Saturday, 17 January 2009
Features of eportfolios
I was musing on some eportfolio features:
An eportfolio should sit between ones personal space/personal learning space and the institutional learning space (eg VLE)
Possible uses of eportfoliosSome desirable features:
- assessment
- application for certification
- job application
- personnel record
- continuing professional development
- career management
I'd be interested to hear ideas for further essential features.
- A good app for creating an Action Plan and scaffolding its creation
- Pulls together achievements in learning and life coursework and voluntary/leisure activities as well as
- Needs to be attractive, interesting, easy to use and link with other personal tools
- Different permissions can be set for sharing different items with different people at different times, e.g., tutors, fellow students, employers
- Interoperability with other systems so it can be exported once the learner moves on and/or exported to a blog system
- Allow creation of a webfolio that can link with other repositories eg Flickr, and authorized with Flickr ID
- Accessibility text to speech?
- Management systems to avoid misuse eg as a personal filestore administrator can keep upload speeds low if necessary
- Have a proforma to guide people through an action plan, business plan or promotion plan, etc.
- Planning tool with space for uploads
- A profile to rate your own competencies
One such that has most if not all of these features is PebblepadLabels: career management, CV, eportfolios, job application, webfolios
posted by Helen Whitehead 2:36 PM
