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The Course ePortfolio Comes of Age

Thomas J. C. Smyth, Ph. D.

Gary J. Senn, Ph.D.

smyth@usca.edu senng@sc.edu

edtech.sc.edu/presentations/edtech07

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The Course ePortfolio Comes of Age

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What Is an ePortfolio?

A purposeful collection of student work designed to showcase a student’s progress toward, and achievement of, demonstrated skills, knowledge, dispositions, and reflections.

Diana Oblinger, Demonstrating and Assessing Student Learning with E-Portfolios, www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3003.pdf

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What Is an ePortfolio?

Student ePortfolio

Teaching ePortfolio

Institutional ePortfolio

Student ePortfolio

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What Is a Course ePortfolio?

A student portfolio which demonstrates achievement of course-specific learning objectives

- Includes artifacts and reflections

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Why a Course Portfolio?

• Requires student to generate a response rather than choose a response

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Why a Course Portfolio?

• Authentic

• Assess over time

• Multimedia delivery

• Learning/learner centered

• Deep learning assessment

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Why a Course Portfolio?

• Meaningful learning and assessment tool• Empowers students by giving choices• Encourages personal reflection• Encourages critical thinking• Develops writing and multimedia

communication skills• Supports curriculum standards

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How to Create an ePortofolio

• Standard Tools

• ePortfolio Systems

• Online ePortfolio Builders

• Open source eportfolio systems

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Standard tools

• Dreamweaver

• Flash

• Fireworks/Photoshop

• Office Suite

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Examples of Course Portfolios

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Online ePortfolio Builders * Avenet eFolio - (Technology Partner w/ MnSCU www.eFolioMinnesota.com) * Chalk and Wire (ePortfolio as component of Assessment System, can be used institution-

wide.) * Digication * Digital Portfolios Made Easy (templates - Word and HTML) * dotFolio (Open Source ePortfolio software) * EIfEL ePortfolio solutions center * ePortfolio.org * factline - Austrian ePortfolio Technology Provider * Foliotek (Web based ePortfolio and assessment system) * Interfolio - Portfolio storage and delivery * Learning Assistant - UK Based ePortfolio Software for Vocational Qualifications * LiveText (ePortfolio and Accreditation Management System) * myEport ePortfolios (Free Accounts) * Open Source Portfolio * PebblePad - Commercial UK Based ePortfolio Software * Professional on the Web (Web Professionals Portfolio Builder) * rCampus (Free ePortfolios) * TaskStream (ePortfolio and Assessment Management Platform)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio

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Open source ePortfolio systems

1. Klahowya (U.S.) (last updated 2005)2. OSPI (UMN-rSmart, U.S.) (partnership with U.S. universities,

part of SAKAI)3. Mahara (New Zealand) (under development, version 0.9 alpha1

just released)4. Elgg (CurveRider, Ltd., U.K.) (received development capital in

August 2007)5. MyStuff (Open University, U.K.) (to be fully functional February

2008)6. Moofolio (SPDC, New Hampshire) (new version about to be

released, to be fully implemented fall 2008)7. Open source content management systems that have been

adapted to use as ePortfolio systems: Drupal and Plone

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Web 2.0 tools

• Web 2.0 in the New Learning environment

• Web 2.0 as metaphor for 21st Century learning skills

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Web 2.0 ePortfolio Tools

• Blogs

• Wikis (Shared Writing)

• Presentation Tools

• Online Office Tools

• Media Creation Online

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Blogs

• Blogger• LiveJournal• Word Press

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Shared Writing

• Wikispace

• Jotspot (Google)

• Wetpaint

• Google Docs

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Presentation Tools

• Slideshare• Preezo• Slide Rocket• (Google Presentation Tool)• (Thinkfree Presentation Tool)

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Start Pages

• iGoogle• Netvibes• Orkut (Google)• Protopage

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Web Office Tools

A set of applications that includes a combination of productivity, publishing, and collaborative features

• Google Docs• Thinkfree• Zoho• Ajax13

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Media Creation Online

• Screen Capture– Jing project– Skitch

• Images– Flickr– FlickrCC

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Media Creation Online

• Audio (+ podcasts)– Voicethread

• Video (+ vodcasts)– YouTube, Google Video,TeacherTube

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Other Web 2.0 Apps

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Conclusion

Incorporate emerging Web 2.0 tools into ePortfolios– becomes more engaging and motivating; “access”– hear student voice more clearly - “student wisdom”– engages students in learning process– develop ownership; “choice”– deep learning

Using technology to improve and to showcase student achievement

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M.Ed. in Educational Technology

University of South Carolina

Aiken and Columbia

The Course ePortfolio Comes of Age

Thomas J. C. Smyth, Ph. D.

Gary J. Senn, Ph.D.

smyth@usca.edu senng@sc.edu

edtech.sc.edu/presentations/edtech07