global leader in packaging education updated april 16, 2012 the packaging science eportfolio

Global leader in packaging education

UpdatedApril 16, 2012

The Packaging ScienceePortfolio

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Discussion outline

What is an ePortfolio?GenEd ePortfolioPackaging Science ePortfolio

What? Why? When?

ReflectionsEmphasis areas and minorsWhat you should do

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What is an ePortfolio?

ePortfolio= electronic portfolio= digital portfolio Collection of electronic evidence Assembled and managed by a user May include:

Text (documents) Electronic files Images

Multimedia Blog entries Hyperlinks

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What is an ePortfolio?

Demonstration of user’s abilitiesPlatform for user expressionMaintained dynamically over timeVarying degrees of accessMultiple purposes for same

ePortfolioMore formal setting than Facebook

or Twitter

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ePortfolio benefits

Encourage independent and autonomous thinking

Take charge of your learningDemonstrate your proficiencyReflect on what you’ve learnedReflect on plans for building and

improving in the futureDevelop critical thinkingDevelop writing and multimedia skills

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GenEd ePortfolio

Required by Clemson from all undergraduates

Submitted in senior yearMust be approved prior to

graduationEvidence of GenEd competencieshttp://www.clemson.edu/academics/

programs/eportfolio/index.html

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Packaging Science ePortfolio

What is it? Collection of examples of your work

from each core Packaging Science course

Reflections on your courses and on key events and decisions

Updated resume Images and multimedia materials

documenting your UG years Hyperlink to your GenEd ePortfolio Anything else you want to include

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Packaging Science ePortfolio

Why? Encourage critical thinking

• Your coursework• Your UG experiences• Your decisions

Collect evidence for the faculty • Document achievement of learning

outcomes Document your UG experience Basis for a career ePortfolio

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Packaging Science ePortfolio

When? Start NOW Submit in your last UG semester

(PKGSC 403)

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Reflection

Active, conscious process

Make sense of an experience Examine it Explore it in

greater depth Not just live it

Learn through experience

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PKGSC ePortfolio content

AutobiographyReflection: my Clemson experienceReflection: business ethicsReflection: co-op and/or work

experienceReflection: choosing your majorReflection: choosing your

minor/emphasis area

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PKGSC ePortfolio content (continued)

Updated professional resumeAt least one artifact from each

required core Packaging Science course and a reflection on the artifact content

Reflection on each CI course (or sequence)

Hyperlink to complete GenEd ePortfolio

Still or video images/audio files

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PKGSC ePortfolio content (continued)

Course artifacts Suggested or required artifacts are

specified in each PKGSC core curriculum course syllabus

Course reflections Reflect on the artifact If you like, reflect on any part or all of

the course

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What should you do?

Familiarize yourself with Google Sites Google.com, click more, click Sites https://docs.google.com/a/g.clemson.e

du/file/d/0B-8zr68OP1G4Y2Y0YzZlNTUtNTdlMi00OGFhLWJkMGMtN2Y1OGYwZWQ2MzFj/edit?hl=en&pli=1

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What should you do?

Start collecting artifacts for both your GenEd and PKGSC ePortfolios NOW and every future semester

Write first drafts of appropriate documents and reflections for PKGSC ePortfolio

BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER OFTEN External hard drive Cloud site U-drive (lose access after graduation)

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Assistance or additional information:

Dr. KimmelPoole 232656-6534kimmel@clemson.edu