ETEC565A E-Portfolio Site
In this course, all the students created an e-portfolio which was connected to the course New Learning Space WordPress site. The integrated design of the course activities allowed us to build our own e-portfolio artifacts, as well as access course content and be able to interact and share with classmates.
It has been noted that the use of e-portfolios “can serve as an authentic assessment tool that provides a rich repository of information about teaching and learning” (Morris, 2008). The e-portfolio assignments for the ETEC 565 course included formative portfolio reflections, which are typically designed to occur at significant points in the learning process (Barrett, 2000) in the formative e-portfolio. Studies had shown that learners become empowered through the reflective cycle associated with e-portfolio-based learning , “but it should not be assumed that this will occur without guidance or design”(Sutherland & Powel, 2007). The ETEC 565 course activities and assignments provided the design, and the instructor provided the guidance. I was impressed with how well the learning activities fit the learning content for this course.
The ETEC 565 e-portfolio’s we created were required for the final course assessment, and therefore served as summative assessment of the learning as well. Educators are using e-portfolios as they “offer a formative and summative assessment tool that simultaneously demonstrates technology skill” (Morris, 2008).
This is the first time I have taken a course which integrated the course content, content creation, and peer feedback in this manner. It had it’s challenges (most technical) and benefits, but the benefits were worth it.
Here is the link to the e-portfolio website: https://blogs.ubc.ca/gilletec565a/
References
Barrett, Helen. (2000) The Electronic Portfolio Development Process. Chapter from American Association for Higher Education (AAHE). Retrieved from: http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios/aahe2000.html
Morris, Joyce. (2008). Electronic portfolios for learning and assessment. Retrieved from: http://web.archive.org/web/20081205000400/http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/site2000electport.html
Sutherland & Powell (2007) JISC Effective Practice with ePortfolios. Retrieved from: http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20140615090512/http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/effectivepracticeeportfolios.pdf