- EPAC and Centre for Recording Achievement webinar presentation/discussion: Recording and representing student achievement: New approaches for the 21st century
- EPAC December 6, 2011 Webchat: Exploring obstacles to learning in times of transfer and transition and how can ePortfolios help?
- EPAC November 15, 2011 Webinar: The Perfect Marriage - Service Learning & ePortfolio
- EPAC November 2, 2011 Webchat: Checking out the practical value of the Bologna Reform through ePortfolios
- EPAC May 16, 2011 Webinar: ePortfolios for the Trades
- EPAC May 9, 2011 Webinar: ePortfolios for the Professions
- EPAC April 2011 Webchat with Pace University: Customizing Mahara as an Open Source Solution to Create a University-wide “Educational Passport” for Learning, April 7, 2011
- EPAC November 2010 Webcast with University of Oregon: “eportfolio learning for 21st century readiness," November 15, 2010
- ePortfolio California Summit Review webinar, October 27, 2010 (online)
- EPAC October 2010 Webcast: The Implementation of a University-Wide ePortfolio Program with Gail Ring, Clemson University, October 18, 2010
- EPAC January 2010 Webcast: Telling the learning story: Students' authentic experiences used to assess learning with Virginia Tech University
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EPAC and Centre for Recording Achievement webinar presentation/discussion: Recording and representing student achievement: New approaches for the 21st century
April 2, 2012 at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET/ 4 p.m. UK
We had a great session on Monday with a fantastic turnout and terrific questions. The archived recording of the session and related materials are currently being processed. If you would like to be notified when these materials are ready to be viewed, please register here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFBzUXhFaHZQWWJhM0FteVdld1JDNFE6MA
Description
The issue of how to record and represent student achievement is occupying minds in many places. Increasing student diversity, greater attention to lifewide learning and co-curricular achievements, and the potential of technologies to enhance such records and representations are all key drivers.
In the USA, the Office of the Registrar at Stanford University is creating an enhanced student record that enables students to demonstrate specific learning outcomes, while also showcasing their service to the community and research with faculty. They will produce a dynamic enhanced eTranscript, integrated with the eportfolio, which demonstrates evidence of achievement and reflection. They will present their experience, and the issues the initiative raises.
In the UK, over eighty institutions are developing their approaches to the implementation of the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR), a richer electronic record of graduate achievement intended to be developed over the student lifecycle. Colleagues at the University of Gloucestershire will present their approach to developing the HEAR and how this relates to other initiatives. They recently wrote that: ‘the HEAR is now ‘business as usual’. We are still working on the portal. The University is launching a programme called Degreeplus this month. This represents a strategic approach to enhancing students’ employability and co-curricular experience. Scaling up the level of engagement with the HEAR is a critical element in the Degreeplus initiative.’
This one hour webinar will include twenty minute presentations from both institutions. Each will allow participants to appreciate and compare the ‘why’ ‘what’ and ‘how’ aspects of these initiatives. Subsequently there will be time to address questions and for some discussion.
In order to maximize the time we have together and springboard the discussion, background readings and other relevant websites and materials will be shared in advance of the webinar.
Presenters & Moderators:
- Dr. Phil Gravestock and Professor Stephen Hill, University of Gloucestershire
- Associate Registrars Reid Kallman and Celeste Fowles Nguyen, Stanford University
- Helen L. Chen & John Ittelson, EPAC
- Rob Ward, Centre for Recording Achievement
This Google doc includes links to a PDF of the slides, handouts, pre-webinar readings, as well as a link to the archived recording of the presentation, and copy of the chat transcript. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lYRjcoBXdg-5MbGVjw8gfkHj0lYyC8t1xLT0wU5W7jc/edit
EPAC December 6, 2011 Webchat: Exploring obstacles to learning in times of transfer and transition and how can ePortfolios help?
8 A.M. (PT), 11 A.M. (ET),4 P.M. (GMT), 5 p.m. (GER)
Guiding Questions and session resources (to be posted after the chat):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ADJw4aqxDPlQvDJk3Fh_p__lSJW4aKVGZEFiL02Lxic/edit
We had a great chat today and the transcript, slides, and archived recording will be posted shortly. Please note that the recording will have quite a bit of quiet time since we mainly used the chat feature to interact and exchange thoughts and ideas. The pdf of the slide set will be the most useful with the prompting questions for guiding the online conversation.
