Electronic Portfolios Enhanced with Learning Analytics at the Workplace

Abstract

During workplace-based learning, e.g., clinical or during an internship, supervisors’ quality of feedback and assessment is crucial for trainees’ expertise development. Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are often used as tools for longitudinal assessment at the workplace. So far, ePortfolios have not realized their full potential, since they are often not well tailored to the workplace and trainees’ needs. Potential data about trainees’ behavior at the workplace is generally underused, and the management of the data is complex. It is expected that ePortfolios enhanced with learning analytics may serve as means to improve the quality of feedback and assessment regarding trainees’ progress and development. This chapter addresses this by outlining an approach that is applied in a European 7th framework project (www.project-WatchMe.eu).