NDLI: Supporting sustainable student learning at USP through the use of ePortfolios

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Singh, S. Jokhan, A. Sharma, B.N. Lindley, D.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: JustASK: Australians Sharing Knowledge Pty Ltd., Adelaide, SA, Australia (Lindley, D.) \|\| Fac. of Sci., Technol. & Environ., Univ. of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji (Jokhan, A.) \|\| Sch. of Comput., Inf. & Math. Sci., Univ. of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji (Singh, S.; Sharma, B.N.)
Abstract	Universities have a responsibility to provide students with the means to support themselves in their learning processes in the contemporary workplace, particularly in light of the emphasis on “work-readiness”. As a result, recent focus for universities has been to accommodate individual student learning and achieving graduate attributes to nurture professional growth and development of students. With grades less relied upon as a proof of learning: multiple stakeholders in education and the workplace want documentation that provides evidence of the entire process of learning and students' capability. To answer these calls, our faculty at University of the South Pacific (USP) has introduced the use of ePortfolios and mentoring in its four-year undergraduate degree programmes in Bachelor of Software Engineering and Net-Centric Computing. The purpose of this paper is to highlight this approach employed by the Faculty to support its accreditation processes and foster closer industry-academia linkage. Using ePortfolios, students are provided a context within which they can appreciate the knowledge and skills they are acquiring and contextualize understanding of the many roles within the profession, and are guided by their mentor on the additional capabilities they might require to achieve (over the medium term) their career goals.
Starting Page	68
Ending Page	72
File Size	757044
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
e-ISBN	9781479915743
DOI	10.1109/IC3e.2013.6735968
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-12-02
Publisher Place	Malaysia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Industries Employee welfare Industry linkage Engineering profession Graduate attributes Educational institutions EPortfolio Accreditation Professional development Portfolios
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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