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Between the Promise and the Reality: Electronic Portfolios

Between the Promise and the Reality: Electronic Portfolios. Trent Batson, Dir IITS, URI Trent@uri.edu. Have they arrived? Agree on look? On function? On interface with ERP? A dominant vendor?. Consensus strategy – Long term support? All eport functions -- Reflection Assessment

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Between the Promise and the Reality: Electronic Portfolios

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  1. Between the Promise and the Reality: Electronic Portfolios Trent Batson, Dir IITS, URI Trent@uri.edu

  2. Have they arrived? Agree on look? On function? On interface with ERP? A dominant vendor? Consensus strategy – Long term support? All eport functions -- Reflection Assessment Re-accreditation Student resume likely to be realized? Where are we with ePortfolios? NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

  3. Answers? “No,” or “maybe” NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

  4. Agree on what eport is? • Brainstorming phase • Vendors use “eport” -- full picture? NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

  5. House of Sand? • Nationally, programs are committing to eport initiatives • SOE at URI in its 3rd year • CELS at URI just starting • Solid programmatic structure, shifting sands of technology NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

  6. URI general demand • July 01: eport campus committee • Interest began 1999 with SOE initiative • From single platform to multiple tools • URI SOE • URI CELS • URI WDG • Talking to vendors and EPAC, etc. NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

  7. Large scale adoptions likely? Authenticate artifacts? Long-term access? How long? Multiple platforms? Interface – ERP? For faculty dossier? Incentives? House of sand? How help vendors? Will they stay around? Suggestive list only Issues: from URI perspective NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

  8. Conclusions • Temporizing – big demand, direction not clear • Some uses will happen – reflection – but others have uncertain future • EPAC: surprising success • Thorny issues addressed in multiple venues: need trusted collaborators NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

  9. Trent Batson, trent@uri.edu, 401-874-7499 NLII Focus, Northwestern, 10-25-02

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