Comparing ePortfolio Systems

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Available on Streaming Video Webcast or DVD

Program Description

As institutions adopt and implement electronic portfolios, they are also facing choices on how to author, store, catalog, locate, and share content. As Institutions also face the difficult task of choosing which features and functionality are important to them in selecting ePortfolio software, and discovering which of the competing packages support the features that they need.

MnSAT's ePortfolio broadcast reveals the latest research results from an extensive study comparing seven ePortfolio systems completed by the Edutools group.

Topics

The Comparing ePortfolio Systems Research

Reveal History of EduTools research project
Explain different types of ePortfolios used in education
Discuss review process and identify which venders were chosen
Compare product features and demonstrate functionality

Additional ePortfolio Topics

Test drive the new eduTools ePortfolio site
Integrating ePortfolios with course management systems
Technical Standards that affect the creation and sharing of ePortfolio information
How ePortfolios can be developed for open source

The program features virtual tours, and interviews with experts from the California State University System, Portland State University and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. George Mason University Professor, Darren Cambridge comments on research and shares some of the advancements made by project participants.

Program Panelists

Cara Lane

Paul Wasko

Bruce Landon

View program panelist biographies

Who would be interested?

Educational institutions, staff and students, business executives and personnel, government employees

The program is developed in cooperation among the following organizations:

WCET
Edutools
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Minnesota Satellite and Technology

Registration

The license fee is $245.00 US per site, ($289.76 Canadian). To view the webcast on your computer, you will receive a URL, user name and password to log in. You can also order a DVD copy of the program for the same price.

We are unable to process credit cards. Please obtain a purchase order number and include it on your registration page or e-mail it to anita.hess@so.mnscu.edu when you receive it.

Did you miss the first three programs in our Electronic Portfolio series? You can purchase them at a package price of $250.00. Titles are Using Electronic Portfolios in Workforce Education, Electronic Portfolios for Lifelong and Lifewide Learning, The Electronic Portfolio: A Mirror and A Map