Use of portfolio as assessment tools

1. PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
Professor Ramakanta Mohalik
Regional Institute of Education
Bhubaneswar
email-rkmohalik@riebbs.ac.on
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

2. Concept of Assessment
• Assessment an integral part of teaching
learning in higher education.
• It is the process of gathering, analyzing,
interpreting and using information collected
from students for quality improvement of
learning.
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

3. Portfolio Assessment
• Portfolios is a means of personal self-
expression.
• Portfolio as ‘a purposeful collection of
student work that exhibits the student’s
efforts, progress and achievements in one or
more areas of the curriculum’.
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

4. What Portfolio Includes?
• Portfolio contains selected multifaceted
samples of students’ best efforts.
• Variety of materials like teacher notes,
teacher-completed checklists, student self-
reflections, reading logs, sample journal
pages, written summaries, audio tapes of
retellings or oral readings, videotapes of group
projects and so forth are part of Portfolio.
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

5. Types of Portfolios
• Documentation or ‘working’ portfolios represent a
collection of works over time that demonstrate growth
and improvement on the part of the learner.
• Process portfolios document all phases of the learning
process with special emphasis on metacognition and
reflection. It includes think logs, reflective journals and
a variety of metacognitive processing items.
• Showcase portfolios indicate mastery of key
curriculum outcomes. It includes the best of a student’s
completed works such as photographs, videotapes,
records of work, written analyses and other dated
artefacts that could demonstrate progress over time
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

6. Merits of Portfolio Assessment
• Portfolios useful to track developmental changes over a period of
time and encourage learner to engage in self-directed learning to
his/her own empowerment.
• Parents and teachers can also have the privilege of observing and
commenting on successes or areas for improvement.
• A range of skills such as innovativeness, creativity, lateral thinking,
divergent thinking, recording, note-taking introspection and
reflection can be assessed through portfolio.
• Portfolios facilitate learners working together as they discuss and
share their individual ideas.
• Metacognition and learning about learning are encouraged.
• Students feel empowered as they value their own contributions that
are recognised by significant others.
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

7. e-Portfolio
• Google sites
• Google slides
• Weebly
• Seesaw
• Evernote
• Canvas
• Wordpress
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

8. e-Portfolio
• Edublog
• Mahara
• PebblePad
• Rcampus
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR