 Objectives
The learners should be able to purposefully select and connect
artefacts so as to make them most fitting to their specific goals.
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Outcomes
After this session the participant will:
- understand that different
factors need to be considered when selecting artifacts
for different types of ePortfolio and the various implemetations
of ePortfolio
considering different applications;
- be able to select the artifacts that
are relevant for various applications.
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Selection of artefacts
Depending on the technical capabilities of e-portfolio
software being used, several actions can be taken to help better
classify artefacts.
You can:
- assign them to categories
- tag them (assign keywords)
- describe them
- organize them in folders
- create a table of contents
 Activity
Collect all the artefacts you have created and organize them
according to the criteria you personally prefer. These may
include:
- e-portfolio type
- goals to be achieved through e-portfolio
- your personal goals
If not all artefacts are in digital
form you should digitize them. Analyze if all your achievements
have been recorded
or if there are some supplements to
be added.Attention: Special attention should be paid to the different
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Developing a hierarchy of artefacts
The next step of the e-portfolio
process is the development of a hierarchy of artefacts. Following,
three examplary groups of criteria are listed:
1. Content
- Necessary artefacts: have to be shown in a special context
(artefacts that
are already developed and also missing artefacts);
- useful artefacts: not necessary,
but in useful in a special context;
- possibly useful artefacts: they
could be useful or even neccesary, if the context would change
(e.g. application for another job).
2. Private sphere
- adequate for unlimited publication (open access
for everybody);
- adequate for limited publication (accessible for
certain persons, e.g. friends
or assessors);
- personal (without external access, only the portfolio owner
is able to access it).
3. Technology and technological competencies
- The used tool has every
needed function and can be used in full extent (that
also means that the IT compentencies are sufficient);
- the artefact is not "perfect",
because tool functions are missing;
- the artefact is not "perfect",
because the IT competencies are limited;
- tool functions and IT competencies
are limited.
Activity
Discuss these examples of criteria for the development of
hierarchies. Develop additional approbriate criteria for the
hierarchical order of artefacts.
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Activity
This activity requires using the results of work done in the
activity above.
If you have not yet selected software which you would want
to use for creating your e-portfolio then you should do it
now. Use this tool to select the appropriate artefacts from
the set you collected during the previous Activity. Do not
forget about the goals you need/want to achieve and about privacy
issues. While choosing every artefact:
- bear in mind that different
skills (formal, technical, social) can be demonstated with
a single artefact;
- note down how every artefact can help
you with your further personal development;
Think about
the relation between different artefacts and groups of
artefacts. Show and describe them. Try to present
them in visual form (e.g. through hyperlinks,
mind maps or table of contents). |
Activity
Evaluate collected artefacts on the following criteria:
- technical
quality;
- resolution;
- faithfulness of reproduction of real-life stimuli;
- visual
clarity;
- ease of publishing;
- ease of reproducing etc.
Decide if your technical skills
allow you to standarize the resources you have. For example:
- standarized
type and resolution of graphic files;
- combining several
artefacts into one with an appropriate format (e.g. .pdf,
.ppt, .rtf)
and having texts,
tables or graphics embedded within it;
- recording
all data in formats suitable for publishing in WWW.
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