Research & Resources
ePortfolio Scholarship
Here are a few resources to help you read about current research on ePortfolios.
- " Directions for research and development on electronic portfolio" by Helen Barrett and P.C. Abrami. Retrieved April 12, 2009 from http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/rt/printerFriendly/92/86
- “E-Portfolios For Learning” Blog by Helen Barrett, University of Alaska (updated regularly)
http://electronicportfolios.org/blog/ - "Electronic portfolios: A path to the future of learning" by R. Bass and B. Eynon. March 18, 2009.
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3668/electronic-portfolios-a-path- - "ePortfolio: There's no 'there' there" by Trent Batson. Campus Technology, March 4, 2009.
http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/03/04/No-There-There-in-ePortfolio.aspx?Page=1 - "ePortfolios Hot Once Again" by Trent Batson. Campus Technology, April 16, 2008. http://campustechnology.com/articles/60933/
- “The Electronic Portfolio Boom: What's it All About?” by Trent Batson (2002)
http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=6984
- "Portfolio-based learning and assessment in medical education" by M. Challis. Medical Teacher. Retrieved May 13, 2009 from
http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/93/87 - “The Digital Convergence: Extending the Portfolio Model” by Gary Greenberg, Educause Review (July/August 2004)
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0441.asp - “HeadsPace J, Learning About Design, Learning and Life” Blog by Jeremy Hiebert, Canada (July/August 2004)
http://headspacej.tripod.com/blog.html - “The ‘Sticky’ ePortfolio System: Tackling Challenges and Identifying Attributes by Ali Jafari, Educause Review (July/August 2004)
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0442.asp - “Teachers Struggle for Depth Despite Tests” by Jay Mathews, The Washington Post (July 2004)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30980-2004Jul6.html - “Portfolios to Webfolios and Beyond: Levels of Maturation” by Douglas Love, Gerry McKean, and Paul Gathercoal, Educause Quarterly Vol. 27(2) 2004
http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/eqm04/eqm0423.asp - "Portfolio Thinking at Portland State University" (January 2004)
Portland_State_eP.pdf - “Setting
Standards for Electronic Portfolios” by Treuer and
Jensen (2003)
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0324.pdf - "The
Future of Electronic Portfolio Technology: Supporting What
We Know About Learning" by Barbara & Darren Cambridge
(October 2003)
ePortfolio_2003_keynote.pdf - "Description
of Forthcoming Version 2.0 of the Open Source Portfolio"
by Indiana University
ospi_mellon_proposal.pdf - "Building
and Sharing Electronic Portfolios: Teaching Professional
Writing" by Jim Dubinsky, VT English Dept. (2003)
Building and Sharing Electronic Portfolios: Teaching Professional Writing.pdf
ePortfolio Resources
- Dr. Helen Barrett's Electronic Portfolios site
http://electronicportfolios.org/ - The International Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (INCEPR)
http://ncepr.org - EPAC (Electronic Portfolio Action and Communication) Community of Practice
http://epac.pbwiki.com - EIfEL (European Institute for E-Learning)
http://www.eife-l.org/publications/eportfolio - MOSEP (More Self-Esteem with my E-Portfolio)
http://www.mosep.org - The Teaching and Learning Technology Group
http://www.tltgroup.org/Flashlight/Handbook/ePortfolio/ePort-Attach.htm - American Association of Colleges and Universities VALUE-Plus
http://www.aacu.org/Rising_Challenge/index.cfm - Europortfolio Resources Page
http://www.eportfolio.eu - MERLOT ePortfolio Portal
http://eportfolio.merlot.org - eFolio in the UK
http://www.efoliointheuk.blogspot.com - Joint Information Systems Committee ePortfolios Feature
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/e-portfolios
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About Sakai and OSP
Scholar is the Virginia Tech instance of Sakai, an open-source course management system. Open-source portfolio (OSP) is a suite of eportfolio tools integrated seamlessly into Sakai. The union of the two platforms allows students to easily manage course content and portfolio content from their personal workspace. For more information about Sakai and OSP, see Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment and Open Source Portfolio (OSP).
