Originally published to eBridge on Saturday 30 June 2012
I'm really wishing that I'd watched this video (Beith, 2011) before everything else, because it's helped me to see more value in the concept of ePortfolios as an assessment tool.
Seeing a personal account of the reasons behind use
of ePortfolios helps me to see ways that they can improve the assessment
process. Getting insights into students' learning processes and using this in a
non-judgemental way helps to take a lot of the uncomfortable scrutiny off
teaching staff when it comes to reviewing the design of curricula. For my own
background, I have to wonder if these kind of insights will matter to a
government obsessed with numerical data and norm-referenced assessment. Or is
that more the fault of society as a whole for not questioning their own
expectations and behaviours? But that's an axe to grind another
day!
Actually, I take back that comment about wishing I'd seen the video first, because then this little learning experience wouldn't have occurred and been recorded. Hope you readers take note....
Actually, I take back that comment about wishing I'd seen the video first, because then this little learning experience wouldn't have occurred and been recorded. Hope you readers take note....
Reference
- Beith, L. (2011). Using ePortfolios for Assessment. [video online] Available at: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FUL1TYzG-w&feature=youtu.be> [Accessed 30 June 2012]
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