Future Learning Strategy and ePortfolios in Education

The rapid change of the information andknowledge Society does no stop at education:communication, teaching and learning are changing due todigital media. Therefore at Austrian schools a “FutureLearning”- strategy was started in October 2007, where newforms of learning are underlined by new media and...

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Main Authors: C. Dorninger, C. Schrack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kassel University Press 2008-03-01
Series:International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
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Online Access:http://online-journals.org/i-jet/article/view/251/234
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Summary:The rapid change of the information andknowledge Society does no stop at education:communication, teaching and learning are changing due todigital media. Therefore at Austrian schools a “FutureLearning”- strategy was started in October 2007, where newforms of learning are underlined by new media and socialsoftware. This strategy will be presented. An important partof the strategy is the introduction of electronic Portfolios forstudents. Portfolios could be powerful tools to realizeindividualisation in formal education. There are two maintypes, the process portfolio for learning, working andreflection and the application portfolio for assessmentpurposes and job application. It is now possible to collectformal and informal competences and skills-orientedknowledge for the later professional career.
ISSN:1863-0383