ePortfolios in Education
Austria , 2007 to 2010
Compendium: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Background
The portfolio concept should be applied to document the student learning and working progress. There are some open learning forms in secondary education and the students have to manage project work during the end of secondary education. ePortfolios give students the opportunity to gather different solutions, oral and visual presentations and seminar papers any time and also at home. The presentation of your own portfolio can be arranged, if desirable and possible. The working portfolios will be transferred into a presentation portfolio of school graduates and can be extended during university studies and practical work in companies.
The motivation of the initiative
According to the Chief Executive of the European Institute for e-Learning (EIfEL ) Serge Ravet, “ePortfolios are now a central element in some national learning policies.” Austrian education institutions will participate in this initiative.
Level of implementation
National programme of Austria
Aims and targets
Objectives of the initiative
- To create a tool in the context of lifelong learning for pupils and students at schools and higher educational institutions.
- To integrate secondary schools, adult education institutions and university institutes in
- To develop Open Source tools to organise personal portfolio structures on electronic learning platforms (Exabis Moodle extension).
Target group
School and university students from 13 to 25; adult learners; teachers, if initiative is successful for learners.
Strategy and actions
Participants
Schools, university institutes, Fachhochschulen, adult education institutes, service providers, public-private partnerships with IT- and IT-training companies.
Methods applied to reach the objective (technological and/or pedagogical)
- Using the Networking and e-partnership programmes between schools and university institutes.
- Processing from working portfolio to presentation portfolio.
- Using a European perspective.
Monitoring and evaluation
Implementation
- Steady use of the cluster structures of the schools and study courses over 2 years.
- Providing an e-learning platform tool for all students.
Funding/Cost effectiveness
Budget
€2 000 000 over 4 years (is part of the FutureLearning budget).
Sustainability/Transferability
Outcomes/impacts
Achievements
Specific results
120 of the 300 eLearning schools involved to test portfolio structures. About 3 000 users at schools and 1 000 in higher education. Participation in international discussions regarding ePortfolios and LMS.
Success factors
Lessons learnt
- Proceed slowly with a meaningful topic in a European environment.
- Support personal creative thinking and working of the students.
- Topics like ePortfolios must be established as a network in all education institutions in secondary, higher and adult education.
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