What is E - Portfolio?
An electronic portfolio, also known as an e-portfolio or digital portfolio, is a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web. Such electronic evidence may include inputted text, electronic files, images, multimedia, blog entries, and hyperlinks. E-portfolios are both demonstrations of the user's abilities and platforms for self-expression, and, if they are online, they can be maintained dynamically over time. Some e-portfolio applications permit varying degrees of audience access, so the same portfolio might be used for multiple purposes.
An e-portfolio can be seen as a type of learning record that provides actual evidence of achievement. Learning records are closely related to the Learning Plan, an emerging tool that is being used to manage learning by individuals, teams, communities of interest, and organizations. To the extent that a Personal Learning Environment captures and displays a learning record, it also might be understood to be an electronic portfolio.
E-portfolios, like traditional portfolios, can facilitate students' reflection on their own learning, leading to more awareness of learning strategies and needs.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio)
There are several reasons that higher education institutions are starting to use electronic portfolios including:
Storage/Access: Electronic portfolio information is stored digitally on a computer hard drive, server, or on removable media such as a floppy disk, zip disk, or CD-ROM. This electronic information takes up very little physical space and is easily accessible. Electronic portfolios not only take up little physical space, but can hold a great deal of information. Various parts of electronic portfolios can be interconnected through hyperlinks-- users do not have to worry about losing or misplacing documents. New student work can replace older work with minimal effort.
Multimedia: Once the student work is organized, users can add easily add sound, pictures, graphics and video to the electronic portfolio.
Computer Skills: Students gain valuable computer skills while creating and editing their portfolio.
Assessment: Electronic portfolios directly relate student work to the defined standards or criteria. Portfolios demonstrate wider dimensions of learning than just paper-and-pencil reports or exercises. For example, within an electronic portfolio, a student can add digital audio or video and graphics to document evidence of learning.
(http://academic.regis.edu/LAAP/eportfolio/basics_why.htm)
There are three types of portfolios: developmental, assessment and showcase:
Developmental Portfolios: demonstrate the advancement and development of student skills over a period of time. Developmental portfolios are considered works-in-progress and include both self-assessment and reflection/feedback elements. The primary purpose is to provide communication between students and faculty.
Assessment Portfolios: demonstrate student competence and skill for well-defined areas. These may be end-of-course or program assessments primarily for evaluating student performance. The primary purpose is to evaluate student competency as defined by program standards and outcomes.
Showcase Portfolios: demonstrate exemplary work and student skills. This type of portfolio is created at the end of a program to highlight the quality of student work. Students typically show this portfolio to potential employers to gain employment at the end of a degree program.
Hybrids: Most portfolios are hybrids of the three types of portfolios listed above. Rarely will you find a portfolio that is strictly used for assessment, development or showcase purposes. Occasionally, you may come across showcase portfolios that do not show evidence of self-reflection, rubrics for assessment or feedback, however, as Helen Barrett, an expert in the field of e-portfolios, would say "a portfolio without standards, goals and/or reflection is just a fancy resume, not an electronic portfolio."
Self-reflection is an important component of electronic portfolio development. If you do not require participants to self-reflect on the artifacts they add to the portfolio, they will not gain from the rich learning experience that e-portfolio development can provide!
(http://academic.regis.edu/LAAP/eportfolio/basics_types.htm)
Intro to Ivy's E-Portfolio
This E-Portfolio in Educ 213 is another innovative path for us students to learn more about to the new methods, strategies and techniques in integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in our lessons. This enables us to be competitive and innovative in this highly industrialize century which help us develop the higher order thinking skills and multiple intelligences of the students.
Join us, NDMU Graduate School students in our Educ 213 - Statistics subject, with our professor Dr. Robles as we journey into an astonishing way of learning the cyber world that will surely help us reach our wonderful dreams as we contribute to the achievement of the goals of Educational Sustainable Development (ESD) with the help of educational web tools.
Join us, NDMU Graduate School students in our Educ 213 - Statistics subject, with our professor Dr. Robles as we journey into an astonishing way of learning the cyber world that will surely help us reach our wonderful dreams as we contribute to the achievement of the goals of Educational Sustainable Development (ESD) with the help of educational web tools.
The Isles of My Portfolio in Educ 213
Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 2 Variables : The Subject Matter for Statistics & Research
Chapter 3 Measures of Central Location
Chapter 4 Measures of Variation
Chapter 5 Simple Correlation
Chapter 6 Simple Regression
Chapter 7 The Normal Probability Distribution
Chapter 8 Statistical Estimation & Sampling Theory
Chapter 9 Statistical Inference
Chapter10 Z-Test of One Sample Means
Chapter11 T-Test of Significance
Chapter12 ANOVA
Chapter13 The Chi-Square Test
II. STUDENTS' OUTPUTS of E-PORTFOLIO
1. Powerpoint Presentations
2. Hand-outs of Report
3. Sets of Activity
4. Resources and Links
5. Showcasing of Blogs
III. objectives:
a. To inform viewers about education for sustainable development with the help of statistics.
b. To give viewers an overview about e-portfolio or cyber portfolio.
c. To inspire other mentors to use multimedia and ICT in presenting their lessons.
d. To develop graduate school students ICT skills with the help of blogging.
IV. MY REFLECTIONS (from Dr. Ava Robles and
the reporters)
Module 1 Introduction to Educational Statistics
Module 2 Variables: Subject Matter of Statistics and Research
Module 3 Integration of innovation in Statistics
Module 4 Measure of Central Location
Module 5 Measures of Variation
Module 6 Measures of Correlation
Module 7 The Normal Probability Distribution
Module 8 Sampling Theories and Hypothesis Testing
Module 9 The T-Test, Z-Test, and Chi-Square Test
Module 10 Analysis of Variance
Module 11 Linear and Multiple Regression Analysis
Module 12 Computer Statistical Applications
