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Review: The Open Source Portfolio Initiative - Bruce Byfield, News Forge
The free software movement was inspired by the ideals of academic research, and in the last few years it has given some of the fruits of that inspiration back to academia. One of the largest open source projects in academia is the Open Source Portfolio Initiative (OSP) -- a specialized content management system, comparable to WebCT. Its functions are to assist universities in administering Web servers, teachers in preparing online course components, and both teachers and students in designing and using portfolios, which are academically oriented personal Web pages. Despite some flaws, the project fulfills its functions well. Academic portfolios evolved from samples of work assembled by writers and artists. In the last five years they have become a major part of online learning. Instructors' portfolios usually consist of syllabuses for the courses they are teaching and samples of professional work. Students' portfolios show their efforts to understand course material, often by a combination of two elements: Reflections, or blog-like writing about the course material, and artifacts, which are related graphics or sound and movie clips. Both professor and student portfolios may also contain contact information and résuméés. Students' portfolios may be public, or shared selectively, and are often coordinated with online course components that may also include elearning modules and student presentations.
  posted by Ray at 2/15/2006 06:34:00 AM permanent item link   

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