The challenges of incorporating ePortfolio into an undergraduate nursing programme

• Main Authors: Carmel Haggerty, Trish Thompson
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) 2017-06-01
• Series: Open Praxis
• Subjects: Mahara, ePortfolio, assessment, undergraduate, nursing
• Online Access: http://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/554

Registered nurses today are required to maintain a portfolio of evidence of their competence to practice. This evidence collection commences at undergraduate level with nursing programmes requiring portfolio’s as assessments, which are often submitted in hard copy. This paper describes the outcome when a small group of tutorial staff introduced ePortfolio’s into an undergraduate nursing degree. Evaluation of the effectiveness was collected through reflective conversations, which focused on issues that arise when implementing this change to a curriculum, along with improving understanding of ePortfolios and their use in practice. Routine student evaluations and the lessons learnt from tutorial staff reflections were used to inform the planning for wider implementation of ePortfolio’s.