How does an electronic portfolio look?

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How does an electronic portfolio look?
what is an electronic portfolio? how does an electronic portfolio look? how do I make one?

Some Background Information and Examples: Your electronic portfolio is going to be very personal, reflecting your own objectives, field of study, and andience. Therefore, your electronic portfolio will be unique, designed specifically for you. However, it is helpful to begin your thinking by looking at a lot of examples, even ones from fields other than your own.

This site, http://www.uwrf.edu/ccs/portfolio_sample.htm , from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls includes a good description of why you would want to use an electronic portfolio as well as links to examples from a range of majors.

Let's take a look at some other examples of portfolios. Most of these are more advanced than we will produce in here, but it may give you some ideas.

http://www.portfolios.com - This is a commercial site, featuring multimedia portfolios. I suggest you take the online tour and look at some of the portfolios of work. Remember... we are not going to make these, but it may give you some ideas about what you want to include in your portfolio.
http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/portfolio.html - This is a high school site that includes some electronic portfolios from high school students. This will give you another view of electronic portfolios. While these portfolios look a little more like personal pages, they still do contain an important element, consistent with what you will do on your own basic portfolio: ARTIFACTS - meaning examples of work.
http://www.graduateportfolios.com/ - This site is also a commercial site, hoping to match graduates with "...employers in the new media industry". This site does a good job if explaining how your portfolio fits into your application process for the new emerging industries. There's some good information from the web page about what should be included in the electronic, multimedia portfolio. True, it is directed at, perhaps, types of jobs not related to your major, but the basic ideas will ring true, if you spend some time thinking about it.
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~slynn/elecport_pt3.html - This site from Florida State University's Physical Education program no longer includes the examples, but it does give some good information on what was included and why.

Some Specific Electronic Portfolio Examples:

http://www.renie.com/ - This is an interesting portfolio (site, really) by a fashion illustrator/designer. Check out the components included, such as the discussion group included. See what you think and how you react to the organization.

http://www.xtinagraphics.com/ - I have included this site because this person has set up the navigation of the site in a very direct style. See what you think about how the various components (resume, academic work, artifacts, etc) are presented.

http://www.millikin.edu/webmaster/portfolio/portfolio.html - This is a listing of what Milliken University has suggested for its students' electronic portfolios. Look at the sections; perhaps you will want to consider some of those.

http://www.career-recruit.fsu.edu/careerportfolio/enter/output/main.html - This site shows an example from a business major at Florida State University.

http://www.uwrf.edu/ccs/sites/l_portfolio/lisapage1.html - This is an electronic portfolios for a counseling major at University Wisconsin - River Falls.

http://www.uwrf.edu/ccs/sites/deanna/Page1.html - This is an example from a marketing communications major at University Wisconsin - River Falls.

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Textiles/Artists/Personal_Exhibits/ - This contains some exhibits and artifacts from textile majors/specialists.

http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Design/Illustration/Fashion_Illustrators/ - Here are some examples from fashion designers.

Towson University also has come examples that may be helpful to you. http://www.towson.edu/~pryan/eportfolio/design.htm and here are some examples from that program.

what is an electronic portfolio? how does an electronic portfolio look? how do I make one?