Training Introduction

Mahara Training Materials

Open source e-portfolios

Overview  |  Basics  |  Journals  |  Multimedia  |  External Content  |  Sharing  |  Professional Learning  |  Templates  |  Reflection

Short URL for this page is: http://bit.ly/maharaworkshop This collection of pages is available for download as a PDF here: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mosborne01/Books/Mahara_Workshop 

Overview

This collection of pages forms a loose collection of training materials for Mahara. Introductions and expectations.

Objective

This workshop is designed to: Develop your understand of how an e-portfolio can be useful to raise student achievement. Develop your understanding of the features and potential of Mahara as an e-portfolio system. Develop your skills and confidence in the actual use of Mahara.

Why use e-portfolios?

Simon Sinek's 'golden circle

Using the Golden Circle, identify 'why' you are using an e-portfolio. Simon Sinek in his TEDx talk identifies the thing that Apple computers, Martin Luther King and the Wright Brothers have in common: "People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." He takes this analysis into inspirational leadership.
Another way to think about why you are using e-portfolios is to ask: "What does the 'e' bring to portfolio-based assessment?" We've been doing portfolio based assessment for years, but what new opportunities are created by making them electronic?

Question

So why are you thinking about using e-portfolios? Is it to: develop reflection skills? showcase student learning? engage parents and whanau in learning? develop student ownership of learning? How you use an e-portfolio will vary, depending on what your objective is.

How do other people use Myportfolio?

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