Comments on: e-Portfolios and Personal Content Management–Rip, Mix, Burn http://mfeldstein.com/e_portfolios_and_personal_content_management_rip_mix_burn/ What Michael Feldstein Is Learning About Online Learning...Online Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:46:45 +0000 By: Tech Tools@ ACS » Blog Archive » Eportfolio Bibliography http://mfeldstein.com/e_portfolios_and_personal_content_management_rip_mix_burn/#comment-42908 Tech Tools@ ACS » Blog Archive » Eportfolio Bibliography Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:26:40 +0000 428101601#comment-42908 [...] “e-Portfolios and Personal Content Management–Rip, Mix, Burn at e-Literate,” http://mfeldstein.com/e_portfolios_and_personal_content_management_rip_mix_burn/ (accessed June 3, 2007,). [...] [...] “e-Portfolios and Personal Content Management–Rip, Mix, Burn at e-Literate,” http://mfeldstein.com/e_portfolios_and_personal_content_management_rip_mix_burn/ (accessed June 3, 2007,). [...]

]]> By: Michael Feldstein http://mfeldstein.com/e_portfolios_and_personal_content_management_rip_mix_burn/#comment-176 Michael Feldstein Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:44:02 +0000 2113371312#comment-176 Joe, thanks for the tip on the Johns Hopkins project. It does look like something along the lines of what I was thinking. Ideally, though, it would provide services that can be pulled into an LMS environment. This how the Blackboard content system works, although it currently appears to be much more geared toward personal content management for faculty than for students. Nick, I had dotLRN in mind when I posted. As you point out, though, the workflow is tricky. This is true with any type of content management system. Striking the right balance between ease of customization and ease of use is hard. Joe, thanks for the tip on the Johns Hopkins project. It does look like something along the lines of what I was thinking. Ideally, though, it would provide services that can be pulled into an LMS environment. This how the Blackboard content system works, although it currently appears to be much more geared toward personal content management for faculty than for students.

Nick, I had dotLRN in mind when I posted. As you point out, though, the workflow is tricky. This is true with any type of content management system. Striking the right balance between ease of customization and ease of use is hard.

]]> By: Nick Carroll http://mfeldstein.com/e_portfolios_and_personal_content_management_rip_mix_burn/#comment-175 Nick Carroll Tue, 31 May 2005 17:16:44 +0000 610922090#comment-175 Michael, I like your iTunes analogy. I ran a focus group about two weeks ago with <a href="http://www.weg.ee.usyd.edu.au/projects/dotfolio">dotFOLIO</a>, and found that the students have too much control. As a result I've been working on simplifying usability and permissions. I like how <a href="http://www.flickr.com">flickr</a> manage permissions, and will try to incorporate this into dotFOLIO. A student can store all their learning artifacts within their ePortfolio as private or shared amongst friends and advisers. Or if they choose to showcase items, then they have to set them as public. Kind of like what you have to do in flickr when you integrate pictures into your blog from your flickr collection. Michael, I like your iTunes analogy.

I ran a focus group about two weeks ago with dotFOLIO, and found that the students have too much control. As a result I’ve been working on simplifying usability and permissions. I like how flickr manage permissions, and will try to incorporate this into dotFOLIO.

A student can store all their learning artifacts within their ePortfolio as private or shared amongst friends and advisers. Or if they choose to showcase items, then they have to set them as public. Kind of like what you have to do in flickr when you integrate pictures into your blog from your flickr collection.

]]> By: Joe http://mfeldstein.com/e_portfolios_and_personal_content_management_rip_mix_burn/#comment-174 Joe Tue, 31 May 2005 01:43:26 +0000 1877816143#comment-174 From what I've been seeing of eportfolios, many of them are so thoroughly connected to the class model and the LMS architecture that they often just go ahead and use Blackboard itself. I agree that this is not a structure that really works for encouraging the kind of reflection and interaction which can also be a part of the most successful portfolios. Recently I've been looking at Johns Hopkins EP project http://cte.jhu.edu/epweb/ and just from my preliminary testing, it seems very promising. It's especially difficult to find a system that will be flexible and adjustable enough--and allow enough student control--without a huge investment in programming on the part of the campus (which, in my case, is really not able or ready to make that kind of investment). From what I’ve been seeing of eportfolios, many of them are so thoroughly connected to the class model and the LMS architecture that they often just go ahead and use Blackboard itself. I agree that this is not a structure that really works for encouraging the kind of reflection and interaction which can also be a part of the most successful portfolios.

Recently I’ve been looking at Johns Hopkins EP project http://cte.jhu.edu/epweb/ and just from my preliminary testing, it seems very promising.

It’s especially difficult to find a system that will be flexible and adjustable enough–and allow enough student control–without a huge investment in programming on the part of the campus (which, in my case, is really not able or ready to make that kind of investment).

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