interaction design

Resources: Startup

ePortfolios

Step 1: What are ePortfolios?

• Butler, P 2006 A Review Of The Literature On Portfolios And Electronic Portfolios. Research Paper, EPortfolio Project, Massey University, New Zealand. Viewed 5 November, 2006 <https://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/176/1111/ePortfolio Project Research Report.pdf>.
• Jafari, A 2004 The ‘Sticky” ePortfolio System:Tackling Challenges & Identifying Attributes: EDUCAUSE Review July/August. Viewed 5 November, 2006 <http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm04/erm0442.asp>.
  Very useful article written from more of an IT perspective – very relevant to the interaction design process.
• Lorenzo, G and Ittelson, J 2005 An Overview of E-Portfolios EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Paper 1 Viewed 5 November, 2006 <http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3001.pdf>.
  Lots of examples provided. A comprehensive article that outlines the basics of e-portfolios and also identifies a whole range of issues for the interaction designer to consider when building such a tool.
• Siemens, G 2004 ePortfolios Elearnspace:everything elearning viewed September 29, 2006 <http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/eportfolios.htm>
  A useful article as it poses the possibility the simple social networking tools may be more powerful manifestations of how to create an e-portfolio than the more complex standardised institutional systems.