Electronic portfolio

A student e-portfolio may be shared with a prospective employer or used to record the achievement of program or course specific learning outcomes.

Most preservice teachers are asked to compile an e-portfolio to demonstrate competencies needed to gain teaching certification or licensure.

Faculty now use e-portfolios to record course or discipline designs that may be shared with colleagues to promote teaching and learning.

The electronic portfolio, on the other hand, is a more formal setting where students must apply both their knowledge of how the web works and the message they want to convey.

In this sense, students' use and comfort with the web at times can be a hindrance if they are not taught to use electronic portfolios in the correct fashion, suggests Lane.

[5] Many universities and schools are currently working to make sure that students are gaining practice and experience with electronic portfolios so that they are able to use them to the best of their ability.

[6] This consortium is an organization aimed to make Michigan one of the leaders in integrating technology into the training of young professionals.