ePortfolios for Professional Development:

Viability and Best Practices

Teggin Summers, Assistant Director of ePortfolio Initiatives

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

ePortfolio

Purposeful collection of work

Exhibits effort, progress, achievement

Self-reflection

Involves student participation

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

Viability: Current Status

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

Ward and Moser (2008)53% of all respondents consider ePs

Turner (2007)ePs must be well-designed

Professional presence on the web

Act of creating eP

Best Practices

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

Always think of your audience

Avoid the need for viewers to scroll

Check and double-check links and images

Maintain consistent font

…Best Practices

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

Be aware of and use white space

Sometimes less is more (or, keep it simple)

Avoid unnecessary bells and whistles, but consider incorporating multimedia where appropriate

Be mindful of copyright status

Resources

Visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu

Email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

The Non-Designer’s Web BookRobin Williams

Web Pages That Suckhttp://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

Examples

http://www.tinyurl.com/gambrel

http://www.tinyurl.com/cbeach-englishedeport

http://eportfolio.vt.edu/gallery.html

http://www.tinyurl.com/eportfolio

ePortfolio

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu