Usage d’une ressource pédagogique pour valoriser ses compétences et professionnaliser ses expériences : le cas du ePortfolio

Abstract

ll IUT (University Institutes of Technology) have welcomed their first promotion of the University Bachelor of Technology (B.U.T) in 2021. Now the students are following a three-year course with a specialisation in third year, representing the local adaptation of training.
Emphasis is placed above all on a pedagogy built on a skill-based approach, thus encouraging professional situations. Consequently, various educational resources are now imposed on students to enhance their skills and make their experiences professional. The ePortfolio is the perfect example of this.
However, it has been studied for several years in some training courses. So, can (or should) the ePortfolio be considered as an innovative tool or an ’educational innovation’? (Lemaître, 2018)? Indeed, a constant injunction to innovation is questioned for these students emerging from the generation of ’digital natives’ (Prensky, 2001) and who have been immersed in a ’digital culture as a challenge for a knowledge society’ (Proulx, 2002)
This article is based on a qualitative survey conducted with a sample of students majoring in Computer Science. The exploratory study demonstrates that the ePortfolio can be used as an educational resource that splits up the different disciplines and leads the student to build his or her thinking in an inter-, trans- and multi-disciplinary way.