ESC CDL Regional Conference Presents Innovative Approaches to ePortfolios

Mara Kaufmann, N. D. APRN
Associate Professor-Nursing Program

Nazik Roufaiel, Ph.D.
CPA, CIA, CFM, CFE, CMA
Area Coordinator-BME

Empire State College
Center for Distance Learning
CDL Regional Conference2010
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 Personal and shared learning environments
create educational capacity
for the whole world.
 Creates an open exchange
across worlds and cultures.
 Possible strategies for
sustaining open education.
 Creates continuous learning
after leaving the campus.


 Print-basis 80s.
 Electronic portfolio early 90s revolution:
professional programs
business, nursing, engineering, architecture
..
 Late 90s: Carnegie Academy for the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
“CASTL” .. Lifetime state wide portfolio ..
Open out education .. Unleash potentials
using technology ..
 Carnegie Foundation .. Merlot: KEEP

Web
 Static Document and Visuals
 Electronic PowerPoint .. Activation
Jennifer Junck
Professional Portfolio

Web 2.0 Home Resume Experience Work Samples
What is a PNP? Contact Me

 Dynamic sound…video…
 Interactive…blogs…social networking
..twitter


 Artifacts [Created by human for practical
purpose or future use. Dictionary.com]
collection or
work, history, achievements, reflection, ass
essment.. virtually appealing and
intellectual engaging Presentation.

, demonstration
resources, accomplishments to represent
an individual, institutions, groups …
dynamic web site ..

 Contents: text-
based, graphics, multimedia .. Video ..
Slide Show ..
 Digital repository demonstrating a
greater understanding of growth
[individual or institution].
 Reflection and evolution of thoughts and
professional development


Curriculum Vitae (CV)
 Career documentation that includes
preparation, qualifications, and accomplishments
 Traditionally used in academia
 An excellent way to record one's career

Resumes
 Career summary or highlights
 Frequently a condensed version of curriculum vitae

University of Rochester SON


Portfolios
 A collection of career documents --- Life long learning
 Retained for personal use or developed to showcase one's career

 Can be included as a component of an interview process
 Contents vary according to the intended audience

 Potential documents --- Web 2.0 Applications
› Career Goals
› Certificates and recognitions
› Continuing education activities
› Creative endeavors
› CV or resume
› Letters of accommodation
› Reference list
› Project samples
› Transcripts

 Writing example University of Rochester- SON


 Showcasing achievements .. marketing ..
career ..advancement ..
 Professional & Educational Development

 Reflecting and Assessing Learning…lifelong
 Interoperability .. working with others ..
social network ..


 Promote creativity and technology literacy
 Model professionalism .. Career path
 Connection among formal and informal
learning in and outside classroom and life-
long learning reflection.
 Self-articulate of learning .. Critical
disclosure of learning progress.
 Develop their own historical interpretation.


 Accelerated: “Metacognitive” skills (learners awareness of their
knowledge!).

 Quantum: Progressive Self-learning

 Action Research: Find solutions for questions raised by
students.

 Applied: Relevance between practice and academic
standards?

 Multiple Intelligence: Intelligence is contextualized and
distributive. Benefit from adult experiences

 Differential: Aim to develop higher level of thinking
by introducing various materials for the same
contents


 Holistic approach to students learning
 Reflection:
› Transformative learning experience
› Connection among experiences
› Rigorous scientific way of thinking
› Happens with interaction with others
› Intellectual and personal attitude


ePortfolio .. Reflection Tool
Reflection questions worded using Barrett‟s (2004)
approach follow:
 The Past- What have I collected about my
life/work/learning via my artifacts?

 The Present- What do those artifacts show about
what I have learned as articulated in my
reflections on my knowledge, skills, growth, and
dispositions?

 The Future- What future goals and direction do I
want to take in the future? Buzzetto-More, 2010

Social Integration:

 Principles by which individuals interact and
relate to each other.

 Developing an appropriate identity and
becoming socially integrated (Assimilated..
Mingled) into the academic institution and
attaining learning and generic skills and
qualities such as critical thinking and
intellectual rigor.


“An assessment portfolio is a purposeful collection of
student work designed to showcase a student's
progress toward, and achievement of, course-
specific learning objectives.

Portfolios are considered authentic assessment as
they provide evidence of what a student can
actually DO. “

Park University 2010


The portfolio project helped students;

 better understand learning goals (88%),

 think about what they have learned in college (89%),

 and reflect on the knowledge and skills they
have developed (91%).

Rubrics used to evaluate the efficacy of e-portfolios as
an assessment measure;
 positive findings revealed.
Buzzetto-More, 2010

 Tutorials on format chosen - ESC
Commons, blog, wiki
 Other colleges – Rutgers 10 min.

