Engagement with Electronic Portfolios: Challenges from the Student Perspective

David Tosh is bekend van ELGG, een applicatie die beschouwd kan worden als een ‘personalized learning environment’. Tosh heeft samen met drie co-auteurs het artikel "Engagement with Electronic Portfolios: Challenges from the Student Perspective" geschreven.

The e-portfolio is (or should be) part of a student-owned, student-centred approach to learning which makes it possible for students to actively engage in their learning rather than just be the recipients of information. This is consistent with constructivist theory, which argues students actively construct their own knowledge rather than simply receive it from instructors, authors or other sources.

Tosh cs laten vier thema’s de revue passeren:

• Studenten moeten het ePortfolio als iets "van henzelf" beschouwen ("buy-in"). Het ePortfolio moet gepromoot worden.
• Motivatie
• Beoordeling (hier lijken de auteurs op twee gedachten te hinken)
• ePortfolio technologie

Een conclusie luidt:

Although more research is required, the results of this study show that an institution, or more specifically a course, really needs to identify the learning outcome of using the e-portfolio and ensure that the e-portfolio is aligned with the rest of the course. This goal then needs to be explained clearly to the students, and perhaps has to be better understood by faculty and support services. Students need to know why they are doing this and what is in it for them.