Tools of the trade

Some examples of eportfolio software, to assist with either gathering or structuring workplace information, and/or reflective practice for personal development planning/ lifelong learning. Please follow the links below to have a look at some simple eportfolios on offer. You can simply browse, watch a demo or actually  experiment with some. Some require regististration to experiment with.

• A review of tools gathered in 2006 by the CRA :

http://www.recordingachievement.org/downloads/e Portfolios_Pre19_Survey_Feb06.pdf 

Related link from the CRA  : >> WORD Doc <<   Developing and Implementing a Methodology for Reviewing E-portfolio Products

Examples of eportfolio software available:

• Active passport : http://www.activepassport.com/passportholders/faq.asp

allows anybody to set up their own skills and qualifications passport online to help them keep a record of all of the training and skills they acquire throughout their lifetime. Each passport becomes more valuable as it becomes verified by employers or other organisations that are registered as Skills Passport Verifiers.

• eportfolio created for assessment : http://www.foliotek.com/

• Mystuff (Moodle)

http://www.open.ac.uk/mystuff/?page_id=4

The Open University have developed a new eportfolio system that plugs into Moodle. Being Open source, means you can install it for free.  Jim Judges commented upon this new eportolio in his blog  following a visit to 2007 Moodle Moot. >> http://jim.rscwmsystems.org.uk/wordpress/?p=29

 

You can see some screen shots of mystuff here.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/oucreative/tags/20080815/ .  Nb. mystuff is  still under development / bug fix , so the interface and functionality will evolve.

 

 

 

 

• Mahara (open source) E-Portfolio also links to Moodle-

• Elggspaces

http://elggspaces.com/  (open source)

http://aocnilta.co.uk/2006/06/23/elgg/

http://eduspaces.net/ (was elgg)

• ePET ( this one has provision for placement information)

http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/FDTL4

http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/eportfolio

• OSP Portfolios

http://www.osportfolio.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=33

Demo:

http://demo.osportfolio.org/portal

http://www.osportfolio.org/tour/

• dotFolio

http://dotfolio.org/

University of Sydney demo version: http://dotfolio.org/demo.htm 

• Portfolio

http://portfolio.eng.usyd.edu.au/

go to the interactive demo page to see an overview of this tool: http://portfolio.eng.usyd.edu.au/demo

• Profile 

   

  Profile has been taken up in 22 universities across the UK, and can be used in a wide range of applications such as PDP (Personal development and planning), skills and employability audit, and electronic versions of portfolios of Professional bodies.

• http://www.profile.ac.uk/profile/login.htm
• http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/article.asp?item=913&year=2006

•  The City & Guilds endorsed Eportfolio “onefile”  & learning assistant - ideal for Work based learning etc.

              http://www.cityandguilds.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0AC0478D-35A4645C/cgonline/hs.xsl/15120.html

http://learningassitant.com   - endorsed by City & Guilds, OCR, & Edexcel.

• From the CETIS website  >>: http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/portfolio

 The two examples below offer demonstration accounts

 

• ASPIRE LUSID (originally developed @ the University of Liverpool) 

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/lusid/

 

 

• PDSystem (originally developed @ the University of Ulster)

http://pds.ulster.ac.uk/pdp/controller.php

 

 

 

 

• Winvision ( Microsoft epotfolio system that works with Sharepoint)

http://www.winvision.nl/Products/EN/Products/Digital+Portfolio.htm

 

 

 

 

• pebblepad  (one of the best commerical products on the market -- IMHO)
   

  http://www.pebblelearning.co.uk

   

  see some examplars here : http://www.pebblelearning.co.uk/examples.asp

   

   

  Shane Sutherland runs the Pebble learning company that developed & sells Pebblepad (developed in conjunction with Wolverhampton University).   He is always very happy to come along to institutions to talk about the uses of and potential of Eportfolio systems in HE & FE. You can contact him directly here: shane@pebblelearning.co.uk