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This presentation explores how undergraduate students at Eastern Connecticut State University use electronic portfolios to document their global field experience in Jamaican schools. It discusses the benefits and challenges of using a readily accessible WordPress website for this purpose.

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  1. Using Electronic Portfolios to Foster and Assess Intercultural Growth during a Global Field Experience in Jamaicaa presentation by Dr. David Stoloff, Eastern Connecticut State University, email: stoloffd@easternct.edufor an invited panel in International Experiences in Teacher Education at the Northeast Educational Research Association meeting, October 23-25, 2013also found at http://writingsdls.wordpress.com/NERA2013/ ABSTRACT: Undergraduate students at Eastern Connecticut State University produce electronic portfolios to support their trip preparations and follow-up reflections upon global field experiences in Jamaican schools. This presentation will discuss the benefits and challenges of encouraging university students to document these high impact experiences in a readily accessible wordpress website.

  2. Global Field Courses at Eastern Connecticut State University • “More than 250 students and 25 Eastern faculty have participated in these programs, which range in length from 1-5 weeks, and have focused on countries or regions on five continents.  The GFC programs serve a growing population of students--those not able to spend an entire semester or academic year abroad. Such international experiences serve to reinforce a global and liberal arts focus to a student's professional preparation.” http://www.easternct.edu/ce/GlobalFieldCourses-home.htm

  3. Why wordpress? • Celebrating its 10th anniversary, with over 60 million users • Basic functionality is FREE • Blog and webpage development • Flexibility of design • Recommended for users of Microsoft Outlook • Eastern Connecticut State University is moving to use wordpress for its web presence Google documents is a strong alternative also.

  4. Establishing a wordpress.com presence • http://interconescu.wordpress.com

  5. Embedding music • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8

  6. A 5-phase developmental model • Phase I – Introduction • Phase II – Research • Phase III – Capacity building – methods • Phase IV – Results of the experience • Phase V – Preparation for further study and experience

  7. Phase I - Introductions • Pre-travel self-assessments

  8. Phase II – Research • General studies into the statistics of Jamaica

  9. Phase III – Capacity Building • Studies into ethnography and project planning

  10. Phase IV – Results of the Experience • Three forms of reflection: • Image collections, preliminary reactions • Description of change in others • Description of change in self

  11. Phase IV A – Travel ePortfolio • Images, preliminary observations

  12. Phase IV B – People • Description of Change in Others

  13. Phase IV C – Changes in self • Self-assessments, critical incidents

  14. Phase V+ – Next Steps • Planning global field course to study schools and social agencies in northern Jamaica in March 2014 and cross-cultural experiences in Thailand in December 2014-January 2015 • Moving to formalize the community-engaged learning of these global field courses • Continuing to make use of electronic portfolios in other courses • Studying the role of electronic portfolios in pre-collegiate education and blended learning

  15. Webliography • Eastern Connecticut State University (2013). Global Field Courses. Retrieved from http://www.easternct.edu/ce/GlobalFieldCourses-home.htm. • Stoloff, D.L. (2013). International Connections in Education. Retrieved from http://interconescu.wordpress.com/. • WordPress.com (2013). Get Started. Retrieved from http://wordpress.com/. • WordPress.org (2013). Getting Started with WordPress. Retrieved from http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress.

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