ПОРТФОЛІО, ЯК ЗАСІБ ФІКСАЦІЇ ТА НАКОПИЧЕННЯ ОСВІТНІХ ДОСЯГНЕНЬ СТУДЕНТА

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of creating a personal portfolio as a means of fixing and accumulating the educational achievements of a higher education applicant and as a technology for evaluating them in the format of competence. It has been established that there is considerable demand for computer and information technology specialists in Ukraine. Employers select job applicants starting with review and analysis of resumes and portfolios. A student at university has every opportunity to create a qualified portfolio. Initially, the portfolio acts as an educational technology to motivate self-education, develop autonomy, responsibility and initiative. Upon completion of the training, the portfolio, as the file of a student’s achievements, allows employers to estimate the level of the graduate’s professional competence. Higher education portfolio allows you to explore the process of formation of personal competence in the process of students' realization of a certain type of activity and its fixation in the elements of the portfolio. It is established that the portfolio fulfills three main tasks: monitoring different types of student’s activities; monitoring the development of general and professional competence; stimulating the student's educational activity. The study identifies five principles that a student's portfolio needs to correspond with in order to accomplish their tasks. The arrangement and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of the portfolio into educational process are defined in the study, according to which the main components in the structure of the portfolio of a higher education applicant are developed: presentation component, content component, evaluation component. It is suggested to use specialized information systems to create an electronic student’s portfoliowith the purpose of using it in educational process and in employment. Such information systems include FolioSpaces, LiveBinders, PortfolioVillage, WIX, Weebly and others. The portfolio of a modern higher education applicant is an individual, personally selected package of materials that, in the form of a specific product, represents the student's educational and professional results and achievements, characterizes the ways of analyzing and planning his educational activity and professional career, that will allow to assess the level of development of his or her professional competence. Keywords: e-portfolio, students' educational achievements, portfolio tasks, information systems for portfolio creation