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8/13/2019 Advising Through ePortfolios - A Giant Leap Towards Student Success
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Advising with ePortfolios: A Small Step
Towards a Giant Leap to Success
Raj Bhika, CPA, MS
Associate Professor, Business and Technology, LAGCC
Mercedes del Rosario, Ed.D.
ePortfolio Director, LAGCC
Danielle Insalaco-Egan, Ph.D.
Senior Director for Academic Advisement, LAGCC
Bernetta Parson
Director, Transfer Services, LAGCC
12thANNUAL CUNY IT CONFERENCE
Dec 5, 2013
John Jay College, NYC
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How do we guide studentseducational growth and success?
Working with first generation
college students, how can we help
them envision and build new
identities as learners and
emerging professionals?
How can ePortfolios help in theseefforts?
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If advisors are given access to
student ePortfolios, advisors cangive students more relevant andmeaningful guidance, over andabove the course selectionadvising that is often the solefocus of an advising session.
ePortfolios, as the virtual alter-
egos of students, can be used togenerate the kind of informationthat advisors can refer to beforeoffering guidance.
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Advising is viewed as a way to connect
students to the campus and help them feelthat someone is looking out for them.
(Kuh, Kinzie and Schuh, 2005, p. 14)*
The goal of advising through ePortfoliosshould be to replicate the intimacy of a face-
to-face advisor-student relationship in the
virtual realm.
*See: Kuh, Kinzie & Schuh, (2005), Student Success in College: Creating Conditions that Matter
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In this more responsivedigital model, a move from
procedural to a more
personal and communal
involvement in theadvising process is
achieved.
Greater proportions of
students can be channeled
into active preparation for,participation in, and
engagement with the
advising process.
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How do
ePortfolios make
possible the leap
to student
success?
As both process and product,
ePortfolios enable the student
simultaneously to look back on her
work, synthesizing learning and
carefully selecting artifacts toproduce a snapshot of these
educational experiences, and prime
her to continue the dynamic process
of self-reflection and life-long
learning.
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Critical thinking skillsdeveloped in the scopeof writing a reflectionstatement for the
ePortfolio are linked,both literally andconceptually, to otherareas of a students lifeacademic, professional,and personal.
.
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My advisor should have
access to my ePortfolio
before our session.
I would have a well written
About Me page so that the
advisor knows a bit of my
story.
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I would have a goalstab where I wouldexplain my careergoals. This would
allow my advisor to gointo our meeting withan idea of what myplans are and he orshe would be better
able to providemeaningful advice
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I would have a courseprojects/work page where Ihave deposited an artifactfrom every course Ive taken
at LAGCC. This would allowthe advisor to learn aboutmy level of scholasticachievement.
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Reveals clues to students
motivations and goals
Gives advisors a starting
point for conversation and
assessing students self-
awareness and transfer
readiness.
Transfer AdvisingStudents Professional Goals Page
My educational goal is to
graduate from LaGuardia
community college in Fall 2013with an Accounting degree and
then transfer to Baruch College.
It is a senior college of the City
University of New York system, the
third largest university system in
the United States in terms of
enrollment, and the largest
business school in the United
States.
In order for me to achieve this goal
I will have to work very hard on my
school work, and I will have to
become a better student.
Students Sample Coursework
ENG101
An Introduction
to Expository
Writing
Spring 2013 Christence
BTI121
People,
Work, and
Organizations
Spring 2013 Perry
BTA201Intermediate
Accounting 1Spring 2013 Wu
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Advisors can help students
create drafts for scholarshipsand transfer essays.
Transfer AdvisingStudents About Me Page
In my life, I have accomplished
many things that on the grand
scale of things wouldnt beconsidered monumental, but they
have considerably influenced the
path I am currently on.
The one that is most prominent is
obtaining my GED after years of
putting it off. I had to look within
myself to find qualities that I
thought had been long buried
when I was a 19 year old student.
I had to be determined, assertive
and persevering. I had to maintain
a focus that I did not believe I was
capable of and these traits have
carried over to my current role as
LAGCC student.
Students Educational Goals Page
During research projects in my
CEP class, I have come across a
career that would suit my skill set.
This career [is] Industrial
Organizational Psychologist.
In this day where workplace
violence is on the rise, I believethat a career in this field would
allow me to play my part in
curbing this disturbing trend in our
society.
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What kinds of conversations could you have about
transfer with this student?
Students EducationGoals Page
I highly depend on financial aid,
and I was afraid of how I was
going to pay for college. When I
entered LaGuardia and was
accepted into theAccelerated
Studies in Associate Programs
(ASAP), college became a reality.
My biggest barrier is support.
Being the first one in my family to
go to college is difficult. My family
expects a lot from me and they do
not know how the college path in
the United States works.
About Me Page
I want to work with urban-lower
class-disenfranchised minority
children and teenagers in an
educational setting to provide
them with the support and
resources that I did not have in
school as a child.
This is why I am majoring in
Language (Spanish and
Portuguese) & Latin American
Studies to better understand the
Latino community in the US.
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What kinds of conversations could you have about
transfer with this student?
I would like to pursue a Masters
in Journalism and work as acorrespondent in Latin America
or as a US diplomat. Why do I
aspire to fulfill these goals?
I am a renaissance man. I have apassion to learn the arts and
sciences, and through them
learn about my role in society
and give back to my community.
If there were no barriers, I would
without a doubt attend
Middlebury College.
I would experience life on
campus and pursue a Bachelors
degree in Latin American
Studies and Spanish and
Portuguese.
I would spend an academic year
abroad in Brazil and learn about
the language, culture, literature,
and arts.
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Overview of Seminar
It is a newly formed seminar
Year-long (Fall and Spring)
Co-led by faculty and staff
First to integrate faculty andstaff
The Participants
2013 - 2014 Cohort: 19 Facultyand Staff
Graduate of other ePortfolio-based seminars
Full-time and Part-time
Seminar Objectives - Click Here
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Seminar Topics
ePortfolio for Academic, transfer,and career Advisement
Types of Advisement Motivational Interviewing Developing/Using an Advisement
Syllabus
Developing/Using an EducationalPlan
Faculty View: Video - SeminarParticipant - Click Here
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rbhika@lagcc.cuny.edu
mdelrosario@lagcc.cuny.edu
bparson@lagcc.cuny.edu
dinsalaco-egan@lagcc.cuny.edu
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