The ePortfolio is not simply a collection of evidence, but a tool for developing
one's own knowledge and competencies, a kind of virtual representation of
oneself, that, like a Tomagoshi, dies if it isn't fed regularly with new
knowledge and evidence of competencies. Moreover, ePortfolios can be connected
together, in an organisation (a school or a company), a group (a professional
community or a community of practice) a territory (a country, a region or a
city), making the ePortfolio the organic link between individual,
organisational, community, territorial and societal learning.
While the
first wave of eLearning technology was mainly organisation-centred, the
ePortfolio places the focus on the need to develop a new generation of tools
that are completely centred on the person. And in doing so, the ePortfolio as
individual learning planner, or continuing professional development planner, or
personal knowledge management toolbox can become the hub, from which each
individual will have the power to join, create and organise learning
communities, at his/her school or the university, professional association,
workplace or local community.
De vraag is niet langer hoe we onderwijs toegankelijk kunnen maken voor de student maar hoe we het leerproces toegankelijk kunnen maken voor de docent.
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