[Secondary] RE: [Advisory] How do e-portfolios benefit the learning process?

[Ian Lynch]

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> Andrew stated: Rather than having one eportfolio, a student or a
> child  may find themselves creating a variety of eportfolios for differen=
t
> purposes. I don't see any problem with this.
>
> Hum, I do. (see link:
> http://efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-many-different-e-portfolios=
.html )  Why have separate e-Portfolios for different purposes when the one
> e-Portfolio can present different =91views=92 to different audiences?
>

Because the real world simply doesn't work like that. Most of the early
adopters of social networking sites (and e-portfolios are just a particular
specialist example of this type of content) have numerous accounts on
different applications.  I think we can get too hung up on the term
e-portfolio like with IWBs. What we are talking about is a flexible use of
on-line information through which learning can take place and for which the
user can create a subset of their activities to display to interested
parties. To do that a savvy person could use generic tools freely available
on the web now. The deficiency is not in web tools and technologies, its
deficiency in the skills to use what is there and the experience to work in
a different way. Its all about learning not administration, procurement
frameworks and other bureaucratic systems. Until that is grasped I don't
hold out much hope and there is no quick fix. It requires people to have th=
e
motivation to change the way they work. It will happen eventually, the
question is to what extent it can be sped up? Unfortunately, a lot of the
money aimed at trying to do that seems to be actually doing the reverse.

Ian

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<span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Andrew stated: </=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 1=
25);">Hum, I do. (see link: <a href=3D"http://efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/20=
09/10/how-many-different-e-portfolios.html" target=3D"_blank">http://efolio=
intheuk.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-many-different-e-portfolios.html</a>
=A0)=A0 Why have separate e-Portfolios for different purposes when the one =
e-Portfolio
can present different =91views=92 to different audiences? <br></span></p></=
div></div></blockquote><div><br>Because the real world simply doesn&#39;t w=
ork like that. Most of the early adopters of social networking sites (and e=
-portfolios are just a particular specialist example of this type of conten=
t) have numerous accounts on different applications.=A0 I think we can get =
too hung up on the term e-portfolio like with IWBs. What we are talking abo=
ut is a flexible use of on-line information through which learning can take=
 place and for which the user can create a subset of their activities to di=
splay to interested parties. To do that a savvy person could use generic to=
ols freely available on the web now. The deficiency is not in web tools and=
 technologies, its deficiency in the skills to use what is there and the ex=
perience to work in a different way. Its all about learning not administrat=
ion, procurement frameworks and other bureaucratic systems. Until that is g=
rasped I don&#39;t hold out much hope and there is no quick fix. It require=
s people to have the motivation to change the way they work. It will happen=
 eventually, the question is to what extent it can be sped up? Unfortunatel=
y, a lot of the money aimed at trying to do that seems to be actually doing=
 the reverse.<br>
<br>Ian<br></div></div>

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