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11095

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

ePortfolios – Leveraging the Blog Format to Demonstrate Student Experience
Melissa Venable, Kaplan Higher Education, Miami, FL, USA, melissa.venable@yahoo.com

Today’s employers are looking for education and experience. Students in higher education need to demonstrate their skills, in addition to their academic achievements, to potential employers. How can students set themselves apart from other applicants? One strategy is the creation of an ePortfolio. While portfolios are not new in education or the job search process, blogging is becoming an increasingly popular way to showcase one’s work. The features and functionality offered by blogging platforms can be used to consolidate work examples and create an easily accessible place for recruiters to review them.

Objectives of this session include: review of different types of student portfolios, review of research related to ePortfolios and blogging platforms, presentation of examples and current resources, and recommendations for getting started. In addition, this session will focus attention on instructional design and technology professional portfolios.

The presenter has maintained a professional blog since 2009 and has experience working in both instructional design and career development services in higher education and industry. This presentation will include time for questions from participants. Attendees who have worked with student career portfolios and blogs will be encouraged to share their tips as well.

Novice, Intermediate blogging career ePortfolios highered