E-portfolio use for presentation of student assignments
From iProjekt
The e-portfolio can be a very effective means for the presentation of student assignments, including the artifacts that they create in various Web 2.0 tools and project reports. If the students are already using an e-portfolio system at their college/university, they can be asked to present their course related work on a separate "view" (link to instructions for creating a view).
To introduce the students to the use of e-portfolio we have asked them to create their showcase portfolio. The use of an e-portfolio for showcase purpose is common at university institutions (see link) and various scenarios can be used for portfolio views. The motivation of students to present themselves online to their coleagues and/or teachers may facilitate their learning of how to use related e-portfolio functionalities. We have used the Mahara e-portfolio systems that were available at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and two alternatives would be FolioSpaces or Elgg.
When the students managed the technical part of e-portfolio use, the next step was to ask of the students to present their completed assignments or a project on separate e-portfolio views. However, when they were writing an e-portfolio based diary of course lectures/exercises (link) the presentation of their work was placed on views that were created on dates when they were given the assignment.
An example of an e-portfolio view with the results of a team project (in Croatian language) is presented below. Teams of students of the course "Organizational Communication" were given assignments to present a specific topic of the course on an e-portfolio view with the use of Web 2.0 tools and at least partly in form of one or more selected "e-tivities". The project topic of the presented example was "Communication between different levels in organization".
Another example of an e-portfolio view with the results of an individual project (in Croatian language) is from the course "Computer-Mediated Communication". During this course the students had to write a diary of course activities with the use of the Mahara e-portfolio system. At the end of this course they had to present one of the course related topics as a small "project" on a single portfolio view. They had to place only limited theoretical content on this view, but the task also required of them to place selected illustrations, links to YouTube video, and create content with various Web 2.0 tools. In the case that is presented below, the student created a survey with the Web 2.0 tool JotForm, a mind mapp with Bubblr, and a block-diagram with Gliffy.
