The Eportfolio in education

Enhanced social function

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It enables the owner of the portfolio, the teacher, the parents and other students to interact with each other directly through this tool (comments function)This interaction is for the teacher a great way to get or to provide feedbak on the learning process of his students.

Large storage capacity

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The eportfolio allows its owner to store a large number of documents which wouldn't be possible with the paper version.

Flexibility of content

Content organization

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Learners have the ability to adapt the organization of the sections in the portfolio whenever they want to along their learning path.That is a function that the paper version of the portfolio doesn't allow.

The content itself

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The technical functions as copy/paste, delete, replace, etc. enable the user to freely manipulate the content of his work.For example, the learner can showcase several versions of one work in order to have a wider look on his progresses.

Aesthetics

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The eportfolio can be customized at the learner's own will thanks to a variety of templates, images, background colors, ... in order to increase its readability

Accessibility

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It can be accessed from anywhere in the world, as long as there is an Internet connection.

The portfolio in education

Functions

Functions

Exposure

Assessment

Reflexion

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- Metacognitive reflexion about his learning process - Identifying learning strategies

Social

Applications in FLS

Added value for the learners

Developing plurilingual competence

Enhancing self-regulation

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Learning objectives targets

Possible organisation

The European Language Portfolio

The European Language Portfolio

Example of a level-based portfolio

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Dedicated websites

Dedicated websites

EDUPORTFOLIO

EDUPORTFOLIO

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MAHARA

MAHARA

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EPORTFOLIO.ORG

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