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Creating an ePortfolio: The Easy Way to Showcase Your Teaching Skills Online

Discover how to create a compelling online teaching portfolio (ePortfolio) to enhance your professional visibility. This guide covers the definition of an ePortfolio, advantages over traditional hardcopy portfolios, key characteristics of effective ePortfolios, and essential content to include. Learn about accessibility, multimedia options, and software tools to build your site. Whether implementing a summative or formative approach, you'll find tips on making your ePortfolio structured, organized, and reflective of your teaching philosophy. Start building your online presence today!

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Creating an ePortfolio: The Easy Way to Showcase Your Teaching Skills Online

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  1. Online Teaching Portfolios Creating an Online Portfolio The easy way!

  2. Content: • What is an Online Portfolio or ePortfolio? • Why create an ePortfolio? • Characteristics of an effective ePortfolio • Content of an ePortfolio • Putting it all together...

  3. Online Portfolio / ePortfolio • Online – meaning it will be easily accessible on the Worldwide Web. • ePortfolio – meaning electronic Portfolio. It is easy to back up an Online Portfolio and burn it onto a CD-R • Similar to a hardcopy/paper Teaching Portfolio – but some advantages!

  4. Why create an ePortfolio…instead of a hardcopy/paper Portfolio? • Accessibility: easy access for a potential employer • Up-to-date: you have access at any time to change/update the information • Content: can include a larger array of materials and multimedia representative of your teaching • Format: the format alone shows that you are computer savvy

  5. Two types of ePortfolios: • Summative – for applying for an academic position/promotion or tenure • Formative – for personal and professional development

  6. Characteristics… of an effective ePortfolio • Structured • Organized – easy to navigate and find information • Complete – include all the necessary information • Creative • Representative • Comprehensive – be representative of your teaching and who you are as a person • Selective • Do not include EVERYTHING. • You want your best materials to stand out.

  7. Other KEY Factors to think about: • Professional • You do not want inappropriate information published/linked. • You do not want advertising (banners or pop-ups) • You do not want email addresses such as hotmama34@yahoo.com • Creative • You want your ePortfolio to stand out and be memorable • You do not want your ePortfolio to be gimicky!

  8. A few examples: • Joshua Friendly • Suzanne Beaudoin • Evelyn vs • My ePortfolio

  9. Positive: Professional Simple Selective Structured Negative: Representative? Resume not viewable in page Blank pages Joshua Friendly ePortfolio

  10. Positive: Representative K – 8th Structured Functional Negative: Not selective Not up-to-date Suzanne BeaudoinePortfolio

  11. Evelyn’s ePortfolio

  12. My ePortfolio www.hariprasetyo.org/portfolio

  13. Putting it all together: what you’ll need! • Content = Your own Information & materials • Software = program to build your website • Hosting = Web Space • Sometimes available through institution  aliz website? • Affordable alternatives (Free?) • Domain = web address /url • http://www.YOURDOMAIN.net (.org/.net/.nu etc.)

  14. Content What should you include? • Welcome & Purpose • Information about YOU • Curriculum Vitae • Teaching Philosophy • References • Teaching Materials – Examples • Letters of Recommendation/Feedback • Reflection • Published Work / Professional Memberships • CONTACT INFORMATION!!!

  15. How: Software / Free Templates • Software / Program • Software OFTEN included with Hosting Plan • Front Page 2003 – easy if used to Microsoft Word • Web Page Maker • You’re not HAVE to build the site yourself! • Free Blog / Free Webpage / Easy to Edit • www.portofoliogen.com • www.myteachingportfolio.com • www.wordpress.com

  16. YOU ARE READY TO START!

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