1. Definition and Purposes HwaChoon Park EDIT 2000 Spring 2016
E-Portfolio
Definition and Purposes
HwaChoon Park
EDIT 2000
Spring 2016

2. Definitions of traditional portfolios in education
“A purposeful collection of student work that illustrates efforts, progress, and achievement in one or more areas [over time]. The collection must include: student participation in selecting contents, the criteria for selection, the criteria for judging merit, and evidence of student self-reflection (p. 60).”
-The Northwest Evaluation Association (1991)-

3. Definitions of electronic portfolios in education
A collection of authentic and diverse evidence, drawn from a larger archive representing what a person or organization has learned over time, on which the person or organization has reflected, and that is designed for presentation to one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical purpose
-the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (EDUCAUSE; Cambridge, 2004)

4. Traditional vs. electronic portfolios process
Collecting
Selecting
Reflecting
Projecting
Celebrating
Archiving
Linking/Thinking
Storytelling
Collaborating
Publishing
(Barrett, 2007)

5. Functions of e-Portfolios
The exposure function: demonstrating an individual’s selected achievements or mastery of certain competences in the most appealing way (ex. Showcases)
The reflective function: the metaphor of learning as a journey of the connection of past and future learning. This is useful in learning activities designed for self- regulation aims, student-centered, self-monitoring learning as the dual processes of learning and reflection.
The assessment function: documenting the records of a person’s progress towards certain goals or standards. E-portfolios have been used as an alternative method for authentic assessment of learning, especially, in order to overcome test-based assessment
The social function :e-Portfolio is a way digital communication to respond to the need of different stakeholders (teachers, supervisors, colleagues, employers and others) to have easy and fast access to the information about learners’ knowledge background, skills, competences and progress. (Tzeng & Chen, 2012)

6. Now what will you include and how will you use your e-Portfolio?
Learning management?
Developing a showcase portfolio: start managing your private, academic and professional career as early as possible
Keeping a learning diary: record your activities in specific a course. This may take time, but eventually result in allocating less time to revise for exams.
Personal Development Planning (PDP)?
To reflect upon your own learning, performance and/or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development with guidance and support
(1)planned and enrolled courses, (2)planned estimated dates for exams for degree or certificate or qualification, (3) estimated date for choosing major, (4) list of specific skills to need to obtain for degrees, (5) fields of interest
Career Development Plan (CDP) in e-Portfolio:
Scientific research/accomplishments; (2) teaching/internship/training/; (3) professional work/courses/workshops/seminars/conferences; and (4) social work: voluntary/service work/association?
(Samardzija & Balaban, 2014; Tur & Urbina, 2014)

7. Now share your plans, ideas, everything related to this project with your group members! As you gather more tips and ideas, your e-Portfolio will be rich!
Chat! Chat! Chat!
Talk! Talk! Talk!

8. References
Barrett, H. C. (2007). Researching electronic portfolios and learner engagement: The reflect initiative. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, (6) doi: /JAAL
Tzeng, J., & Chen, S. (2012). College students' intentions to use e-portfolios: From the perspectives of career-commitment status and weblog-publication behaviors. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(1),
Tur, G., & Urbina, S. (2014). Blogs as e-portfolio platforms in teacher education: Affordances and limitations derived from student teachers' perceptions and performance on their e-portfolios. Digital Education Review, (26), 1-23.
Samardzija, A. C., & Balaban, I. (2014). From classroom to career development planning: E-portfolio use examples. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 9(6), doi: /ijet.v9i6.4027
Alexiou, A., & Paraskeva, F. (2010). WCES-2010: Enhancing self-regulated learning skills through the implementation of an e-portfolio tool. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2(Innovation and Creativity in Education), doi: /j.sbspro