ePortfolios for Assessment and Professional Job Opportunities

Promote Yourself As a Job Candidate Using an ePortfolio

  

Overview of 4 ePortfolio Platforms 

for Educators & Doctoral Students 

These below are used primarily for academic assessment

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     They also have limited application for professional purposes, which is also important (students may need to set those up separately if they used these educational tools, rather than using the resources listed in a recent Academii blog on Virtual CVs and similar resources)

1. Live Text

www.livetext.com   OFFICIAL SITE

https://www.livetext.com/overview/faculty-overview.html  FROM FACULTY’S PERSPECTIVE

https://www.livetext.com/overview/student-overview.html FROM STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJJZNexRAiM&feature=related VIDEO

2. Mahara Open Source e-Portfolios

www.mahara.org  OFFICIAL SITE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y32NoAgN9Ik VIDEO, INFORMAL but INFORMATIVE

http://demo.mahara.org/ Demo/Try It Out

3. Task Stream

https://www.taskstream.com/pub/SubscriptionRates.asp INFO

http://www.5min.com/Video/TaskStream-Portfolio-Interview-Explained-247682672  USE

4. Nuventive Web Folio

http://www.nuventive.com/products_iwebfolio.html

http://www.uc.edu/honors/eportfolios/tutorials.html Example of university using iwebfolio

http://www.gonzaga.edu/academics/libraries/foley-library/ATASupport/iWebfolioSupport/iWebfolioFAQ.asp Example 2 of university using iwebfolio

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Analyzing and Evaluating ePortfolio Products 

(designed by iwebfolio, but still good)

http://www.nuventive.com/ElectronicPortfolioAnalysisTool.pdf

 

Additional Resources: 

Also see pages 27-31 in the WASC Resource Fair Guide at http://db.tt/dFpiS76J

Sales reps are willing to come to your academic campus if you’re interested in a test drive

Digital Tools for Promoting Your Curriculum Vitae, Part 1 of 2

Tools for Promoting Your CV in the Digital Age

As I work with scholars interested in advancing their careers in academe through the Academii service (www.academii.net), we seek out tools that help provide doctoral students and scholars with the horsepower to ensure their name can become known by colleagues in their respective academic field.  

In this two part series, a total of 10 Digital Tools for Promoting One's Curriculum Vitae (CV) are explored and highlighted by Academii Mentor, Dr. Freddy Cardoza. 

Digital Tools for Enhancing and Distributing Your CV

Freddy Cardoza

SLIDEROCKET 

This is my current favorite, even though it lacks some of the resources that LeadYou and GoogleSites has.  I would suggest using it WITH one of those two for a strong online presence.  I opened a full professional membership with them which isn't cheap, but I wanted what I think is the best.  Check out  Peter Richter's “Presume” at http://www.sliderocket.com/blog/2011/11/presentation-resume/.   That shows you the quality of this tool.  It's one of the ones I will suggest we all check into when we get to that point of our process.  You'll love it.

LEADYOU

LeadYou has a little ways to go, but has many of the e-portfolio enhancements that are needed for a strong digital presence.  It allows for different templates, includes CV like content, but also allows for audio (podcast-like clips), video embeds of speaking samples, etc., document linking (like teaching philosophy statements, etc.) and a host of other resources that make it has some value.  Examples are here: http://www.leadyou.com/main.php?action=plan_samples.  I need to work with it more and it can be a little overpowering with some of its colors, but it may be one that can be really useful.  www.leadyou.com

VISUAL CV

The Visual CV uses technology to deploy a digital version of one's CV, so in that sense it's "like" the Media Kit idea.  Most media kits include items that the Visual CV (VCV) platform may or may not be able to handle-- I haven't learned all of its capabilities yet.  I think I'd rank it as #3 or 4?? among the tools I've either used or am aware of. That doesn't mean not to have one-- it just means that there are limitations to it.  I think it's good to have it.  Here are some examples of it: http://www.visualcv.com/www/examples/#exec 

