Digital Portfolio in de Faculty of Arts

Gerrit Bloothooft

ICT-centre

Faculty of Arts Utrecht Universitywww.let.uu.nl/ict-centrum

Portfolio Letteren UU 2

Contents

• Motivation• Conditions and implementation choices• Contents• Access and privacy• Introduction• Evaluation

Portfolio Letteren UU 3

Our portfolio flavour

ReflectShow

Plan

Material Written Reflections

Scheme

ArtistArtist

UUAcad. Skills

UUAcad. Skills

UUTeacher Educ

UUTeacher Educ

HvUEconomics

HvUEconomics

Arts faculty UU

Portfolio Letteren UU 4

Motivation

• To provide guidance for students in the planning of their study (lots of freedom in Bachelor phase)

• To improve the communication between tutor and students

• To come to grips with the development of academic skills

• To provide archival and show case facilities• No specific pedagogical aims

Portfolio Letteren UU 5

Conditions and choices

• 1000 first year students, 150 tutors– No specific web-editing skills expected

– Portfolio is NO show case of these skills

• Database system with Internet access– Authorization through WebCT

– Stand-alone, form-based system

– Fixed lay-out in faculty style

• Student is owner of the portfolio– Student decides on access

Portfolio Letteren UU 6

Contents of the Portfolio

• General information• Study planning• Academic skills• Products• Reflections (optionally hidden) • Appointments (optionally hidden)• Tutor page (always hidden)• Other activities

Portfolio Letteren UU 7

Access and privacy

• Access options– Everybody (in the system) – Individuals in the faculty (with different roles)– Individuals outside the faculty (password protection)– Per page (reflections and appointments)

• Tutor page– Accessible for student and tutor only– Only tutor has privilege to write

Portfolio Letteren UU 8

Portfolio introduction

• Students– Immediately in the first week of studies– Clarify aims and role– Explanation how to use the system– Demonstrate embedding in WebCT

• Tutors– Provide similar introduction – Motivate to look into and to use the portfolios– Feedback is prerequisite for success

Portfolio Letteren UU 9

First evaluation

• Easy introduction for both tutors and students• Very few requests for help at helpdesk

• The attitude of tutors is decisive for success• Study planning and products come first

• Current focus on discussions of portfolio assessment, notably academic skills

Portfolio Letteren UU 10

Have a look

http://portfolio.let.uu.nl

User: gast1

Password: gast1

on-line demonstration

Introduction page

Study planning

Access control