Freefolio?
In order to move away from institutional definitions of what learning represents in an e-Portfolio, Graham Attwell and Ray Elferink have created Freefolio to facilitate alternative reflections on learning. Freefolio is a less rigid version of the traditional e-Portfolio, which tends to focus on particular sectors in education and restrict the ways in which a portfolio can be represented, according to the authors. The system has been tagged the social e-Portfolio because it is open source – created through online collaboration and easily extendable.
Visit the Pontydysgu blog to learn more or go straight to the Freefolio demo website.
Developing and Evaluating Teaching Portfolios Web Conference
Thank you to all those who attended the web conference this morning on Developing and Evaluating Teaching Portfolios! Dr. Amy Goodburn from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gave us a great summary of some key aspects and concerns regarding teaching portfolios. She went over the variety of purposes of teaching portfolios, the history of their use, a few “real world” examples, and finally, methods of their assessment and evaluation. Another key concern centered around how post-secondary institutions are supporting the creation and development of teaching portfolios and whether or not they are valued as an integral part of the teaching process.
For more information about this session, you can either visit the information page or you can download the conference materials.
Thanks again for your participation!
Welcome to TAG’s Portfolio Community of Practice!
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