Description
The international ePortfolio workshop in Freiburg (Germany) on November 18/19th brought together about 50 participants from all over the world. With so many different cultures of learning and instruction gathered, it was remarkable to see quite a number of common obstacles in the effort of facilitating lifelong learning through ePortfolios. The major obstacle identified across the international participants was learning across transfer and transitions between different places of learning(e.g. college, workplace, leisure, family), educational phases (e.g. K-12, higher education, continuing education), anddifferent modes of learning (formal vs. informal learning).
Many of the workshop participants wondered about what happens when the learners’ confidence, competences and engagement may be undermined by uncertainties of an unfamiliar and/or changing environment. The Freiburg workshop participants agreed that this would be a topic worthwhile to be pondered in future international conversations and research. Feel free to join us in our next live chat on Tuesday, December 6, at 8 A.M. (PT), 11 A.M. (ET),4 P.M. (GMT), 5 p.m. (GER) to explore this issue.
This session will again be co-hosted by Dr. Gerd Bräuer who organized an international workshop on "ePortfolios in Learning and Instruction - Visions, Concepts, Experience" on November 18-19, 2011 in Freiburg (Germany) in collaboration with the University of Education Freiburg and AAEEBL. More information about the workshop can be found here:http://www.international-literacy-management.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=24
Our first chat on November 2nd on "Checking out the practical value of the Bologna Reform through ePortfolios" was extremely well received and resulted in a very rich chat transcript which we encourage you to review. More information about this chat and its associated resources can be found here.
EPAC November 15, 2011 Webinar: The Perfect Marriage - Service Learning & ePortfolio
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
9 a.m. PT /12 p.m. ET or 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET
Co-sponsored by EPAC and the Center for Service and Learning at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
http://csl.iupui.edu/
This Google doc includes links to a pdf of the slides, a link to the archived recording of the presentation, and copy of the chat transcript.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fveemY7pjMIgTP0cWvbMy51dQ54NvLe6eNY76L-xse8/edit
Link to slides: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1idnCN_f8WOMTVlZjJkYmMtMzM4MC00Yzc1LThiZGQtNWI1NjQwMzkwZDgw
Link to archived recording:
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2011-11-15.0910.M.E3C4F91076D97655E77955E032E080.vcr&sid=2007002
Description:
According to the Lumina Degree Qualifications Profile, civic learning is important on every type of college campus. However, what are we doing to assess civic learning? As an AAC&U LEAP campus and in alignment with the campus mission, service-learning courses, service-based scholarships, and community-based research have been emphasized as high-impact activities to achieve essential learning outcomes of civic knowledge and engagement. A recent US News & World Report finding ranks IUPUI 3rd among universities making promising, innovative changes and this recognition comes in part due to our service learning programs.
A central focus of the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning (CSL) is to facilitate a learning process in which students are able to articulate and demonstrate civic growth as a result of their participation. One of the most common elements of e-portfolios is student reflection, which makes ePortfolio a perfect marriage with service learning and civic engagement. During this session, we will demonstrate the relevance of our work to the field of service learning and civic engagement through an ePortfiolio initiative on our campus and help attendees understand how ePortfolios help facilitate our work in hopes of making an impact on their campus as well.
The goals of this session are to:
- Generate a clearer understanding of the implications of ePortfolios to the field of service learning and civic engagement.
- Demonstrate how assessment of civic learning on campuses can be realized with the use of ePortfolios. We will introduce our ePortfolio project, which was initially created to facilitate a process, but has moved into using ePortfolios as a way to facilitate reflection and demonstrate civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions attained while in college.
- Identify ways in which ePortfolios can be used for research in student civic growth as well as community engagement.
Presenters:
Robert G. Bringle, Ph.D., Phil.D. (Social Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 1974)
Chancellor’s Professor of Psychology and Philanthropic Studies
Executive Director, IUPUI Center for Service and Learning
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Dr. Bringle has been involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs directed at talented undergraduate psychology majors, high school psychology teachers, first-year students, and the introductory psychology course. As a social psychologist, he is widely known for his research on jealousy and close relationships. His work as Executive Director of the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning has resulted in numerous national recognitions for his campus and himself. For his scholarly journal articles, chapters, and books on service learning, Dr. Bringle was awarded the Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning and was recognized at the International Service-Learning Research Conference for his outstanding contributions. He was the Volunteer of the Year in 2001 for Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis. The University of the Free State, South Africa, awarded him an honorary doctorate for his scholarly work on civic engagement and service learning.
