Using ePortfolios to Enhance Classroom Learning
David S. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
University of Washington, Bothell
18115 Campus Way NE – Box 358530
Bothell, WA 98011-8246
(425) 352-3204 (X2-3204)
davidgs@u.washington.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/davidgs/
Print Sources
Batson, Trent. “The Electronic Portfolio Boom: What’s It All About?” Syllabus
16.5 (Dec. 2002). Available online at
<http://campus-technology.com/print.asp?ID=6984>.
A brief explanation of ePortfolios and their increasing currency in
academia.
Liu, Chen-Chung, et al. “Student Performance Assessment Using Bayesian
Network and Web Portfolios.” Journal of Educational Computing Research
27.4 (2002): 437-69.
A rather technical article outlining a methodology for tying specific
elements of web portfolios to specific assessment goals.
Pullman, George. “Electronic Portfolios Revisited: The eflios Project.” Computers
and Composition 19 (2002): 151-69.
A demonstration of one electronic portfolio project in an undergraduate
writing course, and in the greater curriculum, at Georgia State University.
Good discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the system.
Reynolds, Nedra. Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for Students. 2nd ed. Boston:
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007.
A handy guide for students, explaining the purpose of portfolios and
offering concrete suggestions for getting the most out of a portfolio. I use
this as a required text for my “program core” course, Interdisciplinary
Inquiry (BIS 300). I assign an average of two (very short) chapters a week
in addition to other course readings. The whole booklet is only about 50
pages.
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---. Portfolio Teaching: A Guide for Instructors. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2007.
Reynolds’s very good companion volume for teachers. Also a slim volume
of about 75 pages, this text offers nuts-and-bolts suggestions for teaching
with the portfolio system. She also includes a comprehensive bibliography
that would be redundant to reproduce here and is getting a bit out-of-date
anyway. My representative at the publisher tells me that new editions of
both of these titles are due out soon.
Online Sources
Catalyst (University of Washington):
<http://catalyst.washington.edu/>
Homepage of our own Catalyst suite of online tools, including Portfolio.
BIS 300 Syllabus:
<http://faculty.washington.edu/davidgs/BIS300FSyl.html/>
My online syllabus for BIS 300 (Interdisciplinary Inquiry), an ePortfoliobased course.
BIS 300 Portfolio Assignment:
<http://faculty.washington.edu/davidgs/BIS300FPort.html/>
My online assignment sheet for the learning portfolio assignment in BIS
300 (Interdisciplinary Inquiry), including detailed instructions for students.
Bedford/St. Martin’s Press:
<http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/book.asp?1058001086/>
Online catalogue page for Reynolds’s Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for
Students, including an exam copy link.
<http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/book.asp?1124001307/>
Online catalogue page for Reynolds’s Portfolio Teaching: A Guide for
Instructors, including an exam copy link.
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