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2006 Campus Technology Innovators: ePortfolios
7/22/2006
TECHNOLOGY AREA: ePORTFOLIOS
Innovator: Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities
MnSCU’s WASKO: Building a unique ePortfolio
infrastructure to serve all Minnesota residents
and students—even at competing universities.
Challenge Met
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system recognized that electronic portfolios were becoming a critical component for learner support and assessment, and set out to create an ePortfolio infrastructure to serve MnSCU faculty, staff, alumni, and students.
The effort, called “eFolio Minnesota” quickly grew beyond the higher ed community, expanding to provide services for all students (K-20) and residents statewide. To date, more than 50,000 registered users have participated in the eFolio system. Says Paul Wasko, director of eFolioMN, “To our knowledge, we were the first, and still one of the only, statewide ePortfolio infrastructure available in North America.” He notes that eFolioMN has achieved significant impact with initial implementation resources of less than half a million dollars. Some of the project’s accomplishments:
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