Developing & Using Portfolios

1. Developing & Using Portfolios Carlee K. Ranalli Coordinator of Assessment & Research W120B Smith Building cka104@psu.edu

2. Outline • Part I. Faculty Portfolios • Part II. Student Portfolios Goal: To give you ideas and resources to develop and use portfolios

3. Part I- Faculty Portfolios

4. What is a portfolio? • A collection of evidence used to assess learning and growth • It can take several forms but we will focus mainly on e-portfolios today • Much of the literature comes from K-12

5. Why would I want to develop a portfolio? • Self-improvement • Self-assessment • Assessment by others • Professional Development • Learn new skills • Improve teaching • Display activities for others

6. How do I get started? • Think about your audience and purpose • Choose a format • Choose a theme • Assemble materials • Learn new skills • Plan to spend a lot of time!!

7. Choosing Content • CV and contact information • Teaching • Teaching Philosophy • List of courses, syllabi, example assignments • Results of evaluations • Research • Ability to use multi-media • Might be useful to include when submitting grants • Service • University • Community

8. Assessing the portfolio • Review by peers • Provide the criteria you are interested in being evaluated on • Approach junior and senior colleagues • Rubrics are available- http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/eportfoliorubric.html • Self-reflection • Can be used to improve teaching

9. How has PSU made using portfolios easy for you? • Check out all of the information available at: http://portfolio.psu.edu/index.html • Software is available to assist with the technical aspects

10. Examples • Semih Eser- Engineering • Mable Kinzie- Instructional Design • Jean-Pierre Koenig- Linguistics • George Hess-Forestry • Ann Nevin- Education

11. Other resources • A quick search will yield a ton of resources depending on what you are looking for: • The Digital Teaching Portfolio Handbook: A How-To Guide for Educators (available at UP) • http://ftad.osu.edu/portfolio/ • http://www.electronicportfolios.com/portfolios.html • http://sunconference.utep.edu/CETaL/resources/portfolios/ • http://info.hartwick.edu/library/hewlett/PORTFOLI.htm - student release form

12. Part II- Student Portfolios

13. What is a portfolio? • A collection of evidence used to assess learning and growth • It can take several forms but we will focus mainly on e-portfolios today • Remember to allow students plenty of time!!

14. Why would I want students to develop a portfolio? • Assess growth across the semester • Encourage integration of knowledge • Encourage self-assessment and self-regulated learning by making the students active learners • Teach new skills • Develop product for potential employers to view

15. Choosing Content • Papers • Presentations • Reflection pieces • Video clips

16. How has PSU made using portfolios easy for you? • Check out all of the information available at: http://portfolio.psu.edu/index.html • Software is available to assist with the technical aspects

17. How do I grade portfolios? • Start with looking at your learning outcomes • What is the purpose of the portfolio? • Assess growth? • Final product? • Develop a rubric • Holistic vs. Analytic scoring • http://curriculumfutures.org/assessment/a04-05a.html

18. Examples • Kate • Brian • Paula- Journalism • Joshua- Engineering • Raya- Geography

19. Other resources • A quick search will yield a ton of resources depending on what you are looking for • Portfolio Assessment: Uses, cases, scoring and impact (in the assessment library) • Penn State portfolio site • http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/classuse.html • http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic82.htm