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Student portfolios are utilized to collect, reflect on, and share work, aiding in reflection and demonstrating learning for employment, education, and scholarships. Centralized for program effectiveness, portfolios track competency data and allow for multimedia content. ePortfolio software provides components for reflection, artifacts, and assessment tools. Starting and maintaining portfolios involve faculty buy-in, defining student learning outcomes, assessing assignments, and continuous monitoring.
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Student Uses Students use portfolios to collect*, reflect upon and share their work with others. Students * The process of collecting artifacts is believed to aid in reflection
The Student Learning Experience Experience with portfolios also enables students to demonstrate learning for other purposes, such as employment, higher education admission and scholarships.
Workflow for Portfolio Assessment • Projects • Internships • Work-based learning • Presentation • Reflection • Supporting Documents • More… Competency Performance Data Student Input Program Requirements, Signature Assignments, Critical Tasks Evaluators Assess using Rubrics and Form-Based Instruments Centralized Data Warehouse Aggregated Reports and Competency Profiles Students
Advantages of ePortfolios • Changes may be tracked to demonstrate improvement over time. Portfolios cannot be lost or damaged. • Portfolios and assessment data follow students as they progress through their program. • New sections and resources can be easily inserted. Portfolios can be copied multiple times. • Multiple reviewers and evaluators need not meet students face-to-face to provide feedback. • Allow for the inclusion of multimedia content and provide students with vital technical experience. • Student assessment and program evaluation data housed in a centrally located database for ease of reporting and decision-making.
ePortfolio Software Components • Front End • Reflections • Artifacts • Back End • Roles & Responsibilities • Assessment Tools • Grades, Rubrics etc • Evaluation Data Collection & Aggregation
ePortfolio Software Sources • Open Source • Commercial Products
Getting Started • First Step • Faculty must buy into the portfolio concept • Process • Software
Getting Started • Second Step • Develop your Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) • Determine which assignments/courses are collected to assess SLOs • Multiple courses • Capstone course • Determine how to assess the assignment e.g. rubrics
Getting Started • Pilot test the portfolio
Getting Started/Maintaining Use • Decide which course(s) to introduce the portfolio • Require assignment(s) to be uploaded in the first course • The hard part may be maintaining the use of the portfolio! • Faculty must be reminded to have assignments uploaded and scored • If there was no buy in faculty may ignore • What does the student get out of it