the promise of eportfolios
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The Promise of ePortfolios. Connecting Academic Achievement with California Workforce Development Kathleen Willbanks, Ruth Cox Friday, Aug. 9, 2008. Presenters. San Francisco State University (Academic Technology) Ruth Cox ( [email protected] ) CSU Center for Distributed Learning - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Promise of ePortfolios
Connecting Academic Achievement with California Workforce Development
Kathleen Willbanks, Ruth CoxFriday, Aug. 9, 2008
Presenters
• San Francisco State University (Academic Technology)
– Ruth Cox ([email protected])
• CSU Center for Distributed Learning– Kathleen Willbanks ([email protected])
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Who are you?
• Turning Point:• I work at a:• Career college • Community or Junior college (2 year)• Liberal arts college • Technical college • University college • Institutes of technology (and Polytechnics) • Private
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Nation’s largest, most diverse university system
450,000 students
1,800 degree programs
47,000 faculty and staff
23 campuses
$4.5 billion budget
The CSU
HumboldtChicoSonomaMaritime AcademySacramentoEast Bay
SanFrancisco
San JoseStanislaus
FresnoBakersfield
NorthridgePomona
San Marcos
MontereyBay
San DiegoFullertonSan Bernardino
Long Beach
San LuisObispo
Channel IslandsLos Angeles
Dominguez HillsChancellor’s Office
CSU’s Mission
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To provide California’s students with accessible, affordable higher education so they can successfully enter the workforce.
“Working for California”
The History of ePortfolios in the CSU
• Schools of Ed - State Requirements• Continued interest & Multi-campus
cooperation • Disciplines expand
– NCATE, ABET, AACSB• WASC Accreditation & Aggregation of
Assessment data• Workforce Development
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Reasons for ePortfolios
• Why should we use ePortfolios?• Reflection• Pedagogy• Accreditation• Workforce Development• Other
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Portfolios are not a new idea…
For years…• Universities have used
paper-based portfolios to assess student work
• Share work for accreditation/programreview
• As a valuable tool for career connections
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But today…
• In an ePortfolio we can collect, select, reflect, direct, build, and publish a wide range of digital artifacts using electronic technology as the container.
• ePortfolios can be shared worldwide.
http://rachelpoulain.sfsu.myefolio.com
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SF State Student Portfolios
ePortfolio.sfsu.edu
Regional Partnerships
• SF State • Humboldt
State • CSUMB• SJSU• K-12
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•CCSF•SMCCCD
–Cañada–Skyline–CSM
•De Anza•more comm.colleges in Monterey Bayand Humboldtareas
CSU Activities
• 2002 – 2003 Schools of Ed• 2003 – 2004 Report to the Deans, Vendor Review• 2005 – 2006 Vendor Research/CoP/f2f meetings• 2006 – 2007 MERLOT, Teaching Commons, National
Coalition for ePortfolio Research, Campus survey• 2007 – 2008 Build case studies, promising practices,
Campus survey, newsletter, advisory group
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CSU Activities
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http://eportfolio.edutools.info
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What products?
• If you have a product or are looking for one, let us know which one:
1. LiveText2. TaskStream3. eFolio4. Blackboard5. Angel6. Open Source7. Other
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http://eportfolio.merlot.org/
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Challenges •Engaging Partners and Funding
–Capacity connecting to campus activity–Archiving/maintaining ePortfolios–Connecting more directly with CA workforce development–Getting outside support for ePortfolio projects–Funding in the current economy
Holistic Look at ePortfolios
Film clip on ePortfolios: Voices of students, faculty, advisors & employers
Perspectives on Teaching, Learning and Working with ePortfolios
http://streaming.bcit.ca/TEK/ePortfolio.wmv (6 minutes)
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Take Away Menu
• In your handout:– 1. Alan’s graphic – 2. Defining ePortfolios & CDL graphic– 3. ePortfolio growth at SF State flow chart – 4. How to implement/challenges – 5. Partnership notes – 6. References to MERLOT
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