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Digital teaching portfolios: Catalysts for fostering authentic professional development
No full textThis paper reports the findings of a qualitative study examining the role of digital teaching portfolios in teachers’ professional development and classroom practice. The participants, all teachers, took part in a formal course in which they develop a digital teaching portfolio. The findings suggest that the processes involved in creating digital teaching portfolios fostered their authentic professional development, and were a catalyst for their ongoing professional development. Furthermore, engagement in creating a portfolio was instrumental in these teachers’ self-discovery and learning
Compétence réflexive, carte conceptuelle et webfolio à la formation des maîtres
No full textDans le cadre de cette recherche, nous avons examiné la compétence réflexive de futurs maîtres de français langue seconde lors de leur utilisation de deux outils, soit le webfolio et la carte conceptuelle. Notre collecte de données a été effectuée auprès de 18 étudiants de première année de la formation des maîtres de français langue seconde. Ceux-ci ont créé une carte conceptuelle qui représentait la structure de leur webfolio. Les cartes conceptuelles ont été analysées en fonction de leur complexité et de leur structure. La majorité des cartes conceptuelles étaient structurées en toile d’araignée ce qui démontre un niveau de complexité plus élevé que les structures à rayons et à chaînons, et par conséquent un niveau plus élevé de compétence réflexive. L’analyse des commentaires des étudiants sur l’utilisation d’une carte conceptuelle et d’un webfolio démontre une ouverture vers l’utilisation de carte conceptuelle comme outil d’organisation. Les étudiants jugent que la réflexion suscitée par la construction d’une carte conceptuelle et d’un webfolio leur donne l’occasion de réfléchir sur eux-mêmes en tant que futur enseignant, de faire preuve de créativité et d’utiliser leurs compétences technique et organisationnelle
Deepening Understanding of Inquiry Teaching and Learning with E-Portfolios in a Teacher Preparation Program
No full textThis paper describes the first stages of a project focusing on the use of preservice-teacher-generated e-Portfolios as a means of documenting and assessing inquiry-based teaching and learning. The project is designed to explore ways in which preservice teacher-created e-Portfolios can be used to (1) document how inquiry lives in practice, and (2) help university instructors and practitioners in the field assess the knowledge, skills, and attributes of preservice teachers who are participating in an inquiry based teacher preparation program
Hargreaves’ Call for Social Ingenuity in the Knowledge Society – Imperatives for Educational Technology and Teaching?
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Directions for Research and Development on Electronic Portfolios
No full textThis lead article for the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology explores directions for research and development on electronic portfolios, which are digital containers capable of storing visual and auditory content; software for which may also be designed to support a variety of pedagogical processes and assessment purposes. The paper is organized around several key questions: What are the types and characteristics of electronic portfolios? What are the outcomes and processes that electronic portfolios support for their creators? What are the contexts in which EPs are most effective and worthwhile? Who are electronic portfolio users/viewers and how do we provide appropriate professional development to encourage correct adoption and widespread and sustained use? What do we know and need to know about technical and administrative issues? What is evidence of electronic portfolio success? How do we move forward with funding and infrastructure
Towards the mature ePortfolio: Some implications for higher education
No full textElectronic portfolios [ePortfolios] are a recent addition to the language of higher education. Commencing with a summary of their role from EDUCAUSE, whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology, the distinctive characteristics of ePortfolios are outlined and salient differences from conventional portfolios in terms of process and outcomes are explored. Having considered the attributes of a mature ePortfolio, the paper focuses on pedagogical and technological issues for students and staff to move to mature ePortfolios. While accepting the valuable role ePortfolios can play in higher education, and that students increasingly come to the tertiary sector with expectations and experience that appear to warrant this approach, the paper concludes that decision making in this area is not yet adequately supported by research. Educators need to be open to the promise ePortfolios offer their students and staff but be aware of the implications for their adoption