Kristin Norris, M.S., A.B.D. (Higher Education Administration)
Instructional Technology Specialist, IUPUI Center for Service & Learning
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Kristin joined CSL in 2011 to further the work of ePorfolio development around civic learning and to help incorporate Web 2.0 tools into service learning courses offered in an online or hybrid environment. Kristin has presented at IARSLCE, AAC&U, POD Network, AAEEBL, and ePIC on the center’s work with ePortfolios. Kristin earned her B.S. from Purdue University and M.S. from Indiana University in Hospitality & Tourism Management. Her previous appointment was in the Tourism, Conventions, and Event Management department where she still serves as adjunct faculty. She is currently working on her dissertation, which looks at the factors that most influence student civic growth & development while in college.
EPAC November 2, 2011 Webchat: Checking out the practical value of the Bologna Reform through ePortfolios
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET/4 p.m. GMT/5 p.m. Germany
This Google doc includes links to a pdf of the slides, a link to the archived recording of the presentation, and copy of the chat transcript.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdpGLZ_Rbvl7s1FTKVvEtM3gfifYbC1zLX_7OLjcA1k/edit
Link to slides: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0s2hqkl-HzPN2Q3MDBmYjctMzJhNC00NDU4LThkZDQtOWU3Mzk5Y2VlN2Fm
Link to archived recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2011-11-02.0820.M.E3C4F91076D97655E77955E032E080.vcr&sid=2007002
Description:
The Bologna Reform of the European system of higher education emphasizes a so-called standardized and competence-based approach to learning and instruction. With regard to teacher education in the German-speaking countries, for example, this means that standards and competence descriptions derived over the past several years either from pre-existing goals and beliefs among the teaching faculty of a specific institution, from quantitative educational research, and/or in adaptation of documents from other institutions. What is missing until today for many institutions is the assessment of the standards and competences that have become the framework of teaching and learning in higher education. Do we know that all parties involved really share the same understanding of these goals? To what extend are these standards and competences situated in the local framework in a useful and efficient way? In other words: Do these goals make sense to all parties involved, also with regard to the professional fields we try to prepare students for? Based on the questions above, in this chat session we would like to discuss aspects of ePortfolio work with regard to the practical value of the Bologna Reform for sustainable learning and instruction.
Invited Moderator:
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Gerd Bräuer to help us lead this text-only EPAC chat. Dr. Bräuer is organizing an international workshop on "ePortfolios in Learning and Instruction - Visions, Concepts, Experience" on November 18-19, 2011 in Freiburg (Germany) in collaboration with the University of Education Freiburg and AAEEBL. Dr. Trent Batson, Executive Director of AAEEBL, will be a keynote speaker at this workshop. More information about the workshop can be found here: http://www.international-literacy-management.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=24
EPAC May 16, 2011 Webinar: ePortfolios for the Trades
Sponsored by EPAC, Australian ePortfolio Community of Practice and ePortfolio California
May 16, 2011, 3-4:30 pm PT/6-7:30 pm ET
Link to Chat Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1epDQv32JZi9XMqCxD_e8EZ21b4s-ruMxT0RRC3DvF6E
Link to slides: EPAC EpCoP 2011.05.16 ePortfolios for the Trades.pdf
Link to archived Elluminate recording:
https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2011-05-16.1516.M.E58F6EDFFA5FA3EDE727DCFB80FBD8.vcr&sid=2008350
Join us on Monday, May 16th for our second EPAC webinar this month in partnership with the Australian ePortfolio Community of Practice and ePortfolio California featuring four speakers -- two from Australia and two from the U.S. -- exploring the use of ePortfolios for the Trades.
- Presentation one Nayomie Baihn & Jennifer Cunningham, Hairdressing, Western Sydney Institute, TAFENSW
- Presentation two Simon Brown and team, Building & Construction, QLD
- Presentation three – Maureen Dumas, James Griffin, & Veera Gaul, Culinary Arts, Johnson and Wales University, Rhode Island, USA
- Presentation four – Ruth Cox, Public Health, San Francisco State University, California, USA
EPAC May 9, 2011 Webinar: ePortfolios for the Professions
Sponsored by EPAC, Australian ePortfolio Community of Practice and ePortfolio California
May 9, 2011, 5:30-7 p.m. PT/8:30-10 p.m. ET
Link to Chat Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1WLUr0VFeAD8_h_sREBEAZzni07OjhrzAd8LZmXH8qs0
Link to slides: EPAC EpCoP 2011.05.09 ePortfolios for the Professions.pdf
Link to archived Elluminate recording:
https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2011-05-09.1719.M.E58F6EDFFA5FA3EDE727DCFB80FBD8.vcr&sid=2008350
Description: If you are interested in how ePortfolio concepts are being embraced in the professions (like teaching, dental hygiene, nursing and midwifery) come along and join Pauline Wilson (AU), Una Daly, Phyllis Spragge, (USA) Bec James-Mobb (SA) and Sarah Stewart (NZ). The session is scheduled for 1.5 hours to allow plenty of time for interaction and discussion with our international colleagues.
