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Inter/National Coalition For Electronic Portfolio Research
An Introduction
Darren Cambridge Barbara Cambridge
Kathleen Blake Yancey
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Overview
• History and structure • Some projects and findings• Successful campus practices• Successful coalition practices
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Coalition Exigency
• Rapid growth in use of electronic portfolios in the United States
• Wide diversity of models • Considerable potential to impact learning and engagement
• Evidence uneven and unintegrated
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Coalition Structure
• Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research established in 2003
• Led by Barbara Cambridge, Kathleen Yancey, and Darren Cambridge (with CRA staff for cohort IV)
• Five cohorts of about ten campuses– Cohort One, 2003-2006 – Cohort Two, 2004-2007– Cohort Three, 2006-2009– Cohort Four, 2007-2010– Cohort Five, 2008-2011
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Coalition Activities
• Individual questions and collaborative themes
• Two meetings a year• Social network, newsletter, and chats
• Interaction between cohorts • Consultations with Coalition leadership
• Coordinated dissemination
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cohort One Members
• Alverno College (MI)
• Bowling Green (OH)
• IUPUI (IN) • LaGuardia Community College (NY)
• Northern Illinois (IL)
• Portland State University (OR)
• Stanford University (CA)
• Virginia Tech (VA)
• University of Washington (WA)
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cohort Two Members
• Clemson University (SC)
• George Mason University (VA)
• Kapi’olani Community College (HI)
• Ohio State University (OH)
• Thomas College (NY)
• University of Georgia (GA)
• University of Illinois (IL)
• University of Nebraska Omaha (NE)
• Washington State University (WA)
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cohort Three Members
• California State Universities (CA)
• Framingham State University (MA)
• George Mason University (VA)
• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MA)
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MN)
• Penn State University (PN)
• University of San Diego (CA)
• Seaton Hall University (NJ)
• Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
• University of Waterloo (CA)
• University of Wolverhampton (UK)
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cohort Four Members
• University of Bradford
• University of Cumbria
• University of Groningen (Holland)
• London Metropolitan University
• University of Manchester Medical School
• University of Michigan (US)
• University of Northumbria
• University of Nottingham
• Queen Margaret University College (Scotland)
• University of Wolverhampton
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cohorts One and Two
• Open focus • All US • Shared question focusing on the types and patterns of reflection in eportfolio contexts
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cohort Three
• Focus on out-of-classroom learning– Co-curricular / extra-curricular – Informal
• Collaboration between student affairs and academic affairs
• Funded by NASPA• First international cohort
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cohort Four
• UK-focus • Shared questions around
– Personal development planning– Self-efficacy
• Collaboratively led with – Rob Ward and Janet Strivens of the Center for Recording
– Steve Outram of the Higher Education Academy (funder)
Georgia Writing Portfolio
• Assessment of first year composition outcomes• Three essays, one revised, and cover letter• Collected and analyzed through <emma>• Data about relationship between revision and scoring
Kapi’olani Hawaiian Values Portfolio
• Organized around six native Hawaiian values and four stages of the journey of a canoe
• Matrix thinking (Hamilton)
• Data on impact on student engagement and learning strategies – CCSSE– LASSI
LaGuardia ePortfolio
• Recent immigrants and first-generation college students
• Bridging home and disciplinary culture
• Data on impact on retention, student engagement, course completion
• Portfolio studios• Visual design and iteration
Clemson Eport Structures
Thomas College Graduation ePortfolio
•Four core competencies•Mapping of curriculum•Internship seminar + results•Impact of public audience
•Reviewed for public posting
Electronic Portfolios 2.0:
Emergent Findings and Shared Questions• Collection of 24
chapters detailing research from cohorts I, II, and III of the Coalition
• Forthcoming from Stylus in October 2008
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Intra-campus Practices
• Diverse team • Space for forming• Narrow but open question• Balance between intellectual and pragmatic purposes
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Diverse Team
• Both people who have research in their job title and those who don’t
• Reflective of the range of people involved in portfolio practice on the campus– Include administrators– Include students
• Portland State: Administrators, students, faculty from multiple disciplines
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Space for Forming
• Need sufficient time and space to develop– Shared expectations– Shared conceptual framework– Personal relationships within team
• Alverno: Frameworks for analyzing reflection drawn from faculty practice
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Narrow but Open Question
• Well-focused research question• Openness to the data taking you elsewhere
• Ohio State: Statewide mobility focus on writing in urban schools
• Stanford: Correlation to grades detailed analysis of a single site to figure out why
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Intellectual and Pragmatic Purposes
• Clear sense of audiences and purposes of research
• Practitioner research doesn’t have to be just evaluation
• Balance between what you need to justify your work and what’s intellectually meaningful
• IUPUI: Linking “matrix thinking” to NSSE results
• Washington: From contest to work with departments
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Inter-campus Practices
•Senior administrative support •Triangulation rather than replication
•Collaborative exploration of methodologies
•Regular conversations with neutral experts
•Multiple genres of reporting out
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Senior Administrative
Support• Three-year commitment of travel funding from institutional budget and membership fee– Confirmation of commitment to portfolio practice
• Regular updates and notes of thanks
• Ideally, member of the team
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Triangulation
• Triangulation rather than replication
• Enough structure to focus and connect, but not restrict– No one strict definition of “research” – Shared themes but not a mandated research question• Cohorts One and Two: Catalog and taxonomy of reflective artifacts
• Critical friends
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Collaborative Exploration of
Methodology• Guided exploration of research methodologies and methods
• Both a way to plan the project and a way to develop shared understanding of research
• Breaking out of received notions of research through conversations– Across disciplines– Across campuses
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Conversations with Experts
• Quarterly conference calls with a Coalition leader
• Periodic occasions for reviewing and asking questions
• The questioning is probably more important than the advice
• Consultation with members for past cohorts
Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Multiple Reporting Genres
• Variety of forms of reporting– One-pagers– Blue Skies questions– Thick descriptions of artifacts– Presentations of evidence – Chats
• Helps to stimulate creativity and accommodate multiple styles
Questions?