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However, data collected during the two-year period of research raises some unexpected issues of blogs as eportfolios. Data obtained allows us to observe some affordances of blogs as eportfolio platforms. Both the project and research are based on the principle that social media empower eportfolios. The project is aimed at fostering the construction of an electronic portfolio in order to build student teachers' networked selves as future Early Childhood Education teachers.

The results reported are those related to student teachers' perceptions of blogs as eportfolios and the assessment of their performance. This article is based on the research of the two first school years () of experimental implementation of blogs as electronic portfolios. An inventory of websites of interest to further deepen the theme of the ePortfolio has been selected.Īt the University of the Balearic Islands, in Ibiza local centre, an eportfolio project in Teacher Education has been implemented since the 2009-2010 school year. The conclusions emphasizes the characterization of the ePortfolio from the teachers and students perspectives. Some of the benefits of the use of the ePortfolio in courses and projects is presented and the criteria for evaluation of ePortfolios. The report highlights several general and specific tfor the creation of ePortfolio. We present an introductory framework on the traditional portfolio and electronic portfolio including the main definitions, the types of ePortfolio and some teachers and students exemplifications. Para finalizar se ha seleccionado un repertorio de sitios web de interés para seguir profundizando en el tema de los ePortfolios. A modo de conclusiones se hace un desglose de la caracterización de los ePortfolios desde la óptica de los docentes y de los estudiantes. Se aportan algunas de las ventajas del uso de ePortfolios en cursos y proyectos así como los criterios para su evaluación. A continuación se destacan algunas herramientas tanto de uso general como específicas para la creación de ePortfolios.

Se presenta un marco introductorio sobre el portfolio tradicional y el portfolio electrónico para presentar algunas de las tipologías de ePortfolios y algunas ejemplificaciones tanto de docentes como de estudiantes.
