Good morning! Welcome to this week's blog on electronic portfolios. E-portfolios are a great learning tool for students, and an excellent way to assess student learning for faculty. We will be posting more this afternoon on the kinds of skills students can document through an e-portfolio.

An electronic portfolio can document prior learning or learning that is taking place in the present. It can highlight a student's best work or show developmental progress over a semester. It can be used as a credential or collection of credentials. And it can play an active role in the learning process itself.

Imagine applying for a job, and instead of giving the prospective employers a resume, giving them a CD or sending a link to your e-portfolio. Imagine this, too -- instead of having to limit themselves to writing papers, students can show faculty what they have learned by speaking, performing, using graphics and animation, through a multitude of dynamic demonstrations.

More to come -- feel free to ask questions.