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Digital Teaching Portfolios. Natalie B. Milman, Ph.D. August 22, 2007. Participants will:. Gain an understanding of digital teaching portfolios Explore some examples of digital teaching portfolios, and
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Digital Teaching Portfolios Natalie B. Milman, Ph.D. August 22, 2007
Participants will: • Gain an understanding of digital teaching portfolios • Explore some examples of digital teaching portfolios, and • Determine the advantages, disadvantages, and purposes for creating digital teaching portfolios as a faculty member.
What are Portfolios? Portfolios are goal-driven, organized, collections of materials that demonstrate a person's expansion of knowledge and skills over time. The contents, organization, and presentation of materials in portfolios vary depending on their audience and purpose.
What are Teaching Portfolios? • Special type of presentation portfolio • Contain artifacts from teaching • Demonstrate deliberate selection, reflection, and communication revolving around the artifacts • Illustrate a professional’s recognition of personal competence
What are Digital Teaching Portfolios? • Contain the same content traditional portfolios include but present these professional materials in digital format • Also referred to as multimedia portfolios, electronic portfolios, e-folios, webfolios and electronically-augmented portfolios
Let’s examine some! home.gwu.edu/~nmilman/citl
Questions to consider: • Which elements are common among all of the portfolios you have examined? • Why would you want to create a digital teaching portfolio as opposed to a traditional (print-based) portfolio (dossier)? • What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the World Wide Web for publishing a portfolio? • Which portfolios did you like most? • Which portfolios did you like least?
Contact Information Natalie B. Milman nmilman@gwu.edu 202.994.1884 URL: home.gwu.edu/~nmilman/citl