Documenting learning with a CSU Thinkspace e-portfolio
Portfolios are a well-tried and proven pedagogical approach to support reflective thinking as well as providing the opportunity for students to demonstrate functioning knowledge in the context of intended learning outcomes within a subject or through a course.
A portfolio provides reflective knowledge construction, self-directed learning, and facilitates habits of lifelong learning within the profession.
Considering the potential of e-portfolios means that we can also meet the challenges of learning within enhanced subject experiences framed by the CSU Online Learning and Teaching Model.
CSU Thinkspace is an online blogging and web platform that allows for varied and flexible use of the tool during a course, creating a range of subject experiences that can build into an extensive digital portfolio of learning achievements. We have been using Thinkspace for :
- reflective blogging
- website creation
- digital assessments of various kinds
- digital artifacts
- open education resources
- course and subject specific learning experiences
- peer-to-peer engagement
- developing digital literacies for working and learning online
- providing graduates with evidence of their personal and professional capabilities in their chosen discipline field.
I was recently asked to create a video that explains what Thinkspace is, and the pedagogical rationale of using Thinkspace as an e-portfolio within a course.
Contact me if you are interested to learn more, or would like assistance in designing subject or course experiences with Thinkspace.
Judy O’Connell juoconnell@csu.edu.au
Faculty of Education, Online Subject Enhancement
