Abstract
The online learning space can appear to be cold and impersonal for Higher Education students. The aim of this chapter is to show the progress through a teaching and learning design using a 'sense of self' model, which is being used in ePortfolio creation in two Higher Education institutions. This chapter will demonstrate that an ePortfolio can be a tool for showcasing students' levels of achievement in regard to a 'sense of self'. The positive results from the outcomes of the two pedagogic approaches to the ePortfolio process encourages other users of ePortfolio to engage with flexible and creative approaches to the production of showcase and reflective ePortfolios with students at all phases of a degree program. Academics can positively affect the human connections between students and teachers, emerging professionals and the profession, by encouraging multi-faceted aspects within an ePortfolio as the interface between the online and the professional world.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Handbook of research on humanizing the distance learning experience |
Editors | Maria Northcote, Kevin P Gosselin |
Place of Publication | United States |
Publisher | IGI Global |
Chapter | 5 |
Pages | 95-110 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781522509691 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781522509684 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |