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Institutionalizing the ePortfolio
Judith KirkpatrickKapi’olani Community College
Benefits, challenges, answers, and how to succeed at implementation. For students, faculty, and administrators.
Benefits for Students
ePortfolios: Teach reflection, analysis, and integrate
learning across the full educational experience Integrate knowledge and experience Assist with management of educational and
professional records Provide a place to maintain a catalog of
accomplishments over time Prepare for career selection and the job search Enhance self-esteem and confidence
Benefits to faculty and administrators
Course-level assessment for student learning
Program-level assessment for student learning and accreditation
Enhanced student-faculty relationshipsImproved advisementEnhanced professional developmentStreamlined contract renewal
Benefits of ePortfolios
A window for parents into their children’s education by providing an opportunity to: View learning presentations and products Share more directly in experiences like study abroad and
service learning
A resume-enhancing tool that provides employers with critical information about applicant skills and learning
A means for colleagues to exchange information and feedback about research, teaching, committee work, and service
And, of course, a means to assess programs, learning outcomes, and the enhancement of a transcript
Challenges to ePortfolio Use
Limited faculty and student time and energy
Lack of funding Lack of understanding of
the value of ePortfolios in enhancing student learning
The willingness of faculty and administrators to promote the ePortfolio and folio thinking
The need for faculty and students to develop the skills to use ePortfolio
Inadequate technological resources and support
Fear of technology Resistance to change Educating ePortfolio
audiences for viewing
Answers to Challenges
Time and Energy: Portfolios use the same time to more benefit by empowering users to: Document their own educational and professional
progress Get the feedback they want and need Become more self-directed in their learning
Money: Once implemented, ongoing costs are minimal if you adopt a solution such as the SAKAI/Open Source Portfolio
Value of Reflection: Reflection improves everyone’s learning through promoting higher level thinking
More answers to challenges
Skills: The software is easy; the habit of documenting and reflecting upon one’s learning is more difficult
Fear of technology: ePortfolio is a user-friendly technology
Resistance to change: Folio thinking necessitates new ways of thinking about learning
Educating ePortfolio audiences: encouraging opportunities for academic, community and family interface (internships, service learning, study abroad) helps train ePortfolio users in soliciting and preparing comments that can guide viewers feedback
Campus Implementation Student Development
Admission Student orientation Advisement
Assessment of Learning Course & Program level Professional certification
Institutional Assessment Learning Beyond the Classroom
Study Abroad Co-Curricular Activities, Service or Experiential Learning Career DevelopmentFaculty Concerns Faculty development Promotion & tenure Curriculum development
Campus Activities
Initiate conversations among faculty, administrators, and students about Benefits of ePortfolios Challenges to ePortfolio use
Provide hands-on learning about ePortfolios through Faculty & student orientation sessions Master student classes and first year seminars General education courses Advisement Faculty development Faculty contract and/or tenure documents
Provide resources for pilots in various campus units/programs
Motivate Faculty Reward faculty for implementing ePortfolios with:
Release time Summer institutes or retreats Small grants from institutional money Assistance in seeking external grants Showcasing effective faculty portfolio use
Encourage faculty to use their own development to learn and model ePortfolio use
Demonstrate how ePortfolios can streamline faculty workload by: Decreasing paper flow Minimizing lost assignments Assisting with assignment review & feedback Improving assessment of student learning Enhancing benefits already present in a course management
system
Demonstrate to Administrators
The Flexibility and Possibilities Strengthening and streamlining the advisement process Providing students with view access to their student records Encouraging students to document and appreciate their learning in and beyond the classroom Developing and accessing data on learning assessment Encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration in curriculum
development Developing and submitting contract/promotion and tenure
files Streamlining applications for grants and awards (UM-Duluth
– Baldridge)
Get students to use them! Enhancement of self-esteem by
Becoming aware of how much & how deeply one has learned
Being able to demonstrate one's progress to faculty, peers, family, & employers
Improved learning outcomes through Additional scaffolding and incorporation of standards Enhanced feedback from faculty and peers Increased learning, creativity, and control Integration of learning in and outside of the classroom Recognition of learning relevance to the real world Better positioning for career choice and job search
Enhancing ability to apply for a academic and co-curricular opportunity
How to Succeed
Begin smallWith pilot groups
Specific colleges, programs, or activitiesCohorts of students
By disciplineBy year or semester
Expand as demand buildsIncrementally by adding units,
activities, or cohortsTo include as many common interest
groups as possible
Promoting ePortfolio Thinking
Academia values the creation, organization, and refinement of knowledge
Folio thinking gets to the heart of these academic values
Through folio thinking, students define and refine their relationship to knowledge
Folio thinking promotes deep learning through Organization Reflective analysis Evaluation Creative manipulation of information
Providing Curricular Coherence
Integrative Learning and Reflection
Synthesis and AnalysisCo-curricular and Extra-
curricular learningMaking sense out of the
college process
Provide Incentive for Colleagues
Employing value motivators, frustration points, and strategic thinking to encourage ePortfolio use
Demonstrating the educational value and benefits that can be obtained from implementing ePortfolios and folio thinking in the classroom
Showcasing faculty and students who have gained new enthusiasm for teaching and learning through ePortfolio use
Example: Document today’s workshop for your
ePortfolioThe ePortfolio XML databasing wayIn the system, fill out a form with the basics,
when, where, whyUpload to the system: Write accompanying
notes, plans, things you would like to remember and
Affiliate your form with your notes via a presentation on professional development
Share your presentation with colleagues, deans, administrators, via emailed links/announcements or even put the presentation as a permanent link on your website (if you have one)
Want to try this out for the next seven months?
Put your name/email and institutional affiliation and role on a piece of paper or hand in your business card to Sharon Hamlton. You will be added to our eportfolio system in a Common Interest Group (CIG) called CW2005
http://eportfolio.kcc.hawaii.edu The CIG has about 80 other faculty from around the
country who’ve come to workshops I’ve held over the last six months.
You can join the faculty CIG in the system if you like or use your access to demonstrate an eportfolio campus-wide system
The access will end May 31, 2007
Our philosophy and policies
The ePortfolio system is available for anyone affiliated with our College
The ePortfolio system is a value-added opportunity for our College
The ePortfolio system is a continuing, free for users, place. Users are archived offline after five years of disuse
This is a model. It’s not the only model, but it works for us. We want people to use it over time and over lifelong learning.
http://eportfolio.kcc.hawaii.edu
My email:[email protected]
uThank you for
signing up for this workshop.
Aloha a hui hou
