E-Portfolios as Tools for Collaborative Learning on Digital Platforms

Abstract

In this chapter the authors discuss on the increasingly use of virtual learning environments - Learning Management Systems (LMS) - in university education. Analysis the potential of learning methodologies and more collaborative, problem-solving and dialogical assessment. The authors emphasize the concern with the concepts that underlie technology-enabled assessment processes such as the use of e-portfolio as a resource to monitoring the students' performance, thus being redesigned upon the assessment process, mediated by an educational practice of individual and collective knowledge construction on digital platforms and mobile communication devices.

Digital Modelling of Educational Content in the Professional Training for Mining Industry

“…Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) began to provide free of charge educational materials in the open access for the most popular specialties. Most of them have gradually moved to a commercial platform, departing from the original idea of universal accessibility and free education [1].…”

“…The disadvantages of the MOOC system include the lack of control over the fulfillment of tasks, as well as the format of independent study of educational material, in which the course participant cannot directly contact the teacher [1].…”

“…Digital technologies have penetrated so much into human life that the study of digital culture potentially covers all aspects of everyday life and is not limited to the Internet or modern communication technologies. [1].…”