Presentation done at the 7th Ohio FYE Summit at the University of Cincinnati, October 16, 2009

1. University Honors Program Assessing Experiential Learning Through E-Portfolios 7th Ohio First-Year Summit October 16,009 Jen Lile | Rich Robles | Raj Mehta

2. University Honors Program An academically challenging environment where passionate professors and peers inspire one another to learn more, do more and be more. Students are given freedom to explore interests and support to achieve goals and dreams.

4. Global Studies

5. Leadership

8. E-Portfolio

9. Honors English - 101H,102H

11. Six Honors Experiences

12. Honors seminars and other approved courses

13. Experiential learning projects

14. 3.4 cumulative University GPA

16. Dynamic showcase of learning

17. Integration and reflection

18. Artifacts from

19. Honors seminars

20. Experiential learning projects

21. Any other course approved as an honors experience

23. Develop an honors experiential learning project

24. Learn about opportunities to become engaged the University Honors Thematic areas

25. Think critically about themselves as citizens of larger communities

27. Related to the thematic areas (Community Engagement, Global Studies, Leadership, Research/Creative Arts)

29. Referenced resources available from the AACU

30. Developed proposals, rubrics and reflective essay prompts for all four thematic areas (Community Engagement, Global Studies, Leadership, Research/Creative Arts)

31. Feedback and communication conducted through the e-portfolio systemExperience proposal & rubric

33. International co-op

34. Involvement with organizations like Engineers Without Borders

35. Serve Beyond Cincinnati

36. Interdisciplinary Capstones – India and Galapagos

38. Thank you! University Honors Program www.uc.edu/honors honors@uc.edu513-556-6254