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ePortfolios in the online environment. An Australian University Implementation. Presenter. Ms Sarah Lambert Project Manager Student ePortfolio Project University of Wollongong Australia Slambert@uow.edu.au. UoW and ePortfolios. strategically exploring electronic portfolios since 2002
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ePortfolios in the online environment An Australian University Implementation
Presenter • Ms Sarah Lambert • Project Manager • Student ePortfolio Project • University of Wollongong • Australia • Slambert@uow.edu.au
UoW and ePortfolios • strategically exploring electronic portfolios since 2002 • Home-grown database product in 2002/03 • Recommendations to further explore build/buy options in 2004
Many drivers • Commitment to Graduate Attributes • Employment trends • Rise in Professional Skills, course accreditation • Interest in ePortfolios to facilitate reflection on learning and the university experience • AUQA
AUQA • Australian University Quality Audit recommended pursuing ePortfolio to allow UoW to • “embed the Graduate Attributes into the curriculum and into teaching and assessment practices” as well as draw on the individual’s whole of life experiences outside the curriculum.”
UoW approach • Academic integration for quality uptake • Focus on embedding in programs • Focus on urgent discipline needs with external accreditation pressures • Discipline specific Professional Skills • Look into offering an optional ‘open to any student’ ePortfolio later
ePortfolio tool • Reviewed a range of products • Signed with Blackboard for Portfolio for Vista for 18 months • Tight integration with our LMS/VLE ie Vista • Enterprise wide solution, ITS support • Meets key user criteria
Customisation • ePortfolio template can have • Customised graphics for the discipline • Inventory of professional skills pre-loaded via “goals” tool • Website structure of folders/areas pre-loaded • includes a “how to use this ePortfolio” help module for students
Outcome? • Highlight and promote better understanding of Graduate Attributes and Professional Skills throughout UoW • For staff • For students • Technology can be a lever for change • Open up a range of discussions otherwise difficult to have
ePortfolio cases • Florida State uni, Careers ePortfolios • UK experience - PDP, paper and ‘e’ • Curtin Uni B. Ed • UoW GSM • Washington Uni General Studies199 • Swinburne mandatory Careers in Curriculum • UoW Black Opal Leadership • QUT - both optional and assessed ‘take-up’
Take-up models • Academic integration, prompted, self-managed (Lambert and Corrin, 2006) • Shopping trolley, toast rack, spinal column (Endacott et all, 2004)
New research: context mapping framework • map cases against new take-up model • Add 2nd axis framework eg Barrett paradigms