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Digital Portfolios – Alverno College’s DDP

Digital Portfolios – Alverno College’s DDP. Linda Ehley Robert O’Brien Hokanson John Savagian Kelly Talley Ann van Heerden College of Menominee Nation August, 2003. Digital Portfolio Questions . What are digital portfolios? What are the basic types of digital portfolios?

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Digital Portfolios – Alverno College’s DDP

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  1. Digital Portfolios –Alverno College’s DDP Linda Ehley Robert O’Brien Hokanson John Savagian Kelly Talley Ann van Heerden College of Menominee Nation August, 2003

  2. Digital Portfolio Questions • What are digital portfolios? • What are the basic types of digital portfolios? • What are the trends with regard to digital portfolios? • What is Alverno’s Diagnostic Digital Portfolio? • What are some benefits and issues we have found in using the DDP? • How are faculty using the DDP within their classes?

  3. What are Digital Portfolios? • Creative means of organizing, summarizing, and sharing artifacts, information, and ideas about teaching and/or learning • A collection of student work that is stored on a computer, on a CD-ROM or using some other digital technology

  4. Characteristics of Portfolios • Portfolios can feature multiple examples of work • Portfolios can be context rich • Portfolios can offer opportunities for selection and self assessment • Portfolios can offer a look at development over time Assessing the Portfolio: Principles for Practice, Theory and Research (1998 - Liz Hamp-Lyons)

  5. What are the types of Digital Portfolios? Institution • Program Assessment • Course Assessment • Faculty Assessment Faculty • Teaching Assessment • Course Assessment • Personal Growth/Reflection Student • Student Learning • Evaluation/grading • Showcase

  6. What are the Trends? • To HAVE a Digital Portfolio! • Technology • Portfolios in other than digital format are not new - Electronic/digital portfolios provide easy access • Public Relations • Better understanding of student learning in higher education • Accreditation Documentation • Teacher Education programs

  7. It’s not about the technology……it’s about learning

  8. Alverno College • One of about 80 US women’s colleges • Ability-based curriculum • Two time frames: Weekday, Weekend • About 2000 students with a high level of ethnic diversity • Majors with largest enrollment:Business and Management; Education; Nursing, Professional Communication/ CMT; Social Sciences/Psychology/CLD http://www.alverno.edu/for_educators/publications.html

  9. Alverno’s Diagnostic Digital Portfolio (DDP) • A cumulative yet selective record of an individual student’s academic work that is electronically accessible and assessable. • Main purpose - to assist students in analyzing their patterns of learning • A mirror to reflect her learning thus far and a map to chart where she is going

  10. Diagnostic - analyzing the cause or nature of a situation Digital- readable and manipulable by computer Portfolio - a collection representative of a person’s work

  11. Why We Created the DDP • Mountains of information on student performance and learning • 14 different locations • Not easily accessible to students and faculty • Wanted a vehicle to enhance student reflection on their learning across time

  12. Implementation • Year 1 • Began with accounts for all new students • Piloted key performances • Year 2 • Expanded classroom key performances • Piloted Independent Learning Experiences • Year 3 • Piloted video uploads • Mid Program Integrating Moment • Year 4 • Set Institutional goal for all faculty to createand use key performances in their courses • Began adding graduate programs

  13. Student Reactions • Very positive and excited • Interested in developing a “history” of her learning • Eager to participate and add additional materials • Made her learning -- what she does at Alverno -- more visible • Provides “one location” to access criteria, advanced outcomes, learning style templates and advising templates

  14. Faculty Reactions • Very positive for piloting faculty • Easy access to Communication criteria, writing and speaking templates, Advanced Outcomes and self assessment framework • Time and complexity issues • Emphasized the need for technology support

  15. Issues • Provide specific places where students reflect on their learning • Integrating Moments • Address the varying computer literacy levels of students • Integrate DDP use into classroom practice • Extend understanding of uses of the DDP

  16. Benefits • Increase computer literacy among faculty and students • Actual “purpose” for using technology • Provide specific places in curriculum for reflecting on prior work and setting goals • Assist students/faculty in “seeing” learning and self assessment development • Improve quality of self assessment • Help students with learning issues

  17. Questions - Comments?

  18. Let’s Look at the DDP!!! ddp.alverno.edu

  19. References • The How and the Why of Electronic Portfolios in Higher Education - Marsha Leeman-Conley • http://www.softcom.net/users/conley/papers/TechEd99.html#whatis • Electronic Portfolios: Students, Teachers, and Life Long Learners Annette Lamb • http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic82.htm • Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning - AAHE- 2001 Barbara L. Cambridge, volume editor • Alverno’s Diagnostic Digital Portfolio • http://ddp.alverno.edu

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