Social ePortfolios as the new course management system

Abstract

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to show the practicality of a new portfolio design that incorporates distributed content, emphasizes student ownership, encourages social learning, and acknowledges the central importance of ease of use.Design/methodology/approach -The approach's practicality is demonstrated through survey results and usage logs from two case studies.Findings -Students enjoy using this system, and report that its social aspects improve their academic performance and motivation. They also report it as being more social than their past experiences with BlackBoard.Originality/value -The paper provides support for a vision of distributed educational software centered on portfolios, anchored by course tools, connected to assessment outcomes, and opened for public learning.

Construcción de identidad profesional docente durante la formación inicial como maestros

“…Por eso, se considera que la orientación profesional desarrollada evoca en cada uno todo su potencial, ayudándole a descubrirlo y aprovecharlo sin acotaciones ni determinismos. Durante el programa de orientación se inician en el hábito de reflexionar críticamente sobre sí mismos como maestros, y evalúan todas las experiencias de aprendizaje con la mirada puesta en maximizar su desarrollo profesional, empleabilidad y capacidad de adaptación (Baxter et al, 2010;Garrett et al, 2009;Janosik y Frank, 2013).…”

“…Los e-Portafolios revalorizan los sentidos y procesos del aprendizaje y facilitan la reflexión sobre la identidad, a partir del eje competencial vertebrador propio de la titulación (Figura 1). Otros estudios obtienen resultados similares, añadiendo que la conciencia de autoría "Self-authorship", producto de introducir el e-Portafolio en los programas formativos, aumenta la empleabilidad (Baxter, Creamer y Meszaros, 2010; Janosik y Frank, 2013) y las posibilidades de interaccionar en redes de "personal digital branding" (Garrett, Thoms, Alrushiedat y Ryan, 2009).…”

Explorando las actitudes y creencias de los estudiantes de educación en relación a los e-portfolios y la tecnología en la educación

“…• The assessment function, about which e-portfolios have been considered to be a tool for authentic assessment offering the possibility to go beyond tests (for example, as in Raposo & Sarceda, 2010); and • The social function, which has been one of the least attended functions (Garrett, Thoms, Alrushiedat & Ryan, 2009;Garrett, 2011).…”

Virtual Learner 2. 0: A Technique to Evaluate the Importance of Web 2. 0 based e-Learning Application

“…According to the survey it is also proven that students want to have their own profile in CMS and ownership of the profile. They want to study under social learning environment as compared to blackboard style learning [12]. The teamwork of Web 2.0 tools and CMS can be used to provide social and user-centric e-learning application.…”