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Using Online Portfolios and Social Media channels
for building a professional profile
Dr. Gabriela Avram
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Outline o The role of a portfolio
o From portfolios to ePortfolios
o Building an online presence
o Using Social Media channels effectively
o Creating your portfolio online
o Examples: Portfolios of UL students and alumni
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1.The role of a portfolioDefinition: “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 designed for presentation to one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical purpose” .
o National Learning Infrastructure Initiative US (2003).
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Examples
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Learning and professional portfoliosWhile learning, a portfolio
supports: o Collecting and
selecting. o Sharing. o Reflecting. o Collaborating. o Annotating. o Presenting.
As a practitioner (or fresh graduate, or student applying for an internship), it displays evidence for:
o Professional skills o Quality and standard of
work o Experience acquired in
past projects o Preferences and
interests
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The advantages of having an online portfolio
o Accessibility o Storage (not only text, but also video, audio,
photos and sketches) o Easy to create o Easy to share o Sociability (harnessing the power of Social
Media) o Gives a boost of professionalism to one’s online
identity o Allows for more freedom, creativity and breadth
then just a cover letter and resumé
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4.Using Social Media channels effectively
o Creating an online presence – a website, a blog; buying your own domain name
o Creating a Linkedin profile o Joining professional communities: LinkedIn groups,
Academia.edu o Joining Twitter, Instagram o Joining YouTube, SoundCloud, AudioBoom,
SlideShare o About.me
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Brandingo Try to use the same name and profile picture
everywhere o Don’t join unless you’re planning to use it! o Decide what’s your favourite channel and
make content flow through it (this might change over time!)
o You can’t be everywhere, 24/7 o Be good at one thing at the time! o Network, network, network!
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Challengeso Information needs to be kept up-to-date o Relationships have to be maintained o Having a coherent online presence requires
spending time – finding the right balance o Embarrassing information can be discovered
by potential employers o Any little mistake in an online artefact can
have huge implications!
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5. Creating your portfolio online
Sites that could host your portfolio, providing both the software and the hosting space for free:
o WordPress.com (3Mb) o Google Sites (10Mb)
o (http://sites.google.com/) o Blogger.com (1Mb) o Weebly.com o Wix.com
If you want to buy your own domain and host it yourself, WordPress can do this. (the software can be downloaded from www.wordpress.org)
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Specialised portfolio services
o Behance.net o Dribbble.com o Clippings.me
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Examples: Portfolios of UL students and alumni
o Sharon Brosnan – Digital Media Design, 2010 o Daniel Beere – Digital Media Design, 2012 – professional
portfolio o William Kennedy – Digital Media Design, 2012 o Rebecca Tracey-Timoney- MMPT, 2016 o Tiina Haajanen – MMPT, 2019