Writing your first post

Web 2.0 electronic portfolios can be a collection of works, known as artefacts, stored in a central website or weblog and distributed over the Internet in social networking sites such as Flickr.com, Youtube.com or Viemeo.com. Artefacts can include creative works such as digital videos, photos or audio files of your performances and designs. The Web 2.0 electronic portfolio should not just be random set of your digital files. But should come together as a well structured argument that supports your application for advancement in your career, a course of study or in helping you to get that creative job or project approved. The artefacts you select should be examples of your best work which showcase your skill levels and how ‘knowing’ you are about your creative discipline specific knowledge.

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) defines an electronic portfolio as a collection of ones work which should support an argument for advancement in:

Supporting an application, e.g. for study or for a job

Supporting transition, e.g. into a new employment situation

Supporting teaching, learning and assessment, eg the assessment of learning (summative evidence of achievement) or the assessment for learning (a formative process that encourages students to reflect on their learning activities and outcomes)

Supporting professional development planning (PDP) and/or continuing professional development (CPD). (JISC. 2007)

Your electronic portfolio will be a show case of your philosophy of design and how you have gone about creating the ascetics that have gone into your creative works and what methods you have chosen to use.  The Web 2.0 electronic portfolio should also help you to stand out from your competitors.

The video tutorial below will help you to understand how to create a post so that you can start to write about and gather your creative works helping you to progress to your next career goal.

Untitled from Paul Stephensen on Vimeo.