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I am developing a model for electronic portfolios, which TC students will
emulate in order to create their own electronic portfolios. The idea is that
all the student's work is demonstrated electronically, in one electronic
file, and easily stored on one storage medium, such as a CD-ROM.
I am *gathering info.* I'm hoping you can help. My student and I have
created and posted a Web survey for TC professionals at http://www.clarkson.edu/~tornataj/survey/. Please take 5 minutes to visit
and answer the questions there. It's an easy, clickable form. The questions
get a sense for how at ease you would feel receiving an electronic portfolio
from a potential employee, what file formats you can easily open on a
computer, elements you like to see in a portfolio, and so on. The survey
gives you a chance to have direct input about students you might interview
or work with someday.
The model we develop will easily adapt to _any_ professonial's portfolio, so
we will also disseminate our results via the Web (and I'll send results and
URL to the list). We'd really appreciate your input.
Christa J. Carroll
Technical Communications
Clarkson University
Box 5760
Potsdam, NY 13699-5760
carrolcj -at- polaris -dot- clarkson -dot- edu
