Reviewing Literature
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Butler, Philippa. A Review of the Literature on Portfolios and Electronic Portfolios. New Zealand, October 2006. Pg. 1- 23. (Accessed: July 27, 2015) URL: https://www.uoguelph.ca/tss/projects/ePresources/Review%20of%20literature%20on%20portfolios%20and%20ePortfolios.pdf
This article is created by the Tertiary Education Commission’s e-Learning Collaboration Development Fund from a variety of New Zealand universities. It’s a heavy review but it does outline how ePortfolios are used in training programs such as nursing, medicine and teacher education. Teacher education is the main focus as it is considered the most advanced field in portfolio thinking. It outlines a variety of articles about ePortfolios by outlining the purpose, method of research and types of journals. Once this is outlined the article becomes more interesting and highlights benefits (gaining better understanding of student learning and thinking, etc.), reasons for using portfolios, what makes a successful portfolio as well as issues. They are then compared to electronic versions. The article concludes with how to adopt and implement electronic portfolios successfully and what issues might arise. This is a great guide for understanding ePortfolios and theories behind it. Stevens, Daniel B., Kaptain, Laurence & Reimer, Mark ed. “Singing the body electric: using ePortfolios to integrate teaching, learning and assessment.” Journal of Performing Arts Leadership in Higher Education Volumne IV, Fall 2013 P. 22 - 46 This article outlines how ePortfolios can be an effective tool for teaching, learning and assessment that is “powerful and effective…for enriching, integrating, and streamlining” learning in music as well as visual and performing arts. The article outlines how students can become reflective practitioners in mostly university settings but key points can be used at other levels of education. The case study focuses on the University of Delaware’s Department of Music and their use of Google Documents and Apps, though it does outline how one can use other options. Through the case study, the article gives a step-by-step guide as to how one can create them in the arts to transform courses and assessments. It can get a bit technical; however there are enough good points to make the article worthwhile. Zuger, Sascha. “Build Better ePortfolios” Tech & Learning. v29 n1 p46 Aug 2008. P. 46-47.
This article outlines some of the key points we’ve talked about in this website. It is a quick review of teacher examples of ePortfolios including Adobe Creative Suite, i-Tunes, OneNote and more. It is a useful review for examples of how you could use an ePortolio in music, math and animation. |
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