Gerbic, P., Lewis, L. & Northover, M. (2009). Student perspectives of eportfolios: A longitudinal study of growth and development. In Same places, different spaces. Proceedings ascilite Auckland 2009<\/i>.<\/p>\nAbstract<\/h3>\n
Electronic portfolios (eportfolios) offer different ways to support learning through their capacity to collect evidence and demonstrate development, especially over time. Their potential ability to support reflection and learning and to respond to assessment and evaluation settings across a range of settings suggests their value for formal study and lifelong learning contexts. This technology has come to prominence as one of the new Web 2.0 technologies and much of the literature to date provides accounts by teachers of the introduction of eportfolios, there being far less research which places students and their experiences at the centre of the investigation. This paper describes the establishment of a longitudinal study of student perspectives and discusses some early data.<\/p>\n
The authors of this study had found that much of the literature on e-portfolios was based on instructor accounts, with far less research available which placed \u201cstudents and their experiences at the centre of the investigation\u201d (p. 327). This paper describes the establishment of a descriptive three-year longitudinal study of undergraduate applied humanities student perspectives from a university in New Zealand over the course of six semesters and discusses some early data in order to improve e-portfolio [best] practice and efficiency (p. 327). A mixed methods approach was used consisting of a survey questionnaire, interviews, focus groups, and content analyses (p. 329). Findings based on the first cycle of survey data supported earlier research in that 1) at the onset of e-portfolio use, students saw the pragmatic benefits of e-portfolio usage (repository) and 2) \u201cbecoming confident with the technology is the main challenge\u201d and must be addressed before students develop effective learning habits (p. 330).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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