This document discusses the benefits and potential limitations of e-portfolios. It provides resources for further reading on e-portfolios, including a Bradford e-portfolio report and work done on e-portfolios at Salford University. The Bradford report and Salford work can be found online and provide additional information on e-portfolios.
9. Resources
Bradford e-portfolio report can be found at
http://ncepr.org/emergent_findings.html#finalreport
s alongside a wide range of other reports.
Salford work on e-portfolios
http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14080/ &
http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18934/
Notes de l'éditeur
Context: my role to implement Pebblepad at Bradford,
From supporting students, staff, producing resources to liaising with PP on technical problems etc.
Benefits – Lots of admin control; easy to organise at an institutional level – good for assessment processesLimitations - Ease of use & uptake from staff & students, OwnershipNB: None of these are about the specific tool but rather general points about institutional controlled systems.Ask if anyone wants specific details about what we did at Bradford.
So move to Salford. Working group is set up and recommends PP. Do some pilots of PP with academic staff on the PGCert in Academic Practice
Bu then…Tougher economic times. The recommendation is shelved. We are left with a programme which uses e-portfolios but no institutional system or support. So we go to readily available online tools.
Benefits – Ease of use & uptake from staff & students, Ownership.Limitations - Admin and tutor access is a nightmare. QA & other aspects of assessment and feedback prove highly problematic. Tell the story of copying as a result of work be open to the web. Although you can have private blogs which mitigate this.Ask if anyone wants specific details of how we are using it.
ConclusionI prefer the freedom that the individual approach gives learners but it is a big headache to administer and would pose serious challenges for larger groups.