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People are using electronic
portfolios for various reasons, including assessing their
skill development, career planning, and employment. The benefits
of creating an electronic portfolio are numerous.
- It showcases your work for potential
employers or current ones.
- Provides evidence that will help
an employer understand your professional qualifications.
- Compact format - Takes up little
space on a CD or can be stored on a server.
- Easier to manage, store, present
and duplicate.
- It will not deteriorate - permanent
and secure.
- Appealing to an employer.
- Enhance computer and technology
skills.
- Very portable -
- Electronic portfolios are easy to access anywhere.
- It's easier to make multiple copies for distribution
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- It is much easier to share with a colleague
or prospective employer over long distance.
- Move beyond the limits of paper
- "Live" examples of your work, such
as actual teaching, a presentation at a board
or a counseling session. Electronic portfolios
excel in "live" information such as
audio and video.
- Hyperlinks - connect papers and other artifacts
with a click of the mouse.
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