1 Assessing Honors College Students’ Learning and First- Year Experience through E- Portfolios...

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Assessing Honors College Students’ Learning and First- Year Experience through E-Portfolios

Presidential Learning Assessment Grant Faculty InstituteMay 18, 2005

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Team Participants

Dhal AngladaLinda AnstendigJanetta BentonSarah Burns-FeylSue CrawfordSteve FeylBeth Gordon KlingnerJoan MarkWilliam OffuttJim Stenerson

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Project Background

2001 – present, exploring eportfolios as an assessment tool

Creating web pages in html Iwebfolio Template in Word Storage.pace.edu

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Project Objectives

To evaluate eportfolios as an assessment tool for Honors College Academics Co-curricular Activities Extra-curricular Activities

To assess storage.pace.edu as a viable eportfolio management system

To study the possibilities of institutionalizing eportfolios at Pace

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Process

Upload Files

Add Storage Url

Update Permissions

Storage

Create Portfolio

Eportfolio

Obtain Url

Create Folder

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Tools

Storage.pace.edu Robust web storage system available to

all Pace students, faculty and staff Benefits/limitations

Eportfolio wizard Separate login Functions as “cover page” to showcase

students’ works Link can be shared with faculty,

employers, friends and family

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Assessment

Student Surveys 78% want to continue using eportfolios 81% found storage and wizard easy to use 89% spent less than 2 hours on eportfolio 75% found eportfolios effective for documenting co-

curricular and extra-curricular activities Comments reflect mixed feelings overall

Faculty Surveys Technical concerns – need for more support Must be part of course requirements

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Team Recommendations

UNV 101 was not the most effective training ground for eportfolios

Eportfolios need to be tied directly to academic courses

May be better suited for English 201 rather than first year students

More technical assistance required

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Contact UsLinda AnstendigLanstendig@pace.edu

Dhal AngladaDanglada@pace.edu

Sarah Burns FeylSburnsfeyl@pace.edu

Steve FeylSfeyl@pace.edu

Beth Gordon KlingnerBklingner@pace.edu

Joan MarkJmark@pace.edu

Janetta Bentonjbenton@pace.edu

Jim StenersonJstenerson@pace.edu

Bill OffuttWoffutt@pace.edu

Sue Crawfordscrawford@pace.edu