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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
http://tinyurl.com/ePic2016orna
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
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