E-Portfolio Assessment

One of the new concept of assessment that has become possible with the introduction of modern technology in education is alternative assessment. It is also called authentic assessment. The use of e-portfolio to conduct assessment is one of these authentic or alternative form of assessment. This section of the course is meant to introduce the learners to the concept of e-portfolio as an alternative assessment method. The major assignment in this section is for each learner to create an e-portfolio.

In order to be able to do this effectively, I needed to study about e-portfolios and all its various elements. This proved to be a rewarding exercise. The creation of this e-portfolio is the first I had ever done in life. It was full of so many challenges like loading my artifacts to the e-portfolio, especially my .jpeg and .ppt files. At the end, I was able to create one and the grade with the assessment was very encouraging. Records of this would be found in the blog titled biyiniyi and can be viewed here:

My First e-portfolio

Creating my first e-portfolio was a big challenge and the step-by-step report of how I created the e-portfolio is submitted as a separate report to my instructor. I invite you to read the problems and how I overcome them:

Report on my First E-portfolio

Learning here took two dimensions. In the first dimension, I learnt how to create an e-portfolio (a skill I am exhibiting right now almost effortlessly, except for one fresh challenge) and in the second dimension, my expertise and skills on the use of the computer was enhanced. I learnt how to convert documents to Google docs so that they could be used over the internet and shared with the public or invited people only. It was a rewarding and interesting exercise.