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The Workplace Landscape: ePortfolios in Co-operative Education

Explore the benefits of ePortfolios in co-operative education, including standardization, knowledge transfer, and valuable feedback. Learn about student and faculty surveys, guidelines and standards, and the implementation model.

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The Workplace Landscape: ePortfolios in Co-operative Education

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  1. The Workplace Landscape: ePortfolios in Co-operative Education Katrina Strampel University of Waterloo Electronic Portfolio Landscapes: Exploring the Future November 15, 2004

  2. A Brief Overview • Reflecting on the value of work reports • Standardizing ePortfolios • Implementing ePortfolios

  3. Understanding the Value of Work Reports (at UW) The Original (Proposed) Scenario: • Domain specific markers • Valuable feedback • High degree of knowledge transfer The Current Scenario: • Range of report markers • Limited feedback • Lacking knowledge transfer

  4. Student Surveys:Do they see the value? Specifics: • 3756 students • 7.85 response rate Sections: • Effort • Purpose • Knowledge Transfer

  5. Student Surveys:Do they see the value? Effort: • Less time to finish reports; start closer to due date • Less effort now than beginning of university career • Less effort than in graded academic reports

  6. Student Surveys:Do they see the value? Purpose: • Improve writing skills • Practice analytical skills • Learn reflective thinking skills • Improve generic skills • Add a gradable dimension to the work term

  7. Student Surveys:Do they see the value? Knowledge Transfer:

  8. Student Surveys:Do they see the value? Conclusions to be drawn: • Gradable component? • Marking rubric with feedback? • Set of skills to be gained? • More face-face work with students? • Reflective thinking?

  9. Faculty Surveys: • Near the end of semester? • Saturation point? • Do the low numbers tell us something?

  10. Guidelines and Standards: Documents as Evidence • Standardized checklists • Professionalism • Privacy regulations

  11. Guidelines and Standards: National Standards • Skills recognized by labour market • Complete inventory of skills • Current content • Simple development process • Barrier and bias-free development, content and use

  12. Competencies and Skills: • Institutional competencies • Faculty competencies • Department competencies • Workplace competencies • Student recognition and marked progression of competencies • Reflection on competencies

  13. Implementation Model For implementing ePortfolios, several areas need to be visited: • ePortfolio 101 • Technology • KEEP Toolkit • UW-ACE • Jobmine

  14. Implementation Model For implementing ePortfolios, several areas need to be visited: • Reports • Student contracts • Marking the ePortfolios • Starting small

  15. What’s next?

  16. Reference URLs National Standards “ePortfolio Quality Standards: An International Development Project.” www.FuturEd.com

  17. Thank You! Please feel free to contact me: Katrina Strampel katrina@LT3.uwaterloo.ca And visit: LT3 Centre: http://lt3.uwaterloo.ca UW Co-op: http://www.cecs.uwaterloo.ca/ WatCACE: http://www.watcace.uwaterloo.ca/

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