Constructing E-folios using TINS – a case study

The authors had designed and developed a web-based environment TINS (an abbreviation for Theme-based Inquiry Network Studio). There are 34 software tools embedded in five different modules in TINS, and teachers can use some of the software tools in teaching when appropriate. The friendliness of the user-interface and the easy-to-use features of TINS made it a useful web-based environment for both novice and expert teachers who were motivated to learn and to use TINS in different applications. This paper reported a case elementary school teacher who constructed his e-folios by applying TINS to support teaching, research and administration on the course of his professional development.