Electronic Portfolios

Assessment BeatsLincoln Land Community College

Electronic Portfolios

A digitized collection of artifacts produced by students to show learning and accomplishment of competencies.

Difference with Traditional Portfolios

• With e-portfolio a content management system facilitates:

o Collectiono Reflectiono and sharing of the documents

Types of Electronic Portfolios

• Showcase Portfolios: Is Usually created at the end of a program to highlight the student skills and quality of work.

Main purpose is to impress potential employers for employment.

• Developmental Portfolios: Show the development of student skills over a period of time, and are considered works-in-progress and include both self-assessment and reflection/feedback elements.

Main purpose is to provide communication between students and faculty.

• Assessment Portfolios: Demonstrate student competence and skill for well-defined areas. These may be end-of-course or program assessments primarily for evaluating student performance.

Main purpose is to evaluate student competency as defined by college, or program standards or outcomes.

• Hybrids: In many cases portfolios are hybrids of the mentioned three types. Rarely will you find a

portfolio that is only used for showcase, development or assessment purposes.

As Helen Barrett, an expert in the field of e-portfolios, would say "a portfolio without standards, goals and/or reflection is just a fancy resume, not an electronic portfolio."

LLCC’s Pilot Model• Hybird,To document learning at the program and college level.• Selected provider:

o Taskstreamo Cost:

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1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 4 Years 5 Years 6 Years

$25 $42 $69 $91 105 $119 $129