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A “portfolio” is a thoughtfully organized collection of student
work, usually including work other than, or in addition to,
traditional academic papers. Portfolios also usually include
student descriptions about the skills and knowledge required to
carry out those projects.
”Electronic portfolios” store those artifacts and
descriptions, or recordings of them, on computers so they can be
accessed online and over a period of time by the student, at
least one faculty member, and, sometimes, by people outside the
institution (e.g., potential employers). Those statements
reflect what most portfolios have in common but today there are
many
types and
uses of electronic portfolios. The TLT Group has created a
guide for electronic portfolio initiatives. A
draft of that guide is publicly available. The
new
edition of the Guide (periodically expanded and updated) is
currently available only to
subscriber
institutions.
One good place to start learning more about electronic
portfolios is the Electronic Portfolio Action Committee (EPAC),
cosponsored by EDUCAUSE and the American Association for Higher
Education.
Membership is free.
For an article by Steve Ehrmann about using electronic
portfolios, online surveys and other tools to improve and
reshape general education, click here.
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