Supporting Open Source Software for Education
Teaching and learning portfolios have an educational focus and are generally used to gain insight into a teaching and learning process. They are multi-faceted, guiding students in collecting learning artifacts, reflecting upon these in relation to a linked set of learning standards, objectives or criteria and presenting their work for feedback and evaluation.
Teaching and learning portfolios require advanced planning on the part of educational practitioners in identifying learning outcomes, objectives, or criteria used to represent the goals of the teaching and learning process.
Many practitioners find that the process of creating a teaching and learning portfolio is as valuable as the actual product for their students. Asking students to reflect upon their learning and present their work in a way that best speaks to their mastery of a subject, issue or experience is a fundamental experiment in meta-cognition that goes beyond what the average student is traditionally asked to do in a classroom. By giving students the opportunity to reflect upon their learning and share their learning artifacts with external audiences, these portfolios seek to make the processes of teaching and learning more transparent as well as accessible.
Some examples of teaching and learning portfolios include:
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| Kapiolani Community College General Education Portfolio |
The Teaching and Learning portfolio depicted here was initially designed by Kapiolani Community College for use in their General Education program. The goals of the portfolio were to: Assess student learning according to general education standards, promote the use of general education in disciplinary programs, and support ongoing educational processes. Students and faculty in the General Education community participated along with a few other disciplinary groups. |
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| Rider University Chronological Resume |
The personal representation portfolio depicted here is an example of a chronological resume, developed by the Career Services Office at Rider University (New Jersey). The purpose of the portfolio was to provide students with a structured environment to build an online resume. The focus of this portfolio is developmental as it seeks to guide students in collecting information about themselves and managing the representation of their virtual identities. |
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| Rhode Island Electronic Portfolio System (RIEPS) |
The Assessment and Accreditation portfolio depicted here was initially designed by the Rhode Island Department of Education and the Rhode Island Network for Technology. The primary goal of the portfolio is to collect and display portfolio-worthy assignments completed by students in 25 high schools throughout the state of Rhode Island. |
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