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Implementing electronic speaking portfolios: perceptions of EFL students
Author(s) -
Huang HengTsung Danny,
Hung ShaoTing Alan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00996.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , guitar , computer science , physics , acoustics
Electronic portfolios, or e-portfolios, refer to multimedia environments wherein students can showcase their artefacts and reflections, which represent their growth and competencies (MacDonald, Liu, Lowell, Tsai & Lohr, 2004). Compared with their paperbased counterparts, e-portfolios enable students to collect, store and manage their artefacts in a relatively easy and efficient manner, so long as Internet access is available (Heath, 2002). Further, they also allow the artefacts to take such forms as images, sound files, video clips and so on (Knight, Hakel & Gromko, 2006). Additionally, dispensed with time and location constraints, e-portfolios simplify the feedback-giving process for teachers and peers in a radical way. Moreover, their characteristic trait of being widely accessible to the public can also help students foster a heightened sense of audience and, as a result, take more careful account of what they write and how they write (Wall & Peltier, 1996).