eportfolios.org was developed by ePortfolios ltd; a privately owned UK company (Reg No. 10239034). ePortfolios is a software company specialising in online solutions for the monitoring and evaluation of teachers’ professional growth and lifelong learning.
The solution was originally designed and developed by the founder during teacher training at Liverpool Hope University in 2008 with guidance from his University Tutor who was an ePortfolio researcher at the time.
In 2012 the software was piloted by trainee teachers at Durham University and, based upon their feedback, improvements were made. The solution now incorporates the Commonwealth Professional Standards Framework and is available on eportfolios.org
Eportfolios provides an online solution to enhance pre-service, in-service and continuing professional development of teachers assisting with reflection and self-assessment of their competencies. It is also an ideal tool for University Tutors and School Mentors to monitor, evaluate and assess teachers’ professional growth across the commonwealth.
Demo Solution
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Data Security
Security of an electronic portfolio has to not only match, but be significantly more secure than, paper records. Strict protocols restrict access to data, and security is a key priority for the e-Portfolio team.
Hardware and software security conforms to industry standards and we make absolutely certain that the system stands up to persistent and/or malicious attempts to breach security. This is an extremely rigorous review that involves the system being ‘attacked’ systematically over a given period by security experts.
Data Protection
e-Portfolios ltd collects and processes your e-Portfolio information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Information entered into your ePortfolio by you, or about you by administrators or managers, will not be shared with any external third parties. All identifiable information is held securely and treated confidentially.
About the Founder
Mohammed Saleem Latif is the developer of ePortfolios.org, an innovative online solution to help evidence the new Commonwealth Standards Framework for Teachers and School Leaders.
He was born in Clitheroe in the UK in 1977. He received a B(Eng) degree in Medical Engineering from the University of Bradford in 1999 and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education, specialising in ICT, from Liverpool Hope University in 2009.
His interest in computers started when his father purchased a PC for his 19th birthday in 1996. His interest quickly grew and, after graduating in 1999, Mohammed began work as an e-business analyst at IBM. He pursued his career as a PC Repair Technician and Web Developer and laterworked as an ICT Teacher and Head of Department at a secondary school.
Apart from his love of computers, Mohammed also loves to play chess, meditate and spend time with his family.
About e-Portfolios
An electronic portfolio or ePortfolio is a generic term encompassing as wide a range of types and products as there are reasons for using them. The simplest starting point is to consider an ePortfolio as an extension of the paper based-portfolio, bringing with it the obvious benefit of making a portfolio of evidence portable and shareable anywhere that you have Internet access – "the new generation of the three ring binder" JISC My World Project Final Report, Roberts. 2006
In fact, an ePortfolio has a much broader scope as an online collection of reflections and digital Artefacts (such as documents, images, personal reflections, multimedia files, hyperlinks and contact information). Learners can use an ePortfolio to demonstrate their learning, skills and development and record their achievements over time to a selected audience.
"e-Portfolios are personal online spaces for students to access services and store work. They will become ever more useful as learners grow up and start moving between different types of learning and different institutions" Secretary of State for Education and Skills, UK, January 2006.
They have the potential to provide a central, linking role between the more rigid, institution-led learning management system and the learners’ social online spaces.
There are sound applications for the learner, the teacher, the institution – and sometimes combinations of the three. A teacher and learner for example can be one and the same person, with differing requirements from the same ePortfolio. It can be used to create collections of artefacts to share with fellow students, peers, family and friends, to present to potential employers and to complement applications for research funding. In short, it is an online space from which to manage your life, learning and goals.
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