ePortfolio California Project

1. ePortfolio California Project 2009 CISOA / RP Group Conference4.27.2009 John Whitmer, California Virtual Campus

2. Agenda • ePortfolio Definition and Implementations • Demonstrate eFolio and Epsilen Applications • ePortfolio California Project • Opportunities for Participation • Q & A

3. ePortfolio Definition and Implementations

4. What’s an ePortfolio? • An ePortfolio is a digitized collection of artifacts including demonstrations, resources, and accomplishments that represent an individual, group, or institution. (Lorenzo/Ittelson, 2005) • ePortfolios are a valuable learning and assessment tool. (Lorenzo/Ittelson, 2005) • Called for in CCC System Strategic Plan

5. How can you use ePortfolios? • Within Portfolios: Teaching and Learning • Resumes with depth • Encourage reflective, real-world learning • Increase student-faculty communication • Establish consistent program standards • Across Portfolios: Institutional Assessment • Accreditation of courses, programs, institutions • Evaluate program impact • Analyze factors leading to success

6. Current Pilots • Mount San Jacinto College (Epsilen) • Riverside Community College District ( 3 campuses) • San Francisco State University • University of California – Santa Barbara, School of Education, (Epsilen) • CA Regional Migrant Education Programs (Sul & Associates) • College of the Sequoias (Epsilen) • Foothill College • Los Angeles Community College District, including: Pierce College Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Valley College Los Angeles City College East Los Angeles College Los Angeles Trade-Technical College West Los Angeles College Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles Harbor College

7. Pilot Campus Assessment ePortfolio CA Program/Course-oriented Analysis

8. Science and Medical Programs and/or Courses by discipline areas Identification Campus Environment Course/Program Information Hosting and Licensing • CAOT 145 • Cometology • Oceanography • Dental hygiene(2) • Dental Technology • MPH(grad) Arts and Multimedia Teacher Education Others Student Support Programs • ART 640 Portfolio Development • CFS (design/undergrad) • Cinema(Film )TV Video (2) • Media Arts (Photography and Journalism) • Multimedia 310, 320 • Music • Screenwriting • Fashion • Game Art • Visual Communications • Business ISYS undergrad • Cooperative Work Experience • In discussions • Speech • Child/Adolescence Development (2) • English Education • Instructional Technology • Learning Assistance • Teacher Pathway • Teachers Preparation • Calworks • EOPS • FHDA Internship Program • Honors • SLO Assessment • ASO Humanities and Social Sciences • California Studies • Chicano Studies • English(5) • Journalism (undergrad) • Liberal Studies (undergrad) • Psychology • Public Administration (grad) • Paralegal 4 • Sociology

9. The most popular usage of ePortfolios are documentation of competencies and support for career development, along with a tool for reflection on coursework. Identification Campus Environment Course/Program Information Hosting and Licensing

10. Other Important Purposes Identification Campus Environment Course/Program Information Hosting and Licensing • A place for faculty information to be posted and accessed by students • Completion of Title V grant requirements • Other comments which seem to be relevant to the existing categories • “Program-level assessment”  Assessment of student work • “How ePortfolios link to student learning outcomes”  Student Learning/ Reflection • “Help the students select career path”  Career Development Advisement • “Help enhance digital technology awareness and usage”  Digital literacy

11. The benefit that is anticipated the most by using ePortfolios is “Promote 21st century skills.” Identification Campus Environment Course/Program Information Hosting and Licensing

12. Ease of use is the most important feature. Identification Campus Environment Course/Program Information Hosting and Licensing • Every subject indicated “Ease of Use” as a very important feature for ePortfolio implementation. • Licensing issues and privacy/security issues are considered important. 3.00 2.91 2.91 2.82

13. Show me… • East LA College • Foothill College Dental Hygiene • San Francisco State University

17. 2. Demonstrate eFolio and Epsilen Applications

18. eFolio v2.0 Academic tool created by MnSCU in 2002 as e-service for all citizens ePortfolio-only tool, includes Web 2.0 applications, institution-wide summary data Releasing v2.0 (xFolio) 5/09, CVC “sole distributor” for CA education Demo Portfolio Epsilen Commercial application created by founder Angel (Ali Jafari), majority ownership by New York times “swiss army knife” with Web 2.0, groups, etc., potential LCMS platform Released v2.0 1/09 Demo Portfolio Pilot Applications Overview

19. Both Applications: SOA, using Windows Communication Foundation Developed in ASP.NET, native security Database Server SQL Server 2005 Load-balanced servers Security through ASP.NET / SQL role-based authentication eFolio Accessibility: text-based version with full functionality, WCAG compliant Privacy: user controlled, default no public access Epsilen Accessibility: developed in compliance 501c3 Privacy: user controlled, default mixed access Pilot Applications Technical Description

20. 3. ePortfolio California Project

21. Teaching & Learning: Contribute to and support the community of practice on ePortfolios, to determine relative merits of ePortfolios and determine best practices for their deployment Functionality: Develop common information standards for exchange of information between ePortfolio platforms and other CCC systemwide services Operations: Evaluate merits of providing systemwide licensing, hosting, and support services for ePortfolio solutions Business: Develop business plan and assess requirements for a statewide ePortfolio solution CVC ePortfolio CA Project goals

22. ePortfolio CA Program Components (or what we’ll do for you) • Hosted ePortfolio Application – web-based access– no hardware, technical support, software required. • Professional Development – on-site and online trainings in “portfolio thinking” and technology use • Evaluation and Customization – customization of templates to meet your needs, evaluation of effectiveness via surveys and use statistics • Help Desk – phone and email technical support for clients and staff

23. Pilot Requirements • License Fees • xFolio: $5/account/year, min 200 accounts • Epsilen: $500/year, unlimited accounts, max 20 concurrent online courses • Community Activities • Participation in quarterly coordinator meetings • Log into learning times site WEEKLY • Upload materials created for PD and assessment to community of practice site in editable format • Evaluation/Assessment • Participation in evaluation activities, some standard questions • Permission to access/use ePortfolio usage information

24. 4. Opportunities for Participation

25. How to Participate • Demo Accounts: • eFolio v2.0: http://tinyurl.com/cvc-xfolio • Epsilen: http://tinyurl.com/cvc-epsilen • License eFolio (<200 accounts) • http://eportfolioca.org/sign-up • Become a Pilot Campus with eFolio or Epsilen • http://eportfolioca.org/sign-up • Epsilen applications: due by 5/4

26. 5. Questions or Feedback?

27. Contact info: John Whitmer, CVC (530.554.1528|jwhitmer@cvc.edu) Jen Gednalske, CVC(530.879.4090 |jgednalske@cvc.edu) Thank You!

28. Discussion • How could you use ePortfolios with your students? • Could you use ePortfolios to evaluate program success? • Are there any barriers to successful implementation with your students?

29. Screenshots of eFolio and Epsilen

35. Epsilen

36. DASHBOARD The new dashboard is user friendly and customizable Institutional alerts are configurable, ranging from emergency institutional alerts to simple reminders Drag and drop capability

37. A NEW LEVEL OF PERSONALIZATION Epsilen 2.0 lets you choose the theme that suits your institution or individual users Personalization option lets you control your dashboard gadgets

38. e-PORTFOLIOS Learning Matrix, showcase, certified work, publications, peer review,

39. CERTIFICATIONS

40. LEARNING MATRIX Institutions can assign assessors for the learning matrix of specific students

41. GROUPS – NEW FORUM Forum Search Easily select and add new discussions or topics RSS N-level

42. GROUPS – NEW WIKI AND CHAT TOOL Ability to search Wiki