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Paper Portfolios Disadvantages Advantages ePortfolios Disadvantages Advantages + and – signs are hyperlinks to future slides
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Paper Portfolio Disadvantages Cumbersome, not environmentally friendly
Are not readily changeable, seldom used after initial development
Inability to use technological tools as artifacts thus eliminating the standard of technology
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Paper Portfolio Advantages Students and reviewers do not need to learn new technological tools or skills.
Readily available to review, no need to remember or provided reviewers with web addresses.
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ePortfolio Disadvantages Students and teachers lack of technological skills thus training may be needed. Fear of change.
Learning outcomes, assignments, and teaching practices may need to be modified.
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ePortfolio Advantages Can be viewed by many at one time.
Easy to adopt if already well-established paper portfolio and clearly defined learning outcomes exist.
Helps students make explicit connections between the course learning outcomes and their work.
Capability to combine words and images in a coherent argument.
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ePortfolio Advantages, con’t Learning opportunities for those that construct them as well as for those who view them.
Ability to update often and to carry on beyond the initial process.
Potential to develop creativity.
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Conclusion
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Resources http://electronicportfolios.com/ALI/research.html
http://partners.becta.org.uk/upload- dir/downloads/page_documents/research/impact_study_eportfolios.pdf
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/502/1050
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/04/eportfolios-hot-once-again.aspx
http://catalyst.washington.edu/research_development/papers/2006/2006-eportfolio-report.pdf