peer feedback was
also a feature I liked, it
really helped me gain
impartial viewpoints of
my work through peer
feedback.

13. using social media as an e-portfolio
• user-friendly technology
• increased engagement and motivation
• personalisation
• more experimentation
• media-rich reflection and artefacts
• ownership
• access anytime, anywhere
• deeper reflection and learning
• peer learning
• increased dialogue and conversation about learning
• valued the use of e-portfolios and consider to use with own students
• accessing tutor e-portfolio seen as useful
• interest in continuing using e-portfolio (beyond the programme)

14. Now what

15. explore ‘n’ discuss
• Explore in small groups more uses of e-portfolios for
PgCert
CPD
PDP
HEA/SEDA portfolios? Associate/Members etc. NTF?
• Discuss

16. Next steps
cohort 3
patchwork e-portfolio
participants pick the e-portfolio
system they want to use
e-portfolio becomes part of their PLE
public and accessible to the whole
cohort / some private (self-, peer and
tutor assessed)
use for our accredited CPD
Framework to gain FHEA, SFHEA

17. References
Donnelly, R. 2003. Integrating the Use of Teaching Portfolios
with Experiential Learning in a Postgraduate Certificate for
Academic Staff in Third Level Learning and Teaching. In:
Teacher Development, Volume 7, Number 2, 245-264.
Kear, K. 2011 Online and social networking communities. A
best practice guide for educators, open & flexible learning
series, Oxon: Routledge.
Wenger, E. 1998. Communities of Practice: Learning,
Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

18. e-portfolios for learning
Chrissi Nerantzi and Neil Currant,
Academic Developers, University of Salford
c.nerantzi@salford.ac.uk, n.currant@salford.ac.uk
Twitter @pgcap, @chrissinerantzi, @ncurrant

19. to print out

20. I found this difficult and 'clunky' to use- not a natural process
for me, in fact I suspect I didn't upload material to it properly, I found it rather
if at all. Id assumed I could add content in the form of word difficult to gain
documents which wasn’t the case, and I found it difficult to feedback and
navigate around the site and to see/check if id added thought for the
information (it goes into a window- like this one- where you most part time
cant see the whole thing in one go). was wasted
trying to use an
un-user-friendly
interface.
Found the
pebble pad
portfolio quite
clumsy to use
and not
particularly
intuitive

21. I found this difficult and 'clunky' to use- not a natural process
for me, in fact I suspect I didn't upload material to it properly, I found it rather
if at all. Id assumed I could add content in the form of word difficult to gain
documents which wasn’t the case, and I found it difficult to feedback and
navigate around the site and to see/check if id added thought for the
information (it goes into a window- like this one- where you most part time
cant see the whole thing in one go). was wasted
trying to use an
un-user-friendly
interface.
Found the
pebble pad
portfolio quite
clumsy to use
and not
particularly
intuitive

22. I liked the media rich
Really enjoyed using the portfolio potential of using an e-
especially as I could personalise it . I portfolio. It was
strongly want to / need to use relatively easy to
wordpress for the next module of navigate around
PGCAP Wordpress and really
useful to dip in and out
to reflect on the work I
had submitted. Tutor
and peer feedback was
also a feature I liked, it
really helped me gain
impartial viewpoints of
my work through peer
feedback.

23. I liked the media rich
Really enjoyed using the portfolio potential of using an e-
especially as I could personalise it . I portfolio. It was
strongly want to / need to use relatively easy to
wordpress for the next module of navigate around
PGCAP Wordpress and really
useful to dip in and out
to reflect on the work I
had submitted. Tutor
and peer feedback was
also a feature I liked, it
really helped me gain
impartial viewpoints of
my work through peer
feedback.