An e-portfolio approach to measuring competencies

Pereira, A. et al. (2009) Evaluating continuous assessment quality in competence-based education online: the case of the e-folio EURODL, December 9

The paper, from researchers at the Open University of Portugal, proposes two main types of instruments to be used in undergraduate fully online courses: e-folios and p-folios. The e-folio “is a short digital document elaborated [...]

Old mantras instead of new thinking

Tolley, R. (2010) A New Year – but Old Mantras? e-Folio in the UK, January 3

In an excellent diatribe from the UK, Roy Tolley comments on the curse of old thinking when using new technology, or as he more eloquently puts it:

‘Transformative change’ is not so much about the use of contemporary technology [...]

Reigning in costs with online learning

Bassis, M. (2009) Reigning in college costs Businessweek, December 21

This is a useful article, from the President of Westminster College, Salt Lake City, to give to your administration to get more support for online learning. I liked particularly his description of how the college business school uses a competency-based approach and e-portfolios within an online [...]

e-Portfolios for teacher candidates

Paul, C. and Schofield, A. (2009) e-Portfolios for teacher candidates UBC e-Strategy Update, October 14

This is a discussion and evaluation of the use of e-portfolios at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education. Teacher candidates are encouraged to collect artifacts and written corresponding reflections from their course work and practica which they later co-relate [...]

e-portfolios and skills (competences) assessment

Krämer, J. and Seeler, G. (2009) E-portfolios as tools to assess generic competences in distance learning study courses Elearningpapers, September

This paper by faculty from a German graduate business school. It discusses the need to evaluate students’ performance in online distance education courses. It focuses on the so-called “generic” or “key” competences, which are increasingly in [...]