Dialogbook: Simple e-Portfolio System for International Communication Learning

Abstract

In recent years, many learning management systems and e-portfolio services that are useful for recording learners’ activities and facilitating communication among students and teachers have been proposed. However, current implementations have several problems. One major issue is that the users of the services provided by these applications are restricted to licensed users only. Another problem is that it is usually impossible for third parties to retrieve the recorded data for research purposes. Therefore, we implemented a simple e-portfolio system called “Dialogbook” to keep the records of outputs from the students participating in international communication courses that will be held between Thailand and Japan. This paper presents an overview of the system and a road map of our further plan.