GIGTIDE

Gigtide is similar to VCV only it has some additional analytical tools that I "don't think" VCV has-- though, again, I've not fully researched VCV yet. You can take a look at it here: http://www.gigtide.com/tour/

GOOGLE SITES

Google Sites is a web-page based concept that allows you to essentially build a Table of Contents and different pages for various elements of a portfolio.  I think it has some advantages over some of these, because it is more diverse.  It's not perfect though and we would need to explore some of the pros and cons about it.  Though I'm not yet completely SOLD on it, I have used it some and think it has promise for media rich content. Simply go to www.google.com, log in, and go to "sites"

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Introducing The Academii Blogging Team

The Blogging Team of Academii represents a group of sharp leader-scholars that include representatives from:

• People Living in Two Continents (Africa, North America)

• People Living in Two Countries (United States, Kenya)  

• People Living in Several States (California, Washington, Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, New York)

• People holding numerous degrees including several doctorates

• People who study or have studied and graduated from 8 different doctoral programs

• People from many diverse nationalities, ethnicities, and cultures 

• Several are also currently teaching in higher education, but are using Academii to sharpen their axe.  

Each of these leaders will introduce themselves with a brief bio, along with some links to their professional networking sites and will then begin blogging in the months to come in order to help you with greater impact in your own career.

Welcome Scholars!

Introducing Academii: From the Founder and Mentor, Dr. Freddy Cardoza

At The Academii's You Tube Channel, you will get brief 2-4 minute pithy rants from Academii Mentor Freddy Cardoza, each of which is designed to help you quickly move to the top of the deck in academic job searches.

As a university administrator, department chair, and professor of 15 years, Freddy is a reliable guide to help you find your way through the labyrinth of expectations and pitfalls and make it through the maze and the haze to career success and impact.

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Welcome to The Academii Blog

Academii is the new standard for academic career coaching.  

Through a sophisticated matrix of live video conferencing, asynchronous video training, digital and print resources, public discussion groups, blogs, wikis, portfolio projects, online classroom, and a national conference, Academii prepares scholars for positions in higher educational administration and teaching. 

The program of Academii is built on the foundation of excellence. It rests on four pillars of preparation presented in four phases of equipping and training.

Each of the four phases are 6 month intensives (January-June, then July-December).  The complete program of professional (not "academic" but professional) preparation, position candidating, and career acceleration lasts two years.  These two years provide enough time to build the necessary items of one's professional portfolio and to develop the credibility for strong recommendations while also providing the support group and mentoring needed for the arduous process of candidating for academic positions.  

The four preparation phases of Academii are as follows:

Phase 1: Embark 

• Month 1: Guru Status Masterminding for Exponential Impact
• Month 2: Institutional Types and Personal Best-Fit Analysis
• Month 3: Digital Media Strategy and Digital Blitzkrieg
• Month 4: Neo-Social Networking Strategy
• Month 5: Transformational Learning and CV/Resume Building Activities
• Month 6: Development of Philosophy of Teaching and Education

Phase 2: Emerge

• Month 1: Power Vitae Development
• Month 2: Power Vitae Completion
• Month 3: Killer Cover Letter and Recommendations
• Month 4: Doctrinal Statement Workshop
• Month 5: Media Kit Compilation
• Month 6: Sample Lectures Development

Phase 3: Ascend

• Month 1: Double-Down Comprehensive Search Strategy
• Month 2: Developing Your Professional Prowess
• Month 3: 'Eye of the Tiger' Interview Preparation
• Month 4: Academic Lecture Teaching Prep
• Month 5: Syllabus Design Theory and Praxis 
• Month 6: Syllabus Completion

Phase 4: Summit

• Month 1: The 90 Day Launch Document
• Month 2: Course Prep Planning Procedure
• Month 3: Orientation to the Academy
• Month 4: Career Contingency and Reboot
• Month 5: Leadership & World Domination Plan 
• Month 6: Networking Revisited

Through this process, our Academii Scholars-- already strong leaders in their own right-- are being built into powerful "knowers-doers" ready for the challenge of leadership in your institution.  

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