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Electronic Portfolios: An Emerging Tool in Allied Health
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- Jeff Stewart & Kenneth E. Wright, Macon State College
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| Information technology allows us to break away from traditional means of evaluation techniques in higher education. Additionally, it links us together in ways that we never dreamed possible, by helping to overcome the constraints of distance and time. In the education and training of students, educators must develop cutting-edge tools to enhance the students’ educational and professional development.
An electronic portfolio is an emerging tool in the professional development of students as well as being utilized as an evaluation method by faculty members. The portfolio serves several purposes:
1.Requiring the student to reflectively consider what professional development is and providing the opportunity for documented evidence of professional growth.
2.The portfolio proves the student, as well as the faculty member and potential employers, with a unique tool for assessing what has been gained through the academic career and through supervised clinical experiences.
The presentation will focus on the evolving technology in allied health, the rationale pertaining to electronic portfolios, and the benefits of the electronic portfolio for the student, faculty member, and potential employer. Additionally, the development of the electronic portfolio, parts to be included in the product, and the overall process of creating an effective electronic portfolio will be presented.
Finally, the presentation will focus on the actual implementation of the electronic portfolio in an allied health program graduate program. Although the presentation uses the allied health field as a model, faculty members are able to apply this concept in any discipline. |
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