Formative e-Portfolio: Skills, Achievements, and Capabilities

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Name of Student: Elizabeth Joseph
ID number: S18556
Unit Code and Title: GDN3988e e-Portfolio
Title of assignment: Formative Assignment
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INTRODUCTION
E-portfolio stands for the electronic portfolio. It is defined as the collection of
evidence and statements assembled by the user using the website or internet
sources. The e-portfolio usually includes text files, photographs, documents, entries,
certificates etc. The chief aim of providing an e-portfolio is to design and provide a
secure way of learning and record management for different purposes. In this
assignment, I am going to present my e-portfolio that is a collection of the
experiences, qualification, skills, and achievements and learning that I had during the
past several years. It is helpful in demonstrating better communication and
presenting the level of our capabilities and competency to others.
STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF E-PORTFOLIO
PROPOSED PLAN
The aim of e-portfolio is to provide rich evidence and resources to both the students
and the faculties in order to learn important achievements over time. The e-portfolio
here will enable me to gain a thorough insight into the different parts of the
curriculum and leads me to improve as well help me develop an identity as a learner.
The e-portfolio uses artefacts, involving media files, news, documents, videos, and
pictures to present an individual's knowledge, skills, ideas and experience. In this
assignment, I am going to present my skills, achievements, and capabilities that are
formed during the years with the help of the artefacts that enable me to think and
reason logically.
In different profession and education system, the demand and concept of creating e-
portfolios is increasing leading to better development of students and the
professionals. In nursing also the e-portfolios are in trend and are highly considered
these days. It enables one to have an online identity and social media presence. A
well-developed e-portfolio for a nursing individual will provide a good sense of online
identity and image for the individual.
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E-PORTFOLIO PLATFORM
The e-Portfolio platform Wix will be used by me.
MATERIALS AND ARTEFACTS THAT WILL BE COLLECTED
For the development of this e-portfolio, I will be gathering following artefacts
Resume
Academic transcripts
Certificates of achievements
Self-reflection summary
Hobbies and interests
Special projects I worked on
Nursing Specialization
Nursing standards for contemporary statements
Employment summary
Language base and command summary
Person-centred care knowledge
Professional learning plan
RELEVANCE TO CAREER AND DEVELOPMENT
The nursing individuals or educators are continuous challenges in the sector to
provide a pathway to link theory to practice for the students that they can use to be
competent in their practice and career. According to Karsten (2012), one method to
measure the competency of the individual in this practice and their theoretical
knowledge simultaneously is the presentation of the e-portfolio. He defined portfolio
as the collection of goal-driven items that demonstrate the learner's knowledge and
expansion through of skills through the time. The learning portfolios are therefore
being accepted in graduate nursing programmes to evaluate the learning and
knowledge of the students and programme outcomes. Nurses who take up a
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specialized education programme take a step towards building a better future for
their practice and health care services. Using e-portfolio for career planning in
nursing is essential aspect as it allows individual to use theoretical knowledge and
link it to personal skills and understanding to improve the care provided. The
discipline-based knowledge is being expanded by the use of such portfolio formation
and helps in further enhancement of learning and logical reasoning skills.
TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF PROJECT
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Week 1 Gaining knowledge regarding portfolio
styles and models
Start collecting materials for use
Week 2 Planning the portfolio
Making and setting professional goals
Week 3 Submission of the plan for e-portfolio
Week 4 Establishment of the digital identity
Week 5 Search the webpages of Nursing and
Midwifery Board of Australia for guides
to use the competency standard for
nursing and midwives
Week 6 Aim to complete e-portfolio evidence
Week 7 Completion of e-Portfolio
Week 8 Submission of the assignment after
peer review

SELECTION OF THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE
Career development using the e-portfolio helps in the development of an organized
plan including the self-reflection, peer review, research on the area of work, decision
making, goal setting, job opportunities and periodic reviews. It enables the individual
to refine and review the current situation and future goals.
The framework or theory to assist for self-reflection that I will be using is the Gibbs
reflection cycle. This cycle is useful as it provides a description of events and
feelings that may be useful for the promotion of e-portfolio. Benner's theory will be
used to assist with my reflection and improvements.
Other than set readings I will be using these journals and articles to discuss in regard
to my e-portfolio
Bryan and Chittum (2013) and Werschay (2012)
CONCLUSION
E-portfolio is the wide mix of resources that helps in better understanding and
presentation of capabilities and skills of the individual in the online format. The
career applications are benefited by e-portfolios as the employers can see the
applicant’s skills and understand their arena better. It provides a good repository to
save work in space efficient form.
REFERENCES
Karsten, K., 2012. Using ePortfolio to demonstrate competence in associate degree
nursing students. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 7(1), pp.23-26.
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Andre K, Heartfield M,Cusack L, A. (2017) Portfolios for Health Professionals(3e)
Chatswood NSW: Elsevier Australia
Bryan and Chittum (2013). ePortfolio Effectiveness: A(n III-Fated) Search for
Empirical Support Volume 3, Number 2, 189-198, ISSN 2157-622X
Benner P (1982) From Novice to Expert. The American Journal of Nursing, Vol.82,
No 820ee
Werschay E (2012). Electronic Portfolio as Job Search Tools: Perspectives
Students, Career Counselors and Human Resource Professionals
Hallam G (2010). Australian ePortfolio Project and the opportunities to develop a
community of practice.Australian ePortfolio Project.
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