e-portfolios and 'legacy' assessment

Batson, T. (2010) The testing straightjacket Campus Technology, July 7

Fusch, D. (2010) Integrating e-portfolios in your assessment strategy Academic Impressions, July 16

Chen, H. and Light, T. (2010) Electronic Portfolios and Student Success: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Learning Washington DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities

Trent Batson provides a critique of existing testing [...]

E-portfolios: an update from Helen Barrett

Barrett, H. (2010). Balancing the Two Faces of ePortfolios. Educação, Formação & Tecnologias, Vol. 3,No. 1, pp. 6-14.

If you go to Helen Barrett’s website you will get a two-for-one: a very helpful diagram of the two aspects of e-portfolios (learning and collaboration; and showcasing achievement), plus a copy of the article.

Thanks to [...]

How best to use e-portfolios

Batson, T. (2010) Is portfolio evidence useful? Campus Technology May 19

I found this a thoughtful if somewhat predictable reflection (how appropriate) on e-portfolios. Batson asks (and tries to answer) the question:

‘For the vast majority of …. students…, what is the value of their collection of evidence once they are beyond [...]

Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 2

Identifying the problem with higher education in the 21st was the easy part (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1). Much more difficult is finding solutions to the problem.

Summary of the problem

In Part 1, I argued that the challenge for universities today is that

student numbers have increased [...]

e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences

The aim of this blog

This is one of several blogs that explore the question: is e-learning failing in higher education? (See Is e-learning failing in higher education?, Expectations and goals for e-learning, Has e-learning increased access to learning opportunities?, Does technology really enhance the quality of teaching and learning? for previous blogs on [...]