- Presentation one Pauline Wilson, Teaching, TAE @ YNH Services, VIC
- Presentation two Una Daly and Phyllis Spragge, Dental Hygiene, Foothill Community College, California, USA
- Presentation three Bec James-Mobbs, Nursing, RDNS, SA
- Presentation four Sarah Stewart, eportfolios in the cloud, NZ
EPAC April 2011 Webchat with Pace University: Customizing Mahara as an Open Source Solution to Create a University-wide “Educational Passport” for Learning, April 7, 2011
10 a.m. PT/11 p.m. MT/12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET
Link to Chat Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1yEwVaIdf_7M94ql7WfAxC1rOsE5eSTUUkeafdUhTY_s
Link to slides: EPAC Pace webinar April 2011 slides.pdf
Link to archived Elluminate recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2011-04-07.0938.M.DB52FFB171AEC2A6D119D56C657E5B.vcr&sid=2007002
Description:
This webinar/chat will describe the Pace solution for implementing a university-wide ePortfolio program, with our Open Source software, Mahara. Within one year, we have customized our platform, and gone from a small pilot program to a multi-faceted integrated ePortfolio, working with undergraduate and graduate students and faculty from across the disciplines, as well as partnering with Career Services, and Student Life.
Presenters:
Beth Gordon Klingner is the Executive Director for Academic Technology at Pace University and is also an adjunct instructor in English, Communications and Psychology. Beth has been an ePortfolio enthusiast for the past ten years. This year, Beth is participating in the LaGuardia Community College’s Making Connections program on ePortfolios. In addition, Beth is also interested in blended learning, distance education and emerging technologies. Beth recently co-authored a chapter in Teaching Inclusively in Higher Education, titled “The Technological Age of Teaching.” Beth earned her BA in Literature from Binghamton University, her MA in English Education from SUNY–Albany, and her PhD in Educational Technology from Walden University.
Linda Anstendig is a Professor of English, Co-Director of the Pace ePortfolio Program, and Executive Assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Pace University. This year Linda is a member of the leadership team for the LaGuardia Community College Connect 2 Learning Grant, and is leading faculty development Teaching Circle seminars for developing ePortfolios. Her publications include a text, Writing Through Literature, co-authored with David Hicks, a chapter in Peter Seldin’s Teaching Portfolios, a book chapter in It Really Works: Ideas from Award Winning English Teachers, and numerous aritcles on writing across the curriculum, service learning, and writing with technology. Linda earned her BA from Connecticut College, her MAT from Harvard University, and her Ed.D from Columbia University Teachers College.
EPAC November 2010 Webcast with University of Oregon: “eportfolio learning for 21st century readiness," November 15, 2010
11 a.m. PT/12 p.m. MT/1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET
The archived Elluminate recording, power point slides, and chat transcript are available here.
Description:
This webinar will present University of Oregon eportfolios in three professional programs: Architecture, Business, and Arts Administration. The history of eportfolios at UO will be presented along with the unique implementation challenges and successes in each program. Discoveries related to changes in student learning and teacher pedagogy will be addressed. The UO eportfolio program (Ufolio) is part of the 5th cohort of the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (INCEPR). Ufolio is in its 3rd year, and UO has had an eportfolio program since 2006.
