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WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO?
The Elon Student Portfolio is a system that allows students to build a collection of multimedia documents to display on the World Wide Web. Students download templates onto their personal computers and modify the templates by inserting their own information and creativity into a sample portfolio. Each student decides what is in his or her portfolio, as well as which portions of their portfolio they wish to publish for viewing on the web. The university provides the following four templates and encourages students to add information to each during every semester of the collegiate experience.
Exemplary Academic Work Students briefly describe
their best works, which are accessible through a link in the portfolio.
Students are encouraged to have at least a paper from their Freshman
English or Global Experiences class and a best piece (paper, video,
PowerPoint presentation, etc.) from their major.
Experiental Learning The Elon Experiences
Transcript tracks students? participation in five programs: Volunteer
Service; Study Abroad; Internships/Co-ops; Undergraduate Research
and Leadership positions in student organizations and campus programs.
A student's participation in these experiences is collected for
the student by the college. Students simply link their Elon Experiences
Transcripts to their portfolio.
Electronic Resume Students develop resumes in consultation with Career Services and create links to their best works, pictures, reflections, other webpages (e.g., internship sites), etc. Students may design their web-based resumes to be printable directly from their portfolio, or emailed to employers.
Reflections Students complete a separate template for each experience they wish to keep. The template helps students organize experiences and provides a structure for reflecting on these experiences.
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