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Howard WachOffice of Instructional Technology

Jordi Getman-ErasoHonors Program

15thAnnual Sloan-C InternationalConference on Online Learning

October 30, 2009

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For students, an online context for:

Learning:

Interdisciplinarity, making connections across

curricula Self-reflection, meta-cognition

Ownership:

Expressions of identity, aspiration, and achievement

Understanding ones online audience Community 2.0:

Comments, tagging, categories

Overcoming the commuter campus divide: Student

clubs, project work, online

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ePortfolios can provide the architecture

of assessment: An online archive of student work to be

evaluated across time

An organizational setting for standards, rubrics,

articulated objectives for

Externally accredited programs

Internally measured programs

Institution-wide curricula (General Education)

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Participation in the LaGuardia ePortfolioSeminar, 2007-2008

Determining a curricular strategy: Honors Program (cross-disciplinary, Gen Ed) Education Department(assessment) Digital Arts (portfolio-based, strong technology skills)

Selecting a Platform. Our Criteria: Ease of use Education focus Per student cost Support costs

Our choice: Digication

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Selecting Faculty. Our criteria: Technology friendly

Course integration

1 year commitment Release time

Support Structure. Our criteria:

Cost effectiveness Software compatibility

Space efficiencyePortfolio labs

ePortfolio tutors

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IT integration. Our needs:

Programming:

Login procedure

Student database BCC Website landing page

IT help desk coordination

Funding. Our reality: Slow track: Student technology fee

Fast track: Title V grant

http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/eportfoliohttp://www.bcc.cuny.edu/eportfolio

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Faculty Development Introductory meetinglate Fall 2008 ePortfolio account activation

Course development guidelines

January 2009 coordination meeting Hands on software training

Learning objectives and ePortfolio integration

Assessment objectivesGeneral Education, program

specific accreditation

Course Scheduling Coordination Office of the Registrar

Honors courses and the cancellation challenge

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Activating Student Accounts

ITRoster transfer activation

ePortfolio Administrator control

Tweaking technological/registration shortfalls

Challenge of late registration

Going live! February 1, 2009

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Student Training

1 hour introductory sessions

Scheduling with faculty

Lab scheduling coordinated with IT Sessions led by Howard and/or Jordi

ePortfolio tutors available for in class sessions

Course/technology specific training

ePortfolio Lab

Finding a space!

Maximize tutor availability/minimize frustration

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Student Variations:

The Transferrring Student (Clara Fernandez)

The Job-seeking Student (Audrey Rodriguez)

The Self-Reflective Student (Jerry Naeem)

Faculty Variations:

Course management (Graphic Design)

Portfolio assignments (History Outside theTextbook), and resources (E-Herodotus)

Scholarship/Professional Identity

Assessment

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ePortfolio Student Showcase Faculty, student and administration participation Best ePortfolio competition/prizes

Student Focus Groups Themes: competition, aspiration, academic focus (the

Honors effect?) Lesson LearnedRemain student focused

Survey said (n=51) Platform use: 78% very easy or fairly easy Personal value themes: self-awareness, audience. Academic use: 51% said e-p was often integrated;

43% said it helped me learn.

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Expand Pilot Program Honors ProgramIncorporate all program

faculty

Education DepartmentNCATE Standards

Art DepartmentAssessment

NewASAP Program, General Education

Fast v. Slow expansionbenefits and drawbacks

Expand Support Structure ePortfolio tutorsexpanded schedule

Online supportwebsite, online tools

Close collaboration with Digication

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The importance of integration: relationshipbetween the syllabus and the e-portfolio

Sustaining continuity for students andfaculty

Assessment puzzles: necessity vs. simplicity

The 2.0 challenge

And finally, keep the student at the center:

remember the power of aspiration