Presenters:
Ron Bramhall has been on the faculty of the Leadership and Communication Center at the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business since 2003, and is the Director of the Lundquist College of Business Honors Program since 2006. In those roles, Ron works with students, faculty and organizations to develop leadership, communication and collaboration skills. Ron’s interest in eportfolios revolves around their potential for the development of cross-curricular “professional” skills through experiential and reflective learning. Prior to his work at the UO, Ron consulted with organizations on leadership, communication, and collaboration skills. His clients have included Home Depot, Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett-Packard, among others. Ron holds an MBA from the University of Oregon and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Nancy Yen-wen Cheng researches how digital media can enrich the design process at University of Oregon where she directs the Architecture Deparment’s Portland Program. She began using the Internet for design collaboration and architectural education in 1993. She is the 2009-2011 President of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Architecture (ACADIA) and an editor for the International Journal of Architectural Computing. As 2004 chair of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architectural Practice group, she organized an AIA-ACADIA conference on digital fabrication. Prior to teaching architectural design and digital media in Oregon, she taught at University of Hong Kong and practiced in Boston.http://eportfolio.uoregon.edu/Members/nyc
Lori Hager is an assistant professor in the Arts and Administration Program at the University of Oregon. She teaches graduate courses and conducts research in the areas of arts education policy and practice, community youth arts, and community arts development. She coordinates co-curricular learning for undergraduate and graduate students in community arts and arts management, and as Associate Director of Community Arts for the Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, she founded and directs the eportfolio project, which focuses on student-centered assessment, digital documentation, and connecting curricular and co-curricular learning in the graduate curriculum. She is a founding member of UO’s ufolio group, which is part of the fifth cohort of the Inter/National Coalition of Electronic Portfolio Research (INCEPR).
ePortfolio California Summit Review webinar, October 27, 2010 (online)
Summit Notes and Presentations
ePortfolio California Summit 2010 materials, including meeting notes, presentations, and webinar archives, are now available to download at ePortfolioCA.org. For more information, or to join one of the work groups, please contact Patty Donohue at pdonohue@cvc.edu.
EPAC October 2010 Webcast: The Implementation of a University-Wide ePortfolio Program with Gail Ring, Clemson University, October 18, 2010
9 a.m. PT/10 a.m. MT/11 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET
The archived Elluminate recording, Gail's power point slides, and chat transcript are available here.
Description
In this webinar Gail Ring will discuss the ePortfolio Program at Clemson University and the rationale behind its implementation. Currently in its fifth year, more than 12,000 students create and maintain ePortfolios containing evidence spanning the four years of their college careers. Drawing on her experiences at Clemson and elsewhere, she will discuss the challenges of implementing such an initiative focusing on the perceived tensions between the use of ePortfolios for learning and assessment. In addition, Gail will discuss the significant impact this Program has had on pedagogy, assessment, and university practice. Strategies related to increasing faculty and student buy-in will also be provided.
EPAC January 2010 Webcast: Telling the learning story: Students' authentic experiences used to assess learning with Virginia Tech University
Co-sponsored by Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning(AAEEBL) and EPAC
Thursday, January 14, 2010 10-11 a.m. PT/12 p.m.-1 p.m. CT/1-2 p.m. ET.
Link to archived webcast: http://shw.me/epac_1_14_09
Link to Virginia Tech slideset: 2010.01 EPAC VA Tech Slides.pdf
Description: For the past several years, Virginia Tech has been engaged in a campus-wide effort to explore and adopt ePortfolio technology in appropriate places in its curriculum. From a handful of interested faculty in 2007, the ePortfolio Initiatives Office has grown to be working with more than 60 different projects across seven colleges. A large part of our success, we think, is not to focus too much on the technology for ePortfolio deployment, but to focus instead on using the technology to encourage student learning and assessment of that learning. Though we have a variety of ePortfolio projects, we find that our most successful and vibrant projects are those that engage with authentic activities that use the students' creative voices to analyze experiences from their perspectives. In this way, assessment of that learning, by the student, the instructor, and the institution, is enhanced by including qualitative, individual pictures of each student's different experiences with the curriculum. In this webcast, several examples of these projects will be reviewed, including our next big focus: our first-year experiences. As part of its regional reaccreditation efforts, Virginia Tech is planning to focus on first-year experiences in order to enhance overall institutional quality and effectiveness by improving student learning. In order to facilitate synthetic, reflective learning across a variety of experiences, ePortfolios will be one among other tools used. In this session, we will discuss how and why we chose to use ePortfolios, and how they will assist us in assessing the elements of the AAC&U VALUE Rubrics.
Our presenters will be Marc Zaldivar, Director of the ePortfolio Initiatives, an office of the Learning Technologies Department at Virginia Tech, and his Assistant Director, Teggin Summers, both of who will discuss some of the student-centered activities used in our ePortfolio projects. Also from Learning Technologies is C. Edward Watson, Director of Professional Development and Strategic Initiatives, who will provide information about the history and future potentials of the ePortfolio Initiatives. Finally, from the Office of Academic Assessment, Kate McConnell will talk about our adoption of the AAC&U VALUE Metarubrics and our plans for assessment of the First-Year Experiences.
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