Work in progress — Computer science e-portfolios: Perspectives from upper and lower division students

Author

Anewalt, Karen ; Polack-Wahl, Jennifer

Author_Institution

Univ. of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2011

Abstract

An e-portfolio is an online multimedia-capable portfolio that showcases a student´s collection of academic learning, achievements, knowledge, and skills. While using e-portfolios to showcase student work has been a hot topic in the engineering education community, the topic has received less attention in the computer science education community. This paper presents a work in progress comparing the use of e-portfolios early in a computer science student´s academic career versus late. We find that there are benefits to each approach, both from a student perspective and an instructor perspective.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; computer science education; multimedia systems; academic achievements; academic knowledge; academic learning; academic skills; computer science e-portfolios; computer science education community; computer science student academic career; engineering education community; lower division students; online multimedia-capable portfolio; upper division students; Communities; Computer science; Conferences; Data structures; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Portfolios; computer science education; e-portfolio; software projects;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011

Conference_Location

Rapid City, SD

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-468-8

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2011.6142992

Filename

6142992