Assessment E-portfolios “Assessment e-portfolios are used to demonstrate achievement to some authority by relating evidence within the e-portfolio to performance standards defined by that authority. Rubrics are commonly used to score assessment portfolios. For example, nursing students at a university might be required to submit an assessment e-portfolio that presents evidence that they have a set of competencies defined for nurses in their country as a graduation requirement.”
Presentation E-portfolios “Presentation portfolios are used to evidence learning or achievement to an audience in a persuasive way. Presentation portfolios often contain instructions about how their contents should be rendered. Presentation portfolios are often used to demonstrate professional qualifications. For example, a software engineer might create a presentation e-portfolio that incorporates and shows the relationships between professional certifications she has received, code she has written, and her employment history in order to convince a potential employer to hire her. Faculty members might use presentation e-portfolios to collect materials for tenure track review purposes.”
Learning E-portfolios “Learning e-portfolios are used to document, guide, and advance learning over time. They often have a prominent reflective component and may be used to promote metacognition, to plan learning, or for the integration of diverse learning experiences. Learning e-portfolios are most often developed in formal curricular contexts. For example, a student might be asked to develop a learning e-portfolio that tracks and allows them to reflect upon how their technology skills improve over the course of a year.”
Personal Development E-portfolios “Personal development planning is defined as "a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and / or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development." Thus, an e-portfolio for personal development planning contains records of learning, performance, and achievement which can be reflected on, and outcomes of that reflection, including plans for future development. This could include a learning e-portfolio, but goes beyond that, as it is often related to professional development and employment, so also possibly used as a presentation e-portfolio.”
Multiple Owner E-portfolios “Multiple Owner e-portfolios are used to allow more than one individual to participate in the development of content and presentation. A multiple owner e-portfolio might combine elements of the above portfolio types, but most likely takes the form of a Presentation e-portfolio when used for such purposes as a website or group blog and a Learning e-portfolio when used by a group of students to present evidence of their academic growth through the group collaboration. Multiple Owner e-portfolios are often used to represent the work and growth of an organization or organizational unit and, when so employed, may by referred to as program or institutional portfolios.”
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