Dive Brief:
- Portland State University embedded an e-portfolio into the very foundation of its three-year, part-time business degree program, offered entirely online.
- Campus Technology reports that the undergraduate program plans to help students build out an e-portfolio over three years, revising some first-year content to reflect growth before graduating and taking the portfolio to employers.
- While the degree program launched in 2013, the e-portfolio implementation will happen this summer, ultimately providing a custom LinkedIn platform for students to display their work, according to the article.
Dive Insight:
Portland State’s undergraduate business program invites students to complete junior and senior year coursework with concentrations in Management and Leadership or Supply and Logistics Management. The e-portfolio concept has taken off in recent years as employers search for concrete ways to measure ability before hiring a recent graduate and putting their skills to the test. Many alternative programs create platforms for their students to showcase their work, an acknowledgement that their graduates will not be able to get hired on name recognition of their training program alone. While Campus Technology reports that Portland State is still working out all the details of its program, developers have high hopes for its role in students’ future career success.