Developing a professional ePortfolio

Developing a Professional ePortfolio

Teggin Summers, Assistant Director of ePortfolio Initiatives

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

ePortfolio

Purposeful collection of work

Exhibits effort, progress, achievement

Self-reflection

Involves student participation

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

Viability: Current StatusWard and Moser (2008)

53% of all respondents consider ePs

Turner (2007)ePs must be well-designedhttp://www.graduatingengineer.com/articles/20071023/Creating-a-Work-Portfolio

Professional presence on the web

Act of creating eP

Best PracticesAlways think of your audience

Avoid the need for viewers to scroll

Check and double-check links and images

Maintain consistent font

…Best PracticesBe aware of and use white space

Sometimes less is more (or, keep it simple)

Avoid unnecessary bells and whistles, but consider incorporating multimedia where appropriate

Be mindful of copyright status

Examples

http://www.sdepstein.com/

http://www.wix.com/rsamue1/portfolio

http://eportfolio.vt.edu/gallery.html

https://sites.google.com/a/nd.edu/michelle-m-fuhrman-s-e-portfolio/

Start Building a Portfolio at VT

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•Login to Scholar

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•In My Workspace, click on the Membership link

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•Click on the Joinable Sites link (near top of screen)

4

•Search for “eP@VT” and then click the Join link

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

ResourcesVisit http://eportfolio.vt.edu

Email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu

http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/careers/students/resume-cover-letter/portfolios/

Web Pages That Suckhttp://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

Free eP Site OptionseP@VT in Scholarhttps://scholar.vt.edu

http://sites.google.com

http://weebly.com

http://www.wix.com

http://wordpress.com / http://blogs.lt.vt.edu

http://carbonmade.com

http://youfolio.org

Host your own!

ePortfolio

These ePortfolios are creating using the Virginia Tech Electronic Portfolio System, sponsored by Learning Technologies. To learn more visit http://eportfolio.vt.edu or email eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu