How to Build an Instructional Design Portfolio with Google Sites | Step-by-Step + Examples
Tim Slade's straightforward guide to creating a portfolio website with Google Sites, including tips and notes on what's important for portfolios
How to Create an Instructional Design Portfolio
A six-step process for creating an instructional design portfolio plus a toolkit and additional resources
Must-See eLearning Portfolio Examples | The eLearning Designer's Academy by Tim Slade
Tim Slade has collected some of his favorite elearning portfolios. This is a good place to look for inspiration (but new IDs, know that these folks are experienced, and your portfolio probably won't quite look like this yet).
Go Design Something: Building Your Job-Winning Portfolio
Kristin Anthony's free course on building an instructional design portfolio
Instructional Design Portfolios – 23 Well-Built Samples
Examples of portfolios and what this author likes about each one, along with general tips for creating a good portfolio. If you want some inspiration, check this out. (Yes, my portfolio is on the list.)
3 Ways to Take Your Freelance Instructional Design Full-Time – Ashley Chiasson, M.Ed
Tips from an ID two months after moving to full time as a freelancer. I do think a portfolio is critical, especially for those just starting in the field or changing from another career. Having an active online presence and continuous learning are also great tips.
E-Learning Portfolios: Share Your Work - E-Learning Heroes
Sample e-learning portfolios, submitted for an e-Learning Challenge. Good place to look for inspiration.
How to Share Your E-learning Course for Free With Google Drive - E-Learning Heroes
Step by step directions on sharing Articulate courses in Google Drive. This would be great for a portfolio. I haven't tested it, but the directions probably work for Captivate or other tools as well. An alternate (slightly simpler) set of directions for getting the hosting URL are here: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2881970?hl=en
Excuses for Not Having a Portfolio | Ileighanne's Blog
List of common excuses IDs give for not having a portfolio, with responses and solutions. There's a list of portfolio resources at the end of the post.
Showcase Your Creativity with a Portfolio Site
Info on creating a portfolio with Wordpress.com, including a link to a directory of over 30 portfolio themes
Volunteer Opportunity to Build Your eLearning Portfolio | onehundredfortywords
Info on an organization looking for volunteer instructional designers/developers to create content for job seekers. They are OK with content being used in a portfolio, so this is a good place to gain some experience and get something to show for a portfolio.
Here’s Why You Need an E-Learning Portfolio - The Rapid eLearning Blog
Benefits of a portfolio plus tips on what to include and what to do if everything you do is proprietary
Corporate eLearning & Flash Development Portfolio -:- Clearly Trained
Portfolio with samples of simple and complex Flash simulations, corporate e-learning, and educational games. Several of the examples are from Edheads.org, some of my favorite simulations and games.
Helen Barrett eportfolios - home
Sample portfolio from Helen Barrett built in Wikispaces
SarahStewart-ePortfolio - home
Educator, researcher, and midwife Sarah Stewart's dynamic online portfolio
The Bamboo Project Blog: Using Del.icio.us to Create an Easy, Always Updated Online Portfolio
If you are already posting your work online, use a social bookmarking tool like del.icio.us to collect everything in one place. As you create more work, just bookmark it and tag it to update your portfolio.
How To Create ePortfolios with GoogleApps (eportfolios)
Helen Barrett calls Google Apps the "best free Web 2.0 tool for maintaining an online personal learning environment" that can be used for eportfolios and assessment.
Eportfolio-NYIT - Resources
Resources and examples for online portfolios, including some tutorials for different tools
Categories of ePortfolio Tools
Tools categorized by individual or institutional, ranked by interactivity and the amount of personal expression possible
Online Portfolio Tools
Helen Barrett recreated her portfolio in over 30 online tools. This page includes samples and instructions for some of the more successful tools.
Using WikiSpaces for Your Eportfolio
Step-by-step directions with screenshots for using Wikispaces to create an online portfolio
Researching Electronic Portfolios and Learner Engagement (pdf)
Whitepaper on electronic portfolios providing a background on the theory and research. Motivation, engagement, storytelling, and tools are also covered.
On Implementing Web-Based Electronic Portfolios (pdf)
2002 Educause article about using online portfolios. Some of the technical details are dated, but the checklist of "critical factors for successful implementation" is still a good resource
6 ways to make student portfolios more meaningful and manageable | Instructor | Find Articles at BNET
Strategies to make portfolios more effective
ePortfolios Portal: Types of ePortfolios
Quick description of three different types of portfolios: developmental, assessment, and showcase
An Overview of E-Portfolios (pdf)
Educause report on e-portfolios, describing different types of e-portfolios and their uses in higher education
Becta Government & partners - Impact of e-portfolios on learning
Research on how e-portfolios can improve learning. Summary and full research reports available
Wired Campus: Electronic Portfolios: a Path to the Future of Learning - Chronicle.com
Argument for the use of electronic portfolios as a more student-centered assessment of learning
If we truly want to advance from a focus on teaching to a focus on student learning, then a strategy involving something like electronic student portfolios, or ePortfolios, is essential.
elearnspace. Eportfolios
Benefits and uses of eportfolios in higher education. Describes some models of developing eportfolios.
Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom
Education World article about digital portfolios in K-12 education, explaining the benefits and tools