ePortfolio: A Descriptive Survey for Contents and Challenges

Abstract

Abstract-Online learning is currently garnering increasing interest. Through the Internet, all available data can be shared to anyone without limited accessibility. ePortfolio is one of the media for students and lecturers to share their knowledge online. Students can upload and share their works, and lecturers can access the works of students anytime and anywhere as long as they remain connected to each other. This learning process gives students the freedom to show their ability and skills without meeting face to face. In literature, ePortfolio has contributed numerous advantages to students and lecturers in terms of the competency, marketability, self-confidence, and visibility of the students. This paper analyzes the development of ePortfolio contents to ensure the reliability of the instrument used. Furthermore, the challenges to implement ePortfolio in the learning system in Malaysia are determined. A total of 100 respondents, who are educators and students from public higher education institutions in Malaysia, participated in the Google survey form to share their perspective on the development of ePortfolio and the challenges of its implementation in the learning system. The majority of the respondents gave positive feedback on the development of ePortfolio as one of the holistic approaches to evaluate a student's knowledge and skills.

Assessment of E-Portfolio in Higher Education

“…E-portfolios have a number of advantages over traditional portfolios, including accessibility, ease of duplication and storage, constant updating, and the possibility to add hyperlinks, audio and video data that provide a more dynamic presentation of the content [18]. In addition, students get more opportunities for reflection due to increased potential for connections between different types of media, standards, and artifacts, as well as increased knowledge of technology applications [19]. E-portfolios are a wellestablished practice in higher education that helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills [20].…”

The Potential of the ePortfolio as a Recruitment Tool: From the Perspective of HR Directors

“…However, Blair and Godsall [31] admit that most students are not aware of what type of documentation is required by employers. As such, there is a clear need for more training on ePortfolios for both educators and students [32][33][34][35][36].…”

ePortfolio Introduction: Designing a Support Process

“…ePortfolio examples enable students to identify the areas they want to highlight in their ePortfolio [20,22] and may motivate the students because they can explore the possibilities. Motivation is essential when implementing ePortfolios [10,11,23]. Lack of motivation may cause the students not to upload their learning material in the ePortfolio.…”

“…Lack of motivation may cause the students not to upload their learning material in the ePortfolio. These students often need to be forced through the course content to uploading the learning material because they do not feel that the ePortfolio has any value [23]. Together with motivation, promoting the ePortfolio to students is essential to succeed with ePortfolios.…”

“…The support processes. The session started with introducing the ePortfolio, focusing on promoting the ePortfolio and motivating the students to develop ePortfolio [19,23,24]. The students were informed what an ePortfolio is and why the ePortfolio could be of value for them [2,6,7,10].…”