Opening minds with eportfolios how can eportfolios enhance the nature of the learning experience...

Opening minds with eportfolios: How can eportfolios enhance the nature of the

learning experience and the development of criticality among flexible learners?

Orna Farrell @orna_farrell

orna.farrell@dcu.ie

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About meAcademic Coordinator/Digital Learning Specialist-

Humanities Programmes, Open Education Unit,

NIDL, DCU

Phd candidate TCD- dissertation title “An

exploration of the development of criticality and

the nature of learning with an eportfolio among

flexible learners ”under supervision of Dr. Aidan

Seery

My first eportfolio May 2009

Background•Slow pace of adoption of

eportfolios in Irish HE

• pockets of engagement as

module assessment none at

programme level (Eportfoliohub, 2016)

The case studyThe project adopts a case study approach, following 20 flexible learners over the course of one academic

year in DCU

The research questions for the study are:

1. How can eportfolios enhance the nature of the learning experience and the development of criticality

among flexible learners?

2. How can eportfolios be used to enhance criticality in learning?

3. What is the nature of the learning experience when students are interacting with the eportfolio

technology?

Theoretical framework-critical thinkingcritical thinking is a judgement process. Its goal is to decide what to believe and/or what to do in relation to the available evidence, using appropriate conceptualizations and methods and evaluated by the appropriate criteria.”(Facione & Facione, 2008)

Theoretical framework-eportfolio

Method

Data Collection

Next steps

Thank Youhttp://tinyurl.com/ePic2016orna