Siberian Federal University

The project consortium brought together Siberian Federal University, Heinrich Heine University (Dusseldorf, Germany), Tallinn University (Estonia), University of Lorraine (France).

The project part in Siberian Federal University is coordinated by Professor Olga Smolyaninova, head of the Department of IT in Education, director of the Institute of Education, Psychology and Sociology.

According to Olga Smolyaninova, the project investigates how e-portfolio is implemented in the system of professional education. The project also develops e-portfolio models for different educational levels and studies the possibilities of e-portfolio for on-line job hunting. It provides general recommendations on how an e-portfolio should be built.

Olga Smolyaninova argues that the project otcomes might be practically implemented in the RF educational system in the circumstances of joining the Bologna process. In addition, the project' perspectives of developing business applications strongly interested its participants and collaborators.

«Instead of a traditionally short CV we propose a broad e-portfolio including trustworthy and objective information that can be easily checked and followed by different people and institutions — Olga Smolyaninova said - It can include references and reviews from external experts, information on grants and projects, achievements supported by documents, certificates and awards, research and professional interests, information about sitting on different boards and membership in professional organizations». She said: «E-portfolio is an online professional identification revealing people's professional and personal development. Online implementation and sofware wrapping the portfolio is the university know-how».

According to the international project coordinator, Professor Karl Heiner Barz, Director, Department of Educational Research and Educational Management at the Institute of Education (Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf), the project presented by Siberian Federal University on behalf of the European consortium was recognized the best submission among the 260 project applications in social sciences and humanities research.