ePortfolios By Grace Tian EPORTFOLIO BACKGROUND EPortfolio Defined

e-Portfolios By Grace Tian

E-PORTFOLIO BACKGROUND

E-Portfolio Defined • a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web • A demonstration of the user's abilities and platform for self-expression Source: Wikipedia Prepared by Grace Tian

Types of e-Portfolios • Assessment portfolio • Career portfolio • Reflective portfolio Prepared by Grace Tian

SAMPLE E-PORTFOLIOS

When an employer types Katherine Kwok into Google

Her e-Portfolio is the very first result making it easy for prospective employers to find out about her skills and tech savvy

E-Portfolios help you stand out and help you get a better job, not to mention learn better, develop greater awareness, discipline and courage to stand up for your vision of life… all traits of successful leaders (Source: Jeff. Balin. com).

e-Portfolio Trends • Moving from just individual portfolios towards team and organizational portfolios • Ability to output multiple views of e-portfolios to different audiences Prepared by Grace Tian

e-Portfolio Trends • Organizations using e. Portfolios for sourcing talent • Increasingly people leveraging free but powerful blogging and web content management systems such as Word. Press Prepared by Grace Tian

e-Portfolio Trends • European Union wants all its citizens to have e. Portfolios by 2010 • Some countries like the Netherlands have nation-wide e-Portfolio programs Prepared by Grace Tian

Why bother? • Reflective aspect of an e. Portfolio has been proven to help you better learn • Helps showcase your abilities to employers and build positive online reputation • Helps you learn Web 2. 0 skills… with these same skills you can develop a niche blog or a Web-based Prepared by Grace Tian business

SAMPLE STUDENT VENTURES USING THE SAME OR SIMILAR TOOLS USED FOR E-PORTFOLIO

Matthew Nelson used blogging skills to create an eclectic blog about art, design and more.

Prepared by Grace Tian Jess Sloss has become an authority on social media… he’s landed a job at an ad agency focused on video and social networks.

Lars Vedo launched two news aggregating businesses that have had Prepared by Grace Tian hundreds of thousands of visitors

Prepared by Grace Tian Adam Henderson launched Work. Launcher. com a site matching employers with student project teams

Online reputation • 45% of employers now screen social media profiles • 35% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them not to hire the candidate • 18% of employers found content on social networking sites that caused them to hire the candidate Prepared by Grace Tian

Online reputation • 77% of employers “google” job applicants (Source: Execu. Net) • What if they find negative things about you on the Web? • Or even worse, what if they find no mention of you at all? • An e-Portfolio can help you build and manage your online reputation Prepared by Grace Tian

FREE E-PORTFOLIO TOOLS

Prepared by Grace Tian Open source, free, e-Portfolio platform that can integrate with the Moodle course management system

Prepared by Grace Tian Build and promote your e-portfolio for free with ZENPortfolios. com, uses the powerful Word. Press platform … can submit your e-Portfolio built with any tool

What are you waiting for? Prepared by Grace Tian

Life is short… don’t waste time Prepared by Grace Tian

e-Portfolios help you reflect on where you have been… Prepared by Grace Tian

where you are now… Prepared by Grace Tian

and where you want to move towards Prepared by Grace Tian

A regularly updated e. Portfolio will help you get there! Prepared by Grace Tian

Credits This presentation Prepared for an Assignment in BSYS 1000 at BCIT (www. bcit. ca) Links: Bsys 1000. bcitbusiness. ca

Music Credit: New Day by Bertyco. X (Ajaccio, France) Replay