E-portfolio Model Diagram

Jeremy just posted a diagram helpful for conceptualizing the e-portfolio as Personal Learning Environment (PLE).  Frankly, I’m all for doing away with the ‘e-portfolio’ label, as it tends to, conceptually, emphasize product over process.  PLE is a better name.

And I fully agree with Jeremy about the importance of the ‘what you want to do’ aspect of the process, for by asking such questions, we strengthen the connection between our desires and values on the one hand, and our current activities on the other.  This helps us stay in touch with our bliss, that fountain of intrinsic motivation we all possess.

I guess the real challenges though, come from implementing PLEs in institutional settings.  What role do they play in assessment procedures and how well will such a self-directed learning process fit within current accreditation guidelines and institutional bureaucracies?

Trackbacks & Pings

  1. Teacher in Development :: What if the process not product mattered more? :: February :: 2006 on 14 Feb 2006 at 6:21 am

    [...] Just a little riff that comes to mind as I’ve been reading through a few related posts today around ePortfolios - or rather Personal Learning Environments. The first comes via Dave Tosh then over to Aaron Campbell. [...]

  2. apcampbell » Blog Archive » Wanted: EduVibes Application on 26 Feb 2006 at 11:27 am

    [...] A comment from Marco on my post about Jeremy’s e-portfolio model got me thinking about how nice it would be to have a NetVibes-esque appplication for teachers and learners.  It would aggragate and display - in a public dashboard fashion - recent blog posts; comments; activity on social networking services like Flickr, 43 Things, 43 Places, YouTube, etc.; subscription lists to podcasts, news, and blogs; while having its own interactive features, such as a commenting and perhaps even a behind-the-scenes discussion forum for students and teachers to communicate about the experience.  There could even be a meta-EduVibes page that aggregates all student activity and displays it for all to see, while highlighting the most flourishing discussions and popular posts. [...]

Comments

  1. Marco Polo wrote:

    Great questions in your final paragraph. I started to write a comment, but it turned into a bloody essay, so I’ve posted my “comment” over here

    Posted 12 Feb 2006 at 11:20 pm

  2. Aaron wrote:

    Thanks Marco, I responded on your post. Now with Cocomments, my response shows up in three places, all searchable with the right tools: my sidebar, my Cocomments page, and my SuperGlu page.

    Posted 13 Feb 2006 at 6:03 pm

  3. Jeremy wrote:

    Aaron, your concern about labels seems to be shared by several others. In the updated version I removed the e-portfolio from the center, but I couldn’t bring myself to replace it with PLE…because I don’t think a PLE is a set of tools…instead I called the whole thing the learning environment…the tools connect the dots that create the environment.

    I don’t know that PLEs have to be (or even can be) implemented by institutions. All the institutions have to do is play nice, making it easy for me to import my data, credentials and contributions from school into my own learning tools…and maybe even let me export stuff from my learning environment into their LMSs.

    Posted 18 Feb 2006 at 5:30 am

  4. Marco Polo wrote:

    Thanks for this. I wonder what you think about ways to host a PLE for students. Jeremy writes I don’t know that PLEs have to be (or even can be) implemented by institutions. but my inclination is to either create a space for my students PLEs, or to at least give them scaffolding while they get the hang of it. Also, there are privacy issues, which students are unlikely to be aware of when they first get started. To extend Jeremy’s diagram a little, I have in mind blogs, wikis, podcasts, photo sharing and static pages. Once you start doing these things, a priority becomes being able to keep track of all your own stuff! Hence Netvibes, Suprglu, etc. Yahoo!360 is one option which might hold everything in one place, but 360 has its limitations as Aaron points out. I incline towards having students hold everything in one place, at least at first till they get the hang of things. What do raders think?

    Posted 24 Feb 2006 at 11:40 am

  5. Aaron wrote:

    Well, I think the solution is to start off simple: a blog and a Flickr account, for example. Once learners get a feel for how these are used, other applications could be added. What would be helpful is to have a Netvibes for educational purposes.

    Posted 26 Feb 2006 at 11:06 am

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