Picturing the future: Exploring the opportunities to develop an ePortfolio community of practice in Australasia
Year: 2008
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The Australian ePortfolio Project, funded by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, has revealed that a significant number of people in Australian universities are interested in and are exploring the use of electronic portfolios in academic programs, in transition into employment and in career development. As an area of emerging practice in Australian universities, the importance of further capturing their interest in ePortfolios as a process and a tool to reflect on and provide evidence about student learning should not be overlooked. The paper introduces the landscape of ePortfolio practice in higher education in general and describes the Australian ePortfolio Project in particular. The concept of communities of practice in academic life is discussed, with specific attention paid to a number of successful communities of practice internationally that encourage and support ePortfolio practice. The paper concludes by considering some options for establishing a community of practice that will benefit the higher education sector in Australasia.
Authors: Gillian Hallam, Wendy Harper
Institution: Queensland University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Funder: Australian Government
OpenAlex ID: W159485134