E-PORTFOLIO

PRESENTER : Olga Morozan

DATE: January 10, 2015

A PORTFOLIO
is a collection of work developed across varied contexts over time, that can
advance learning by providing students and/or teachers with a way to organize,
archive and display pieces of work in an asynchronous online manner
(multi-types of content and formats).

Why Use An E-Portfolio?

Storage/Access of online information, hyperlinked with one another
so, users do not have to worry about losing or misplacing documents.
Multimedia: Once the student work is organized, users can add easily add
sound, pictures, graphics and video to the electronic portfolio.
Computer Skills: Students gain valuable computer skills while creating
and editing their portfolio.
Assessment: Electronic portfolios directly relate student work as an
evidence of learning to the defined standards or criteria.

TASK 1: WRITE YOUR OWN 100-150 WORD DEFINITION FOR

E-PORTFOLIO, STATING THE MAIN POINTS SUCH AS:

a.
b.
c.

What is an E-Portfolio?
Why using an E-portfolio for personal and teaching reasons?
What are the benefits of an E-Portfolio?

HIGHLIGHTS OF EFL TEACHERS REFLECTIONS

Nicoleta: An e-portfolio is a digitized collection of most successful personal

and teachers' artifacts, presented through text, visuals, audio and video
formats, and used to provide evidence of information for a specific activity.

Natalia Rata: It is a personal space for learning in digital era. It is a

collection of evidence that shows our learning journey over time. It
communicates and showcases skills, experiences and learning.

Rodica Aculov: E-portfolio is "a visual record of ongoing learning that

fosters an autonomous way of thinking through reflection" both for personal
and professional reasons through updated post of individual work and
partnership collaboration.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EFL TEACHERS REFLECTIONS

Eduard Rudenco: E-Portfolios represent the "Voices of Teachers", as a tool

to promote their future goals and achievements, and also an excellent
device to naturally engage students.

Irina Pushney: It is a personal and professional "electronic identity", which

records "ones teaching philosophy or personal credo", providing multiple
learning literacies.

Dumitru Grusca: The most important things we need to take into account
when starting working with an E-portfolio: understanding the use, goals and
the benefits of a paper-based portfolio, which is quite similar to E-Portfolio.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EFL TEACHERS REFLECTIONS

Natalia Borta: As a digital collection, it is a purposeful and dynamic "learning

story", which engages students in "self-reflective, self-regulated process, leading
to the gradual release of responsibility for lifelong learning to the student".

Emma: An E-Portfolio is an asynchronic CV or Resume of educational and

professional goals , which continuously provides active learning anytime for
both students and professionals.

Aliona Bragaru: It helps to "contextualize the artifacts for a particular

audience, communicate our skills, experiences and learning" though oral
presentations, projects, compositions, reflections and self-evaluations, which
lead to collaboration and autonomy.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EFL TEACHERS REFLECTIONS

Katy: E-Portfolios as an alternative to paper-based portfolios became better

tools for instruction, "because they provide the opportunity to review,
communicate and give feedback in an asynchronous manner.

Viorica Gaidar: Through E-Portfolio "you pass through a personal growth".,

and "enhance group work competences by collecting, selecting, managing,
sharing and transmitting your reflections".

T YPES OF E-PORTFOLIOS

Developmental/Growth Portfolios: demonstrate the advancement and

development of student skills over a period of time. Developmental
portfolios are considered works-in-progress and include both selfassessment and reflection/feedback elements. The primary purpose is to
provide communication between students and teachers.

Assessment Portfolios: demonstrate student competence and skill for

well-defined areas. These may be end-of-course or program assessments
primarily for evaluating student performance. The primary purpose is to
evaluate student competency as defined by program standards and
outcomes.

T YPES OF E-PORTFOLIOS

Showcase Portfolios: demonstrate exemplary work and student skills. This

type of portfolio is created at the end of a program to highlight the quality of
student work. Students typically show this portfolio to potential employers to
gain employment at the end of a degree program.

Hybrids: Most portfolios are hybrids of the three types of portfolios listed above.
Rarely will you find a portfolio that is strictly used for assessment, development
or showcase purposes.

!!!Self-reflection is an important component of electronic portfolio development.

If you do not require participants to self-reflect on the artifacts they add to the
portfolio,
they will not gain from the rich learning experience that e-portfolio development can
provide!

1. Developmental/ Growth Portfolios

a. to show growth or change over time
b. to help develop process skills such as self-evaluation and goal-setting
c. to identify strengths and weaknesses
d. to track the development of one more products/performances
2. Showcase Portfolios
a. to showcase end-of-year/semester accomplishments
b. to prepare a sample of best work for employment or college admission
c. to showcase student perceptions of favorite, best or most important work
d. to communicate a student's current aptitudes to future teachers

3. Evaluation Portfolios
a. to document achievement for grading purposes
b. to document progress towards standards
c. to place students appropriately

Profile: About Me, Values & Beliefs, Future Career Plan, Interest & Hobbies
Summary: Purpose of the Portfolio, My Accomplishment (academic, extracurricular),
Future direction
Showcase: artifacts of projects, achievements
Qualifications: Award, Educational background, Working experience, Extracurricular
activity

Shantes E-Portfolio

Home, Course Artifacts, Classroom Application, Reflection, Self-Evaluation Rubric

 Megan's E-Portfolio
Laura's E-Portfolio;
Donald E-Portfolio;
Lauren's E-Portfolio;
Danielle's E-Portfolio

How do the e-portfolios help students become

more independent learners?
(share your ideas)

HOW DO YOU CREATE AN ONLINE PORTFOLIO?

Purpose,
Audience;
Content;
Process of selecting contents,
Reflection on sample of work.
Example of reflection on selection questions/prompts
Why did you select this piece?
Why should this sample be included in your portfolio?
How does this sample meet the criteria for selection for
your portfolio?
I chose this piece because ....

E-Portfolios could be designed using either well

known blog sites as Wordpress , Wikispaces and
Weebly
or the new ones, such as
Google sites, Portfoliopen, Edublog , Pathbrite
and FolioSpaces

WWW.SITES.GOOGLE.COM

Tutorial

E-PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT FOR STUDENTS:

1) Explain to your students the type of portfolio they should create.

For example: a grammar e-portfolio,
a vocabulary e-portfolio, a writing e-portfolio , a showcase e-portfolio , a British
culture related e-portfolio, a portfolio to display student best work , a portfolio to
demonstrate their progress in English , a portfolio about their extra-curricular
activities, a teacher portfolio.

2) Establish the structure of the e-portfolio:

write about how many sections it should have,
what information should be included,
how much information should be placed online, etc.

NICOLETAS ASSIGNMENT

DUMITRU GRUSCAS ASSIGNMENT

RODICA ACULOV S ASSIGNMENT

IRINA PUSHNEY S ASSIGNMENT

KATYS ASSIGNMENT

Thank you!
See you next online session!