Implementing e-portfolios in a two year college

Schaffhauser, D. (2010) Cultural Shift at a Community College: E-Portfolios Go Campuswide Campus Technology, August 12

This article on an excellent e-portfolio implementation strategy at a two year college in Farmington, Connecticut, is more about change management than e-portfolios. If you are trying to get faculty buy-in to e-portfolios, this article is a good [...]

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 [...]

A short introduction to PebblePad, an e-portfolio system

PebblePad is a British e-portfolio system that ‘provides scaffolding to help users create records of learning, achievement and aspiration and has a reflective structure underpinning all of its core elements.’

I don’t usually ‘push’ particular products, but PeddlePad has an excellent five minute presentation that provides a clear description of the many elements of [...]

New book on research on e-portfolios

Baumgartner, P., Zauchner, s. and Bauer, R. (Eds.) (2010) The Potential of E-Portfolios in Higher Education Innsbruck Austria: Studien Verlag

From the web site:

Focusing on crucial aspects like implementation models and case studies, international experiences, information ethics, didactical implications and interoperability of software systems, this book provides a critical overview of [...]

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 [...]