 PDF‟s by Dr. Barrett and others
 Mini course on eportfolio development
 Rubric to evaluate ePortfolio


 Washington State University
 Penn State
 LaGuardia Community College
 University of Arizona CFA
 Virginia Tech
 eFolioMinnesota

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 ePortfolio ESC Commons Blog

 Academic Commons
Commons.esc.edu login using your college name &
password

 Angel ePortfolio


Open Education Showcase

Holistic Accreditation
Global
Learning Connectivity

Development Achievements

Assessment
Documentation Reflection

Life Learning
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 Web-based KEEP [Knowledge
Exchange, Exhibition, and Presentation]
Carnegie Foundation moved to MERLOT
 Homegrown: ESC Commons .. ANGEL
 Open sources: Merlot, Blogs,..OSPI
 Commercial
 Common tools: Web page building
software, HTML
editors, [Dreamweaver, Front page..}

 Wiki
 Blog
 Podcast
 Slides
 Videos & Photos
 Music & Audio


Wiki:
Software allows user to collaborationally
create, edit, link, organize…. Contents to
build and power a community of
knowledge and interaction e.g.
Wetpaint Wiki, PBWiki, Angel

 Wikiversity: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page

 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education


Blog:
(Web Log) It is web site where contents can
usually be displayed in a reverse
chronological order.
It can be used to add contents to a log of
entries.
Provide commentary or news on a particular
subject
Online diaries of
text, imahe, video, links, leave comments in
an interactive format.
Examples: Wordpress, Google,

Podcast: Globalearning
http://www.globalearning.com/podcasts.htm

 Digital media files downloadable over the Internet.
Often using syndication feeds for playback on
portable media player such as
iPod, iPhone, personal computer.

 Syndication: Part of the web side is available to
other users subscribed to the web to download the
contents automatically using an aggregator or
feed reader (RSS or Atom)

 RSS: Really Simple Syndication.

Slides: Eight Great Ways to Share Slides

 Adobe

 SlideShare

 Google Docs

 Authorstream


Video: Top Ten Video Sharing Sites
 You Tube
 Animoto
 Vimeo

Photo: Top 5 Photo Sharing Sites

 Flickr, Picasa

 Snapfish, Shutterfly


 Top Ten Video Sharing Sites for Sound Quality

 MYPlick

 Top 5 Streaming Music Sites

 Voicethread


Maintenance

Top Down
ePortfolio
Skills Grassroots

Validity Motivation


 Plan educational programs
 Track development within a program
 Evaluate courses of actions for accreditaion
purposes and documentation of
achievements.
 Department/programs self-study
 Administrative tool .. Life time access to
students ePortfolio alum office


 Open education by sharing resources and sustain
learning and education .. Database for Grant
proposal .. Contents: News, Video tapes
interviews, photographs, audiotapes ..
Marketability and images .. Fund raising.
 Work sample .. How students .. Faculty .. Staff make
progress collectively rather than individually
 Respond to greater accountability to community.
 Transportability of credits .. Increased transparency
for evaluation and benchmarking


‘Value added’ features of effective ePortfolio formats:

• highly customisable;
• multiple structures / views;
• sharable - facilitating interaction with supervisors, peers, and
others;
• easy cross-referencing;
• searchable;
• integration with VLEs; Virtual Learning Environments
• transferable data to support life-long learning;
• reduced / enhanced admin;
• downloading records in a variety of formats; and
• backup and reduced physical storage requirements.

University of Newcastle 2005


 Hardware and software
 Impact on course management system (CMS)
 Student Information System
 Database for administrative records
 Cost/servers/backups/
 System support: plugging, file
formats, browsers
 Portability: XML, iPods, podcast, etc..)
 Support and scalability: Growth/expansion ..


 Infrastructure and training system , students, faculty, staff
 Security and Privacy: FERPA .. Policies ..
accessibility, security, privacy, etc..
 Ownership and intellectual property: Creator of the
work, advisor, the institution, etc..
 Can a record be transferred to another institution?
 Assessment standards by students and impact on institution ..
Acceptance!
 Maintenance: change contents, deletion, etc..
 Deployment challenges


 Barrett, H. Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and
Electronic PortfoliosUniversity of Alaska, Anchorage
http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios.html

 Barret, H. Blurring the Boundaries: Social Networking & ePortfolio
Development. TEDxASB(India) February 25, 2010. Video posted to
YouTube Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcSegrwjkA

 Buzzetto-More, N. (2010) Assessing the Efficacy of Effectiveness of an
E-Portfolio Used for Summative Assessment, Interdisciplinary
Journal of E-learning and Learning Objects, (6), pp. 61-85
Retrieved from http://www.ijello.org/Volume6/IJELLOv6p061-
085Buzzetto691.pdf

 Cotterell, S., McDonald, T., Drummond, P. & Hammond, G., (2005)
Design, implementation and evaluation of a „generic‟ eportfolio:
the university of Newcastle Upon Tyne Experience. CAL-
laborate, Retrieved from
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/callab/Vol13/01.web.pdf

 ePortfolios SUNY Empire State College Academic
Commons, Retrieved from
http://commons.esc.edu/eportfolios/

 Kaufmann, M. (2010) DRNMK ePortfolio Faculty
Blog, Retrieved from http://drn02mk.wordpress.com/

 Lorenzo, G. & Ittelson, J. (2005) An Overview of E-
Portfolios, Educause Llearning Initiative, Retrieved on March
21, 2020 from
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3001.pdf

 Park University, Faculty Resources Quick Tips Retrieved from
http://www.park.edu/cetl/quicktips/portfolio.html

 Salama, V. Professional Blog
http://viviansalama.wordpress.com/
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 Siemens, G. (December 16, 2004) ePortfolios from
elearnspace, Retrieved on March 21, 2010
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/eportfolios.htm

 Swain, J. (2010) e-Portfolios at Penn State, A space for
reflection and growth. Home page. Retrieved on February
2010 from http://portfolio.psu.edu/gallery/

 Wilton, D. (2004) A Generic Rubric for evaluating
ePOrtfolios, ePortfolio Portal, Retrieved from
http://www.danwilton.com/eportfolios/rubric.php

 Websites and additional references and resources can be
found on the SUNY Empire State College site Academic
Commons - Blogs.


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