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 * 1. Introduction **


 * **Identify the purpose and primary audience for your portfolio. **

The purpose of this portfolio is to demonstrate the knowledge and various skills (technology, instructional, etc.) I have acquired as they relate to online learning and teaching.

The primary audience right now is my fellow VHS classmates, as we will be reviewing each others' work as part of the culmination of our learning experience throughout these past five Best Practices courses. It is my hope that in the future, a secondary audience of this portfolio will be my administration, as I plan to use this digital portfolio as part of my presentation to "sell" online learning platforms and online courses to my administration.


 * **Identify the standards or goals that will be used to organize your portfolio. **

This portfolio is organized using the National Standards for Quality Online Teaching a set of quality guidelines for online teaching and instructional design. The capstone portfolio rubric is the standard for assessment.


 * **Select the technologies you will use to present your portfolio. **

This portfolio is a composite of various technology tools. Besides creating this portfolio using a wiki, I also have incorporated a professional blog, digital photographs, clipart, screenshots, documents saved with Googledocs, and videos from Youtube.

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