Emerging Technical Possibilities Opportunities Issues Observations

Shane Sutherland: ePortfolio ‘expert’ since 20047th May

2014

1. The increasing importance of mobile

2. The increasing importance of offline

3. The centrality of assessment

Student on placement – in Dubai

1 of 20 of 467

This one had a visa problem

Has 14 different ‘externals’

Has a single portfolio assessed 3x

Most feedback is repetitive…

…but it’s also conversational

The final assessment is complex

It must be 2nd marked and

moderated

There’s a uni policy about

plagiarism

Grades must be added to the VLE

Accessible anywhere

Organise into ‘sets’

Allow individual extensions

Allow external accounts

Pausing

Comment banks

Let learners reply

Use rubrics or templates

Verification… validation… blind

Integrate with Turnitin

Integrate with the VLE

4. Leverage the technology

(Presentational) Portfolios fall into two main categories and (at least) eight sub-categories:

Me-Portfolios Personal Professional Promotional

T-Portfolios (task portfolios) Process Project Placement Production Pedagogical.

Tend… to focus on the author

Tend… to focus on an activity

Emerging Technical Possibilities Opportunities Issues Observations1. The increasing importance of mobile

2. The increasing importance of offline

3. The centrality of assessment

4. Leverage the technology