{"title":"The Use of and Reactions to ePortfolio by University Students","authors":"Lih-Juan ChanLin","doi":"10.6182/JLIS.2014.12(1).021","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Tracking student learning outcomes within college courses is important for observing their academic preparation for future career. Many library and information education institutions are now encouraging the use of ePortfolio system to help students document their school achievements and better present themselves for future job seeking. This study examined the use of and reactions to the ePortforlio system of the Fu Jen Catholic University, launched in Fall, 2010. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered during 2012 to analyze students’ experiences with and suggestions for the improvement of the ePortfolio system. 66 students’ self-reflections and 12 student interview data were gathered. An online survey based on the previous analyses was then developed and distributed to the LIS students who used the system. A total of 140 responses were gathered and used for quantitative analysis. Results of the study revealed that students’ reactions toward the ePortfolio system were 1 輔仁大學圖書資訊學系 Department of Library and Information Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan E-mail: lins1005@mail.fju.edu.tw","PeriodicalId":40348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library and Information Studies","volume":"12 1","pages":"21-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Library and Information Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.6182/JLIS.2014.12(1).021","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tracking student learning outcomes within college courses is important for observing their academic preparation for future career. Many library and information education institutions are now encouraging the use of ePortfolio system to help students document their school achievements and better present themselves for future job seeking. This study examined the use of and reactions to the ePortforlio system of the Fu Jen Catholic University, launched in Fall, 2010. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered during 2012 to analyze students’ experiences with and suggestions for the improvement of the ePortfolio system. 66 students’ self-reflections and 12 student interview data were gathered. An online survey based on the previous analyses was then developed and distributed to the LIS students who used the system. A total of 140 responses were gathered and used for quantitative analysis. Results of the study revealed that students’ reactions toward the ePortfolio system were 1 輔仁大學圖書資訊學系 Department of Library and Information Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan E-mail: lins1005@mail.fju.edu.tw