Use of Evernote for the creation and management of e-portfolios in higher education

Author

Perez Garcias, Adolfina ; Marin Juarros, Victoria Irene

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Pedagogy & Educ. Psychol., Univ. de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of a study on the use of the web 2.0 tool Evernote for the creation and management of the e-portfolio of the course of the Degree of Primary Education in the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) as a part of a project of teaching innovation. Data collection was carried out through information from the students -the use of a student questionnaire and their final individual written reflections on the use of Evernote as eportfolio- and from the teachers - content analysis of the formal aspects of the e-portfolio construction. The results point out a general satisfaction with the tool for the development of the e-portfolio and the advantages and disadvantages of Evernote as eportfolio are discussed.

Keywords

Internet; computer based training; educational courses; educational institutions; further education; innovation management; teaching; Degree of Primary Education; Evernote; Spain; University of the Balearic Islands; data collection; e-portfolio construction; e-portfolio creation; e-portfolio management; higher education; preservice training; student questionnaire; teaching innovation; web 2.0 tool; Collaboration; Education; Organizations; Portfolios; Reflection; Visualization; Web 2.0; Evernote; e-portfolio; higher education; pre-service training; web 2.0 tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHET.2015.7218032

Filename

7218032