In his blog “In the End,” Jon Mott, Assistant to the Academic Vice President of Academic Technology at Brigham Young University, writes about the role of technology in academics, and his June 16 post PLNs, Portfolios, and a Loosely-Coupled Gradebook hits Haiku close to home as we prepare to release a new feature: ePortfolio.
Mott’s post does an excellent job of articulating the benefits of portfolios and the importance of students maintaining them, so I’ll refer you to his post to read more in-depth discussion.
Key Benefits of Online Portfolios
- Track and assess student learning and progress over the course of years, not months
- Enable students to take ownership of their work and see their development and learning through their portfolio rather than solely through grades
- Provide an intentional venue for students to connect ideas and knowledge across disciplines
Introducing the Haiku LMS ePortfolio
The Haiku team agrees whole-heartedly with Mott when he writes “Until learning tools and content become more malleable (i.e. open, modular, and interoperable) we will not realize the full potential of an interconnected, networked world in education.” That sentence encapsulates the Haiku philosophy, and his post provides an opportunity for Haiku to tout a new feature we’ll be releasing in July: ePortfolio. Without spilling all the juicy details just yet, one valuable function is the ability for a student to export their ePortfolio as HTML and take it with them if they change schools; if students are expected to produce quality, comprehensive work then they must be able to take it with them to truly experience ownership.
Watch www.haikuls.com for an announcement about the ePortfolio release.
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