lesson 16 - eportfolio

8/6/2019 Lesson 16 - ePortfolio

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Sheila Lyn U. Recidoro,RN

May 2011

e-Portfolios: Processing and

Dissemination of

Professional

Accomplishments


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Objectives

Describe an e-portfolio.

Distinguish between social networking

and professional networking.

Examine the e-portfolio process.


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Key Terms Defined

e-Portfolio - Personalized, collections of

evidence from coursework, experiences

outside of the classroom and reflectivecommentary related to this evidence that

can be shared with others electronically;

categorized electronic presentation ofones skills, education and examples of

work and/or career achievements.


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Key Terms Defined

Evidence - Artifacts, productions,

attestations or other examples that

demonstrate what an individualsknowledge, skills or valued attributes.


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Key Terms Defined

Privacy - An important issue related to

personal information, about the owner or

about other individuals, that is includedfor sharing with others electronically and

the mechanisms that restrict access to

this personal information.


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Key Terms Defined

Professional Networking - Connecting

with other professionals in your field with

a pre-determined and focused purposeas well as an identified target audience

in mind.


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Key Terms Defined

Reflective Commentary - Narrative

comments that focus on why an

individual thinks specific evidence isimportant, the ways in which they value

what they have learned or why they think

it is important for their profession.


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Key Terms Defined

Social Networking - Subscribing to and

utilizing web-based applications for the

purpose of sharing personal informationwith others.


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Key Terms Defined

Web Publishing - The design and

development of web pages that include

links to digital files which are alluploaded to web servers so that these

files are accessible to others via web

browsers.


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Introduction

Web-based electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) are a popular and powerfulway for students in post-secondary

educational programs to demonstrate notonly what they know but also what theycan do with what they know.

An e-portfolio might focus on what waslearned in a single course, another mightspan an entire program of study, or infact chronicle an entire career.


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Introduction

An e-portfolio may be required for reviewby faculty, or used by advisors ormentors, or shared with prospective

employers. Todays internet-based technology

infrastructure allows for convenient and

efficient sharing of a variety of mediatypes how the e-portfolio is put together

depends on the authors purpose and

audience.


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Whatisanelectronic portfolio?

Today's information technology infrastructure

allows users to easily build web-based

collections that include evidence of knowledgeand skills.

E-portfolios can be built using a range of

different technologies.

Web-based e-portfolios are built usingcommon web publishing tools to create web

pages which are then published on the

internet.


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e-PortfoliosinPost-Secondary

Education

Instructionally, portfolios, whether

electronic or paper-based, require

students to demonstrate or provideevidence that they have attained a

specific learning outcome.

Portfolios can be particularly helpful inareas where higher-level thinking and

analysis are essential.


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e-PortfoliosinPost-Secondary

Education

In learning to become a nurse, portfolios can

be used to capture, support and improve this

type of thinking as it develops. The nursing student can connect, share and

present cases and findings and include with

this evidence the reflective commentary that

serves to unveil how they arrived at theirdecision, what information or experiences were

vital, and how their action plan evolved.


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Social Networking vs.

Professional Networking

Since their inception in 2004, the rise of socialnetworking tools such as Facebook

(http://www.facebook.com), MySpace(http://www.myspace.com) and many othershas been phenomenal.

Using simple online utilities, users easilyconnect and share their profile, communicating

with friends over the internet. Virtual groups of users with similar profiles are

created connecting users with others who havesimilar interests.


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Is the web changinghow we

communicate?

The popularity of social networking

applications is one indication of how new web-

based technologies are changing ourcommunication preferences.

Before the internet, one-way broadcasts of

information from a small number of major

sources were the norm, i.e., informationreceived from television and radio broadcasts.


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Is the web changinghow we

communicate?

Surfing todays internet involves entering

a world of many sources all producing

and sharing information among a rangeof contacts on every topic regardless of

global location.


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The socialnetworking

dilemma

A social dilemma results from the

openness required to make social

networks fun the accessibility ofpersonal information about you.

Differentiating between what is personal

- fun and personal - professional iseasy for owners to delineate.


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The socialnetworking

dilemma

Photos and/or journal entries that may

be viewed as seemingly innocent by one

may be interpreted entirely differently byanother audience.

Biases and judgments naturally occur

that blur what for some might be asimple distinction.


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e-PortfolioforProfessional

Development

Using an e-portfolio to support

professional networking involves a pre-

determined and focused purpose. The purpose may be to foster better

communication between yourself and a

mentor.


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Thee-PortfolioProcess

The four steps involved in developing an e-

portfolio are recursive in nature (during

the process one can back-track to fill inmissing pieces or re-evaluate earlier

content decisions) Collect Select Reflect Connect


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Collect - Using reflective commentarythat accompanies evidence of an

individuals involvement, theseattributes and values can become thehighlights of an e-portfolio.

Select - Putting together a professional

e-portfolio requires that two inter-twining questions related to purposeand audience be addressed.


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Reflect - This may be included in a

single reflective statement or it can be

attached to the evidence throughoutan e-portfolio.

Connect - The connection / feedback

step is important to validate theassertions someone makes about what

it is they know, understand or value.


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ChallengesandIssues:

Privacy & Security

The ease and popularity that both web-based

social networking and professional e-portfolio

tools bring to users also raises severalchallenges and issues.

Never before has information been so

accessible or personal.

An e-portfolio is one place that an individualshould have control over what personal

information is included.


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ChallengesandIssues:

Privacy & Security

Publishing in open web space users will

likely have to engineer this in

themselves, whereas in larger online e-portfolio systems these capabilities are

built in.


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Why createane-portfolio?

While academic institutions may use e-portfolios for assessment of student learning,for the individual, e-portfolios are all aboutopportunity.

This opportunity might be to support aworking relationship with a mentor, networkwith other professionals or to help represent

certain qualities and character to prospectiveemployers.


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Why createane-portfolio?

Practically speaking, e-portfolios areefficient.

The internet is a very powerfulcommunication medium and individuals

with professional e-portfolios can take

advantage of this!


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ThoughtProvoking Questions

What would be the top 5 pieces of

evidence that you would select to be

featured in your own portfolio? Why didyou select these pieces of evidence?

What was it about them that made you

think they would represent who you are?


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ComprehensivePortfolio

Container :

Sturdy File Folder

Bond Paper

Paper Fastener


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Contents :

A. Personal and CareerPlanning

Information

1. Autobiography

2. Learning Styles

3. Personal Educational Plan

4. Personal Career Goals and Objectives


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A. School and Community Based

Accomplishments

1. Record ofCourse Grades

2. Record ofPractice Experiences

3. Awards and Recognition forAcademic

Achievements4. Copies ofCertificates and Diploma


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C. Personal Presentation and Synthesis

1. Character References

2. Affiliation to Organizations


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Submission :

Portfolio must be submitted on May 23,

2011 NOT LATER THAN 12 pm.

Publish Portfolio @www.facebook.com/profile on May 24,

2011 NOT LATER THAN 12 pm.


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REMINDERS :

May 20, 2011 - NO NIClass

May 21, 2011

8: 00 am 9:30 am - Final ExamMay 23, 2011 ( until 12pm )

Submission ofHARDCopy ofPortfolio

May 24, 2011 ( until 12 pm)e-Portfolio must be published @

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