encouraging self regulated learning through electronic portfolios

Encouraging Self Regulated Learning Through Electronic Portfolios

Our Mission• To conduct solution-oriented

research on problems of academic failure and underachievement.

• To study the acquisition of foundational literacies and core academic competencies.

• To develop technology-enhanced learning environments.

• To focus on Quebec with a pan-Canadian and international outreach.

Our e-Portfolio Project• Multi-year, multi-disciplinary, collaborative,

international research and development project. 2000-present Team: educational psychologists, instructional designers,

designers/programmers, RECIT, ICT and ELA consultants, researchers, teachers, students

Quebec Users: LEARN; nine English school boards; nine French school boards; BJEC, Hebrew Academy, St. Georges, and The Study private schools; and two pre-service teacher education programs.

Beyond Quebec: Manitoba Education; Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine; six school districts in Alberta and one preservice teacher ed. program; four school districts in Portugal and U. of Lisbon; Rainbow District School Board (ON); school districts in the U.S. (Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia) and Australia, England, France, Spain, China.

The ePEARL Process• ePEARL is more than a multimedia container• ePEARL is more than a tool to showcase students’

work• ePEARL is a knowledge tool which scaffolds and

supports the process of self-regulated learning.

• What is self-regulation?Self-regulation refers to personal thoughts,

feelings, and actions that are planned, and then revised, to attain personal goals.

Self-regulation is a cyclical process because the feedback from prior performance is used to make adjustments during current efforts.

Self Regulation Learning (SRL)• Learners with high levels of self-regulation

Have good control over the attainment of their goals and seek mastery outcomes

Can focus on the process of how to acquire these skills and learning outcomes—meta-cognition

Have higher levels of self-efficacyHave higher levels of achievement

• SRL relates and prepares students for the ‘real world’

• SRL provides ownership over learning

• SRL creates lifelong learners

What are Effective Self-Regulation Processes?

• Web-based, bilingual electronic portfolio software that is both a learning (process) and presentation multimedia tool.

• Levels 1 - Early Elementary; Level 2 - Late elementary; Level 3 - Secondary

• Student, teacher, parent and administrator environments.

• It is available at no charge to schools.• Designed to encourage self-regulated

learners within student-centred classrooms

The Software

Levels 2 and 3: Home Page

Home page, cont’d

Personalize

Themes & Banners

The Artifacts Page

Adding a New Artifact

Viewing an Artifact

Viewing an Artifact

Viewing an Item in an Artifact

Viewing an Artifact, cont’d

Sharing and Collaborating

Parents

• View only modeNo editing

• Provide feedback on entire portfolio or on individual artifacts

Parental Feedback

Presenting Artifacts

Presentations Folder

Saving to CD

The Teacher Environment

Ability to view comments by date

by type

By entry

Send to printer

Teachers: PD & Support• Materials for both

students and teachers should address the how, when and why of goal setting, planning, monitoring and reflecting

• PD for teachers should include printed as well as online formats

• Using Grayling’s (2002) five key characteristics: Context specific; Useful; Obvious to invoke; Non-Intrusive; Easily Available

Support for Teachers

In-context Help

Support for Students

Embedded student support in all three levels;

Short video clips (2 min.) for help with: portfolio process, goal setting, reflection, and feedback.

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ABRACADABRA• Evidence-based, modular early literacy software

accessible via the web

• Currently used in:Two QC school boardsTwo Alberta school districts, one Ontario districtAustralia

• Pan-Canadian research project in Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec

• See http://doe.concordia.ca/cslp/ICT-ABRACADABRA.php

ISIS-21• Inquiry Strategies for the Information Society

in the 21st Century.

• Current funding - Inukshuk One year - $100kPrototype of Module 1 and 2 for late elementary

studentsTeam: CSLP, LEARN, EMSB, Manitoba EducationSee http://doe.concordia.ca/cslp/ICT-ISIS.php

• Future funding - $1.5 millionFour bilingual modules for teachers, students,

librarians and parents for grades 3-12.

DEFINE

BRAINSTORM

KEYWORDSCOMBINE KEYWORDS

START

RESOURCES

PLANPHASE

USE

REVIEW

SELECT

STRATEGIZE

SEARCHPHASE

ISIS 21 RESEARCH PROCESS

Next Steps

Find Out More….

• Visit our website: http://doe.concordia.ca/cslp

• Contact us: Phil Abrami, Director, CSLP

Abrami@education.concordia.ca

Anne Wade, Manager, CSLPwada@education.concordia.ca