ePortfolio – an update

Stephen ParsonsCurriculum ConsultantSchool of Applied Arts & New MediaNSCCFebruary 2006

Student Success | Accessibility | Service | Respect | Collaboration | Diversity | Innovation | Public Accountability

ePortfolio

What is ePortfolio? Depends a great deal on who you ask…

LIFIA One digital record of learning for life

SAKAI A set of tools for collaboration on portfolio and

portfolio research National Coalition on ePortfolio Research

Digital portfolios that foster established and newly recognized forms of learning

ePortfolio

What is ePortfolio? Depends a great deal on who you ask…

TaskStream Customizable multimedia tools for organizing

and presenting professional and academic achievements

ePortfolio.org An electronic collection of work that can be

used to engage in new models of learning, guide career development, and support advisement and assessment

ePortfolio What is ePortfolio?

Depends a great deal on who you ask… IMS Global Consortium

A collection of digital artifacts, evidence and resources organized and presented within a framework that supports standards for interoperability and portability

OSPortfolio An organized collection of one or more portfolio

pages which are intended to be published and shared with others

ePortfolio History

Collection of artifacts digitized for storage and portability (FlopFolio)

Interactive multimedia presentation of learning (FolioDVD)

Interactive repository of digital documents (WebFolio)

Dynamic Learning Experience for Reflection and Assessment (ePortfolio Communities)

ePortfolio Contemporary Directions

Audience Diversity PLA, Registrars, HRSDC, HR professionals,

consultants, software developers Convergence

HRMS, ERP, LMS/LCMS, eLearning Product Development – standards!

Open Source vs Proprietary ePortfolio Environments vs Digital Portfolios ePortfolio Communities

ePortfolio

Examples Angela Byron (Webfolio)

www.webchick.net Helen Barrett (MultiFolio)

www.taskstream.com/ts/barrett5/portfolio.html

Stephen Parsons (Dynamic Webfolios) http:/www.innovait.ca/eportfolio

ePortfolio Players

Institutions University of

Minnesota Duluth University of

Delaware CSU Monterey Bay Virginia Tech University of

Indiana University of

Michigan Stanford University

MIT George Mason

University University of

Washington DePaul University Syracuse University Portland State

University University of

Amsterdam

ePortfolio Players

OSPortfolio.org Open Source Community for ePortfolio

The Sakai Project Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE)

rSmart Group Carnegie Mellon Foundation IMS Global

Fostering Standards for Interoperability and Portability Learning Innovations Forum pour l’Innovation

d’Apprentissage (LIFIA) Eurofolio, Pan-Am conferences and MOUs

OSPortfolio OSPortfolio.org

A community of interest and practice in ePortfolio tools based on open source (OS) standards

An open source product and process being developed by a growing OS community supporting portfolio activities by providing an environment to collect and reflect on work, and to design and publish portfolio presentations

OSPortfolio (April 2003)

CSU Monterey Bay1. Usability & Customization2. Assessment & Accreditation3. Integration & Interfaces4. Scholarship of Teaching & Learning5. Templates6. Portability

OSPortfolio (Fall 2005) Learners

Learning portfolio, articulation, individual creativity and ownership

Institutions Authentic assessment,

program evaluation, teaching, learning, collaboration best practices

Community Collaboration,

standards, interoperability, portability, employment, recruiting, and selection

OSPortfolio (Fall 2005)Usability Assessment Integration Scholarship T/L Templates Portability

Learner Learning PortfolioCreativityOwnership

Learning PortfolioIndividual ArticulationOutcomes

CreativityOutcomes

Learning PortfolioIndividual ArticulationOutcomes

Learning PortfolioCreativity

Learning PortfolioOwnership

Institution Best Practice OutcomesAccreditationLearningCollaboration

OutcomesBest PracticePortability

OutcomesAccreditationLearningTeachingCollaboration

Best Practice AccreditationTeachingPortability

Global Community

Employment Employment Best PracticePortabilityStandardsInteroperability

Standards Best PracticePortabilityStandardsInteroperableEmployment

ePortfolio @ NSCC Connection

Canada’s Portfolio College

Drivers Portfolio College, IT/Applied Arts and Business

Faculty, Schools, Technical Services

Definitions Digitally representing oneself through web, CD

and other digital presentation Converting the products of portfolio learning to

an electronic form

ePortfolio @ NSCC Examples

Websites CDs Multimedia Presentations

Activity Pan-Am MOU Conferences

LIFIA Pan-Am (Vancouver, Montreal 2004) CAPLA Gateways

Innovations P2P Contracting Data driven apps SharePoint My Site

ePortfolio @ NSCC

Grading the effort Ad-hoc electronic portfolio development Strategic focus on academic systems Resources & capacity Technical awareness Presence Implementation

ePortfolio @ NSCC Regaining the Position

Get in the Game! Applied Research Pilot for OSPortfolio

Use what you got Leverage LIFIA Portfolio Course/ AET

Grow the Capacity Vancouver Pan-Am Promote Awareness Publish or perish? Academic Research

ePortfolio @ NSCC

References Stephen.Parsons@nscc.ca, 902/491-3506 Dr. Helen Barrett

www.electronicportfolios.org LIFIA www.lifia.ca CAPLA www.capla.ca OSPortfolio www.osportfolio.org IMS Global Learning Consortium

www.imsglobal.org

Thank You!

Next Steps www.lifia.ca www.agilecurriculum.org

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