Purpose and Design of a Digital Environment for the Professional Insertion of Students Based on the E-portfolio Approach

Abstract

Before the development of the web, we talk about the portfolio; it was represented by a simple portfolio of student skills in paper form. This form of representation of skills and professional career has continued to develop over the years. After a succession of several stages in the concept of the portfolio, this simple paper form was transformed into a digital form called an e-portfolio [1] [5], which is centered on the personal and collective learning dynamics throughout the life of the student [10] [22]. In the digital age, the curriculum vitae (CV) is the first door to professional integration [7]. But the paper CV remains a document too linear and has not adapted to the complexity of current modes and channels of communication. The objective of our research work is the purpose and design of a digital environment for the professional insertion of students based on the e-portfolio, allowing students to build and enhance academic and extra-academic achievements while being part of a lifelong learning approach, to develop their digital visibility by capitalizing on training achievements and skills obtained, and to present themselves digitally.