Social media and collaboration meets portfolio building
Challenge
Provide students a secure, integrated ePortfolio to create, organize, and present academic and co-curricular activities with instructors, peers, advisors, or anyone in the world; the need for instructors and advisors to to share feedback and assess student progress and achievements based on discipline specific requirements.
Solution
The Learning Objects ePortfolio Application provides individuals a space and network to create, organize, and publish academic and co-curricular achievements using social media content; instructors have the ability to provide feedback and students are able to maintain their work after their time at the institution.
Student Tyler Warren is able to share academic and co-curricular activities with peers, instructors, and advisors, and more in his ePortfolio.
Student Anne Joseph uses her ePortfolio to showcase her best academic work to potential employers.
Review students' achievements, projects, work samples, and resumes within the institution and beyond (wikis, blogs, journals, podcasts, templates, digital files)
Maintain a framework for discussion, feedback, and assessment on student progress and create an environment for individuals to manage their own learning
Build a social network for students or with peers and advisors throughout the institution
Collaborate on research and work with peers at partner institutions