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Denise Gardner

Denise Gardner. E-Portfolios: The Way to Engage, Empower, and Connect Students. Engage, empower and connect. Do our assessments and instructional strategies inspire our students?. E-portfolio beginnings. E-Portfolios definition.

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Denise Gardner

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  1. Denise Gardner E-Portfolios: The Way to Engage, Empower, and Connect Students

  2. Engage, empower and connect

  3. Do our assessments and instructional strategies inspire our students?

  4. E-portfolio beginnings

  5. E-Portfolios definition • An ePortfolio is a purposeful collection of information and digital artifacts that demonstrates development or evidences learning outcomes, skills or competencies. • Cotterill SJ. What is an ePortfolio? ePortfolios 2007, Maastricht.

  6. Teaching portfolio • Is a collection of materials aimed at describing your teaching accomplishments and documenting your teaching effectiveness. • Your portfolio should be focused on reflection and analysis of your teaching performance and you students’ learning.

  7. Ideas for content in student portfolios Reese and Levy, (2009) Assessing the Future: Eportfolio Trends, Uses and Options in Higher Education

  8. What to include in your portfolio? • Faculty CV • Statement of your Teaching Approach and Philosophy ( could be text, pictures or a video) • Professional Development Plans

  9. E-Portfolios definition • The process of producing an ePortfolio (writing, typing, recording etc.) requires the: • synthesis of ideas, • reflection on achievements, • self-awareness and forward planning; • with the potential for educational, developmental or other benefits. • Cotterill SJ. What is an ePortfolio? ePortfolios 2007, Maastricht.

  10. Explosive adoption Winter 2011 110 students 1 program

  11. Expansive adoption Spring 2012 778 students 9 programs

  12. HRT Programs using e-portfolios

  13. Student samples

  14. How they began their journey at humber

  15. Reflections during challenging times

  16. Personal motivations

  17. Reflection via pictures

  18. 3rd attempt… “Getting tighter on presentation”

  19. Strengths quest

  20. Faculty portfolios

  21. Anne Cramer, Business Faculty • Anne CramerProfessor, Fashion Arts – Home • Done with Weebly.com • Also google sites, wix.com

  22. Benefits to faculty of having students make a portfolio • Supports assessment and critical thinking development in students. • Assists in writing recommendation letters. • Facilitates student advising. • Supports internal and external departmental review. Reese and Levy, (2009) Assessing the Future: Eportfolio Trends, Uses and Options in Higher Education

  23. Benefits to student learning: • Increases critical thinking in terms of abilities and personal growth. • Connects theory and practice. • Increases opportunities for scholarly writing. • Showcase for employers when they graduate. • Provide ongoing experience with reflective practice.

  24. E-portfolios are a fantastic tool to us understand "where we are in our teaching, where they need to go and how best to get there" (Barrett, 2005)

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