1 Oct 2008, 20:29
Edited by Jose Martel Penate, 1 Oct 2008, 20:34
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As already stated elsewhere, my reasons for learning about eportfolios are career related - in that this knowledge/skill will, hopefully, further and broaden my future employability. However, I have no immediate need, requirement, or real opportunity to put my new expertise to any practical use. This means that my interest in eportfolios is purely academic at the moment (no pun intended...but left in).
This, at times, rather laboured intrinsic interest is in stark contrast to the healthier extrinsic motivation that pushes some of my fellow students to enthuse about, delight in, and, more importantly, relate to their studies. Vague, general interest cannot match actual need. But I plod on.
I have hardly started experimenting with our eportfolio, Mystuff. This is mainly because I find it so annoying to use. I keep reading about how it is vital for the individual to feel in control of the eportfolio environment and be able to individualise it, or else they will quickly lose interest. Is Mystuff the OU's attempt to help us deep-learn by doing? Oh, we can intellectualise, we can assimilate the theory, but one learns so much more profoundly if one emotionalises - is there anything quite as effective as actually experiencing the frustration!?
But now that I am reading Stefani (2005) discuss CPD in a higher education context, I do feel that I could use an eportfolio (that does not annoy me) to help motivate myself; help me reflect, perhaps, more effectively; and help counteract the apathy that sets in when working in an education system where, though excellence in teaching is paid lip service, entertainment value rules.
Jose
This, at times, rather laboured intrinsic interest is in stark contrast to the healthier extrinsic motivation that pushes some of my fellow students to enthuse about, delight in, and, more importantly, relate to their studies. Vague, general interest cannot match actual need. But I plod on.
I have hardly started experimenting with our eportfolio, Mystuff. This is mainly because I find it so annoying to use. I keep reading about how it is vital for the individual to feel in control of the eportfolio environment and be able to individualise it, or else they will quickly lose interest. Is Mystuff the OU's attempt to help us deep-learn by doing? Oh, we can intellectualise, we can assimilate the theory, but one learns so much more profoundly if one emotionalises - is there anything quite as effective as actually experiencing the frustration!?
But now that I am reading Stefani (2005) discuss CPD in a higher education context, I do feel that I could use an eportfolio (that does not annoy me) to help motivate myself; help me reflect, perhaps, more effectively; and help counteract the apathy that sets in when working in an education system where, though excellence in teaching is paid lip service, entertainment value rules.
Jose
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