1. ELPT
ePortfolio
May 1, 2013
Caitlin Fitzgerald DPT MS

2. ELPT ePortfolio Goals
• Design and implement
ePortfolio project for use
in ELPT program
• Connect students with
academic advisors
• Facilitate development
of reflection skills in
students

3. ePortfolio Resources Used
• PT ePortfolio task force
– Caitlin Fitzgerald
– Kelly Macauley
– Erin Riley
• ePortfolio Help Section on D2L
• IT Department (Mike Monteiro)
• ePortfolio literature/texts
• Faculty Collaboration: Lynn Foord,
Mary Knab, Pam Levangie

4. ELPT Program ePortfolio Structure
• Year 1: students will perform
guided self-assessment and
self-reflection
• Year 2: students will make
connections between self,
curriculum, clinic, and career
• Year 3: students will
showcase their resume and
body of work for professional
purposes.

5. Year 1
Model: Structured ePortfolio
Predefined organization
exists for work that is yet to
be created

6. Advising Questions: Year 1
• Summer Question: Create a Wordle using a cadre of
words that best describe you. See www.wordle.net for
a template and assistance to create your Wordle.
• Fall Semester Question: Describe a scenario or situation
that made you feel uncomfortable either in the
classroom or the clinic (no limit to the timeframe).
What, in retrospect, did you learn about yourself in this
situation? How will what you learned about yourself
affect a similar situation in the future?
• Spring Semester Question: Add to your ePortfolio 2
artifacts from your first year of PT school that are
meaningful to you. This can include any reflection
(other than your ePortfolio reflection from the Fall),
assignments from class, in-services presented, etc. An
“artifact” needs to be a file (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
PDF, image or movie clip) that you can upload. Write
a reflection about why these items are meaningful to
you. Keep in mind that meaningful doesn't need to
imply your best work or highest grade.

7. Year 2
Model: Learning ePortfolio
Organization of the work
evolves as the work is
created

8. Advising Questions: Year 2
• Fall Semester Question: Think of a situation in
which you received some feedback that you
feel had either a positive or negative impact
on you. This can be from any aspect of your
life- work, school, team, family, etc. Describe
the situation, your response in the moment
and then later on. As you look back on that
encounter now, what did you learn from it?
• Spring Question: Think about a situation
where you were collaborating with another
person or a group in the clinic or classroom.
Describe: (1) what you brought to the
collaboration, (2) how you felt or responded
in the moment, and (3) how you may
choose to modify your response or role in the
future base on your reflection.

9. Year 3
Model: Showcase ePortfolio
Organization occurs after
work has been created

10. Advising Questions: Year 3
• Summer Semester Question: In preparation for
your internship and interviews, answer one of the
following questions. Prepare an “elevator pitch”
response, which should be less than 1 minute in
length (~150 words) and succinctly describes
your thoughts.
• Identify one personal goal for your internship year
that is going to be a reach for you. Describe why
you picked this goal, why you think it might be
achievable and what strategies or resources will
you use to get there.
• Select one place that you are thinking about
applying for your internship, how would you
differentiate yourself from other applicants at
that particular site?
• Describe how your unique personal
characteristic(s) contributed to improving the
care of a patient.

11. Faculty Responsibility
• Read shared ePortfolios each
semester from advisee
• Provide comments/feedback
on each submission
• Assist student with self
reflection, making connections,
self-promotion
• Meet with student in person if
ePortfolio is not sufficient to
build rapport or raises concerns

12. ePortfolio Access
D2L Homepage

13. What does a reflection look like?

14. How will faculty comments appear to the
student?

15. What does a portfolio look like?

16. References
• Greenberg, G. (July/August 2004).The Digital
Convergence: Extending the Portfolio Model.
Educause Review. Retrieved from
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0441.pdf
• Jafari, A. Kaufman, C. (2006). Handbook of
Research on ePortfolios. Retrieved from
www.igi-global.com (from on-campus IP
address only).

17. Web Resources
• Long Island University - Presentation of
ePortfolio Use in a DPT program
• Northeastern University - Resource Page
on ePortfolio
• CUNY - PTA ePortfolios
• Laguardia Community College - PTA
Faculty Slideshow on EPortfolio
• Example of ePortfolio from Ithaca College
• Example of ePortfolio from Clemson
University