GNED 1131 EPortfolio

General Assignment Instructions

About EPortfolios
According to the University of Waterloo, eportfolios are a tool and learning process for
deepening student learningrecent research has supported the usefulness of
ePortfolios.
The website also notes that an ePortfolio is nothing more than a digital collection of
artifacts that belong to or represent a person. In an academic context, these artifacts
might include a students essays, posters, photographs, videos, artwork, and other
course-related assignments.
In a school setting, the main value of using ePortfolios (according to the Co-Director of
the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research) is that they are a way to
generate learning as well as document learning."
In this course, I am most concerned with the students abilities to really think about,
make sense of, and adopt or dismiss the ideas presented in this class. I dont believe
that the best way to learn information is to memorize it and spit it out for a test. I have
looked at the research behind using eportfolios as a way of learning information, and
the results are encouraging. So, I have chosen to use this as a way of promoting
learning in this class.
Some of the benefits to students of using eportfolios have been highlighted by the
Quality Assurance Agency in the UK and include:

recognising, valuing and demonstrating their learning and development both

inside and outside the curriculum

becoming more aware of how they are learning and what different teaching
and learning strategies are trying to achieve

being more effective in monitoring and reviewing their own progress in a

course or program, and using their own records and evidence of learning to
demonstrate to others what they know and can do

evaluating and recognising their own strengths and weaknesses and

identifying ways in which perceived weaknesses might be improved and
strengths enhanced

Setting Up Your EPortfolio

I have selected Weebly as site we will use to make our eportfolios. Here is a good
tutorial site that you can look at to help you create your eportfolio. This is another good
site to help you set up your eportfolio in Weebly. Your portfolio will have nine (9)

sections, and a summary page called What I Have Learned. Below, you will see a
screenshot of what my eportfolio looks like, to help you understand what I am looking
for.

Where it says more, I have pages 6-9 plus the summary page. You should be able to
visit my eportfolio site here, although there is nothing in it yet. I will be adding to you
along with all of you as we go through the course, and you can come back and visit
anytime during the course!
Submission 1
The first submission of the eportfolio for marking will be in Week 4, and you will need to
have completed the first three (3) assignments. For most assignments, I have given
you some of the three hour class time, and have included them as a summary
assignment. Later in the course, there are a few assignments that are not part of the
course content time, and you will need to work on them outside of class. I will ALWAYS
post information about due dates, and reminders of things you should be working on to
help keep you up-to-date with course material.
Submission 2
The second submission of the eportfolio for marking will be in Week 9, and you will
need to have completed the next three (3) assignments (so, assignments 4, 5 and 6).

Submission 3
The third and final submission of the eportfolio for marking will be in Week 13, and you
will need to have completed the final three (3) assignments plus a summary of what you
have learned in this course (so, assignment 7, 8 and 9).
Completing the Assignments
For ALL assignments, it will be up to you as to what you want to include, and how you
will demonstrate your learning. The main point of the assignment is to show that you
are thinking about and learning about the material. How you show me that is not as
important. You will be able to include written work, pictures, edited images, word
graphics, information graphics, videos, mind mapsbasically anything that you want to
use. Think about how you learn best, and how you best remember information before
deciding HOW you will complete the assignment.
Examples of Eportfolios
Here is an example of an eportfolio for an English course. It gives you an idea of the
kind of work this student has been doing, and has included in her eportfolio to
demonstrate her learning. This link here will show you some more examples of
eportfolios built with Weebly. Just click on the pages to bring up the actual eportfolio.
Finally, click here for another look at a student eportfolio.
Now, its time to go to Weebly.com and start your own eportfolio!