The Impact of Using E-Portfolio on Students’ Creativity

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Mahdi Badali ¹ , Ali Dana Mazraeh ² , Sosan Farokhi Tir Andaz ³ , Mansour Herfeh Doust ⁴

1 - کارشناس ارشد تکنولوژی آموزشی و مدرس دانشگاه پیام نور مرکز مشکین شهر (نویسنده مسئول) [e-mail]
2 - کارشناس ارشد تکنولوژی آموزشی دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی [e-mail]
3 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد برنامه ریزی درسی دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی [e-mail]
4 - دانشجوی دکتری روان‌سنجی دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی [e-mail]

Received: 2016-07-04 Accepted : 2016-07-04 Published : 2014-02-20

Keywords: Creativity, Assessment, E-portfolio,

Abstract :

  Background: Fast advances in the information and communication domain in the  present age, has directed  technology towards human needs. One of the main aspects of  mankind’s needs  is the creativity which has effective role on growth and evolution of humankind. Up to now, the effects of many variables have been examined on creativity, but the impact of E-portfolio on creativity is somehow ignored. Goal: The main purpose of this  paper  was to investigate the impact of E-portfolio on students’ creativity. Method: The quasi-experimental  method with pre-test and post-test plan with two groups namely,  control and experiment groups are used in this research. First, a creativity pre-test was used on the two groups. Then the experiment group was exposed to independent variable for one semester. At the end of the semester post-test was done on both of groups and the results were analyzed by MANOVA for differenced scores (pre/post test). Finding: Finding of this project shows that E-portfolio has effective role on creativity and sub-components. Conclusion: In general, the finding shows that using E-portfolio in education promotes students’ creativity.