Analysis of the Activity of Preservice Teachers and Trainers on an ePortfolio Platform

Abstract

The Reunion Island teachers training school has decided to set up an ePortfolio platform to validate the “C2i2e” certificate for trainees. This certificate confirms their competencies in technology enhanced learning and digital education. Trainers and trainees of the school have been using this platform for the past three years. Here, we study their activities to understand the real use of the platform that has been done. To analyze their behavior, we look at the traces they left on the platform. These traces show that, while all trainees go on the platform to get the certificate very few of them do it for their own goals and when they do it, it is usually for sharing documents. For their part, only a few trainers of the school work with the platform. When they do it, it is to make documents available to their trainees or to collect their students’ work.

Keywords

• teachers training
• traces analysis
• ePortfolio