EPortfolios in Higher Ed
Issue Discussion Facilitation – ePortfolios in Higher Ed November 7, 2009
Objectives
- Understand what an ePortfolio is
- Recognize ePortfolio application and uses in higher education
- Review best practices for ePortfolio integration
Readings
Both articles below are from Peer Review (Winter 2009, Vol. 11, No. 1). Please skim the first article and read the second. These are located in the ProQuest database so you will need to login with your NetID and password.
- E-portfolios at 2.0-Surveying the Field
- Electronic Portfolios a Decade into the Twenty-first Century: What We Know, What We Need to Know
Learning Activity
Assemble in groups of three or four, review one of the ePortfolios below and answer the following questions:
- Can you find examples within ePortfolios where student engagement and metacognition is detectable?
- What do you see as you look through these ePortfolios that illustrates learning has taken place? How do you think this compares to traditional methods of teaching such as lecture and assessment?
- What do you know about a student by looking at an ePortfolio as opposed to looking at a transcript/resume?
ePortfolio Examples
Skim through a few of these (I suggest one in each category) to get an idea of what ePortfolios look like and how they differ based on application.
Student-Centered Active & Enriched Learning
- Assessment for Learning (collect, select, reflect) – reflection, metacognitive skills, integrative learning
- Examples of Use – first-year-to-capstone (for graduation) ePortfolios, leadership ePortfolios
Examples
- Foothill College – Elizabeth Barkley’s ePortfolio
- LaGuardia Community College, CUNY – Risa Itabashi’s ePortfolio
- Rhode Island School of Design – Daniel Zatkowsky’s ePortfolio
Student Showcase
- “Educational Passport” which may include Active Learning activities or be integrated into the Student-Centered Active Learning ePortfolio
- Examples of Use – for future employment, internships, grad school, and to show family/friends
Examples
- San Francisco State University – Mieko Swartz’s ePortfolio
- San Francisco State University – Daniel DeFoe’s ePortfolio
Collaboration
- Peer/faculty review, may be a part of Student-Centered Active Learning portfolios or created for this purpose only.
- Examples of Use – course research (often “owned” by instructor), project/group work to be assessed by instructor
Examples
- Victorian Short Fiction Project – BYU
- Learning in Greece – Project Blog Communicating with Students
- Blogical Minds – 5th Graders’ Class Blog
- Soka University of America – Learning Clusters Vocabulary
- Kansas State U – Michael Wesch – Digital Ethnography
Institutional/Program ePortfolios
- Assessment of Learning – a drop-box or place to store artifacts to be “picked up” by assessors
- Examples of Use – course, program and/or institutional assessment (outcome alignment)
Examples
- Cal State – East Bay Institutional ePortfolio
- Cal State – Sacramento Sociology Department ePortfolio
- College of Humanities – Assessment at BYU
If You Would Like to Know More . . .
Further Reading
- The TLT Groups list of activities that can be supported with ePortfolios
- ePortfolio tag search at Academic Commons
- e portfolio and eportfolio tag search at Educause
- e portfolio and eportfolio tag search at Campus Technology
- eportfolio tag search at Inside Higher Ed
Research Communities
- iNCERP Emergent Findings & Final Reports – These reports are from universities which have worked with the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research to adopt ePortfolio strategies and solutions at their campus. A number of these reports, especially from cohort III participants, were cited in the Peer Review journal.
- ePortfolio Action and Communiation
- The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning
- ePort Consortium
- The Association of American Colleges VALUE project
What Other Campuses are Doing
- Washington State University
- New Century College at George Mason University
- California State University
- LaGuardia Community College
- Alverno College
- Spelman College
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Leading Researchers
- Trent Batson
- Darren Cambridge
- Helen Barrett
- Kathleen Blake Yancey
- Barbara Cambridge
- Helen Chen
- Tracy Penny-Light
Rubric Examples
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