Portfolio

MERLOT "The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is an international cooperative for high quality online resources to improve learning and teaching within higher education. The cooperative connects systems, consortiums, and institutions of higher education, professional organizations of academic disciplines, and individual members to form a community of people who strive to enrich the teaching and learning experience."
"The resources in MERLOT include:
- links to thousands of learning materials
- sample assignments, which show how the materials could be used in the classroom
- evaluations of the learning materials by other individual users and panels of faculty
- links to people with common interests in a discipline and in teaching and learning " [ from the MERLOT Tasting Page ]
National E-folio Project of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Check out the overview of this effort to develop a simple, word processing style, web-based electronic portfolio system. The goal is a common, easy system for development of portfolios by low-tech users based on the idea of an electronic resume with links and lots of opportunities to customize. Click to the help section for greater detail on appearance and tools.
Properties of Student Academic Portfolios. Uses and types of student portfolios, with links to examples at various institutions. From Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
The Portfolio Clearinghouse. A searchable database of information about college/universities' portfolio projects, maintained by AAHE.
Resources about digital portfolios, including books, articles, and websites. Maintained by John Ittelson at California State University, Monterey Bay.
Report on computer- based portfolio assessment project at Palomar College.
Portfolio 2.0 on-line system at University of Minnesota, Morris
Martin Kimeldorf's Portfolio Library includes samples and Kimeldorf's reflections on how portfolios can be used in the career search.
Helen Barrett's On-Line Publications on Electronic Portfolios
Feasible Electronic Portfolios: Global Networking for the Self-Directed Learner in the Digital Age by Todd Bergman. A good discussion of the concept of digital portfolios in languages and education and some tips on designing the system.
Electronic Portfolios - A chapter in Educational Technology; An Encyclopedia - a very nice overview of issues to consider in developing e-portfolios
Commercial products to manage on-line portfolios
- iWebfolio, from Nuventive. Select iWebfolio from the Products menu.
- True Outcomes. What began as an assessment-management tool, EnableOA, has become this set of portfolio and survey tools.