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ePortfolio – an update. Stephen Parsons Curriculum Consultant School of Applied Arts & New Media NSCC February 2006. Student Success | Accessibility | Service | Respect | Collaboration | Diversity | Innovation | Public Accountability. ePortfolio. What is ePortfolio?
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ePortfolio – an update Stephen Parsons Curriculum Consultant School of Applied Arts & New Media NSCC February 2006 Student Success | Accessibility | Service | Respect | Collaboration | Diversity | Innovation | Public Accountability
ePortfolio • What is ePortfolio? • Depends a great deal on who you ask… • LIFIA • One digital record of learning for life • SAKAI • A set of tools for collaboration on portfolio and portfolio research • National Coalition on ePortfolio Research • Digital portfolios that foster established and newly recognized forms of learning
ePortfolio • What is ePortfolio? • Depends a great deal on who you ask… • TaskStream • Customizable multimedia tools for organizing and presenting professional and academic achievements • ePortfolio.org • An electronic collection of work that can be used to engage in new models of learning, guide career development, and support advisement and assessment
ePortfolio • What is ePortfolio? • Depends a great deal on who you ask… • IMS Global Consortium • A collection of digital artifacts, evidence and resources organized and presented within a framework that supports standards for interoperability and portability • OSPortfolio • An organized collection of one or more portfolio pages which are intended to be published and shared with others
ePortfolio • History • Collection of artifacts digitized for storage and portability (FlopFolio) • Interactive multimedia presentation of learning (FolioDVD) • Interactive repository of digital documents (WebFolio) • Dynamic Learning Experience for Reflection and Assessment (ePortfolio Communities)
ePortfolio • Contemporary Directions • Audience Diversity • PLA, Registrars, HRSDC, HR professionals, consultants, software developers • Convergence • HRMS, ERP, LMS/LCMS, eLearning • Product Development – standards! • Open Source vs Proprietary • ePortfolio Environments vs Digital Portfolios • ePortfolio Communities
ePortfolio • Examples • Angela Byron (Webfolio) • www.webchick.net • Helen Barrett (MultiFolio) • www.taskstream.com/ts/barrett5/portfolio.html • Stephen Parsons (Dynamic Webfolios) • http:/www.innovait.ca/eportfolio
Players Institutions University of Minnesota Duluth University of Delaware CSU Monterey Bay Virginia Tech University of Indiana University of Michigan Stanford University MIT George Mason University University of Washington DePaul University Syracuse University Portland State University University of Amsterdam ePortfolio
ePortfolio • Players • OSPortfolio.org • Open Source Community for ePortfolio • The Sakai Project • Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) • rSmart Group • Carnegie Mellon Foundation • IMS Global • Fostering Standards for Interoperability and Portability • Learning Innovations Forum pour l’Innovation d’Apprentissage (LIFIA) • Eurofolio, Pan-Am conferences and MOUs
OSPortfolio • OSPortfolio.org • A community of interest and practice in ePortfolio tools based on open source (OS) standards • An open source product and process being developed by a growing OS community supporting portfolio activities by providing an environment to collect and reflect on work, and to design and publish portfolio presentations
OSPortfolio (April 2003) • CSU Monterey Bay • Usability & Customization • Assessment & Accreditation • Integration & Interfaces • Scholarship of Teaching & Learning • Templates • Portability
OSPortfolio (Fall 2005) • Learners • Learning portfolio, articulation, individual creativity and ownership • Institutions • Authentic assessment, program evaluation, teaching, learning, collaboration best practices • Community • Collaboration, standards, interoperability, portability, employment, recruiting, and selection
ePortfolio @ NSCC • Connection • Canada’s Portfolio College • Drivers • Portfolio College, IT/Applied Arts and Business Faculty, Schools, Technical Services • Definitions • Digitally representing oneself through web, CD and other digital presentation • Converting the products of portfolio learning to an electronic form
ePortfolio @ NSCC • Examples • Websites • CDs • Multimedia Presentations • Activity • Pan-Am MOU • Conferences • LIFIA Pan-Am (Vancouver, Montreal 2004) • CAPLA • Gateways • Innovations • P2P Contracting • Data driven apps • SharePoint My Site
ePortfolio @ NSCC • Grading the effort • Ad-hoc electronic portfolio development • Strategic focus on academic systems • Resources & capacity • Technical awareness • Presence • Implementation
ePortfolio @ NSCC • Regaining the Position • Get in the Game! • Applied Research • Pilot for OSPortfolio • Use what you got • Leverage LIFIA • Portfolio Course/ AET • Grow the Capacity • Vancouver Pan-Am • Promote Awareness • Publish or perish? • Academic Research
ePortfolio @ NSCC • References • Stephen.Parsons@nscc.ca, 902/491-3506 • Dr. Helen Barrett www.electronicportfolios.org • LIFIA www.lifia.ca • CAPLA www.capla.ca • OSPortfolio www.osportfolio.org • IMS Global Learning Consortium www.imsglobal.org
Thank You! • Next Steps • www.lifia.ca • www.agilecurriculum.org • ePortfolio Conference • Vancouver, April 6-8, 2006 • Conference Proceedings on LIFIA