Implementing electronic portfolios by beginning with assessment and evaluation instead of tools and technology

Citation
Lowenthal, P. R., White, J. W., & Cooley, K. (2009, November). Implementing electronic portfolios by beginning with assessment and evaluation instead of tools and technology. In the EDUCAUSE 2009 Online Conference Proceedings.

Note: This paper was later published in the International Journal of ePortfolio. See the final version below for more on the published version.

Abstract

Electronic portfolios have become increasingly popular. The value of a portfolio, though, depends on how, when, and why students create, submit, and have their portfolios evaluated. In the following paper, we describe how we redesigned a program’s assessment/evaluation plan around the use of electronic portfolios focusing on the larger assessment/evaluation framework first and the technology second.

Keywords: Electronic Portfolios, ePortfolio, e-portfolio, portfolio, teacher education, assessment, evaluation