What is an ePortfolio?

ePortfolios are electronic websites that contain artifacts and reflection.

Definition

∗ An ePortfolio is a personal website that:∗ Communicates and showcases skills, experiences, and

learning∗ Contains diverse artifacts – documents and media∗ Contextualizes those artifacts for potential employers or

graduate schools

What is an ePortfolio?

ePortfolios are NOT:

Blogs Social networking Resumes

What are ePortfolios?

electronic

reflectionartifacts

LinkedIn

Paperportfolios

Blogs

ePortfolios

Source: W. Garrison, July 2013

Artifacts

∗ Documents and media∗ Act as evidence

Artifacts

Artifacts

Reflection

∗ Provide context∗ Make connections∗ Explain significance∗ Apply knowledge

Source: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0

∗ What skills, experiences and knowledge would you like to showcase?

∗ Why include this experience? What did you learn or gain?

∗ What document or media best represents this experience?

Reflection: Artifacts

∗WHAT?

∗ SO WHAT?

∗NOW WHAT?

Reflection

Why should students create one?

Personal Experience

Learning Experience

Source: UGA OCCS, CC BY 2.0

Professional Experience

∗ Oral communication (85%)∗ Teamwork (83%)∗ Written communication (82%)∗ Critical thinking (81%)∗ Problem solving (70%)

Employer Priorities

Source: AAC&U, January 2015

E-Portfolio Project:You will take the exercises done in class and the two other major projects and create an e-portfolio with the anticipation of using it for a job search or entry into graduate school. The e-portfolio will include an “all about me” section, a professional resume, and a summary of your volunteer experience including personal reflections on how it will make you a better professional.

HDFS 2030 – Professional Development and Ethics

Technology

WIX WEEBLY

WORDPRESS GOOGLESITES

Ethical Issues

Ethical Issues

Ethical Issues

∗ Overall Experience

∗ Article Summary and Reflection

∗ Child Portfolios

HDFS 3460 – Effective Guidance for Young Children

Stair/Step Climbing: As we walk upstairs to put things away in dramatic play, I noticed Sofie could walk up the stairs one foot after the other and could carry a bucket.

After Sofie traced a plastic snake onto her paper, she asked how to spell snake. I then sounded out the word and asked her what it sounds like, she then spelled snake the way she thought it was spelled using the letters she heard.

HDFS 3930 – Service Learning

∗ Weekly readings and reflections

∗ Self Evaluations

HDFS 3470 – Learning Experiences for Young Children

∗ Six Learning Activities

∗ Three Days of Head Teaching

∗ Self Video Critique

HDFS 4920 -Internship

Grading Rubric

∗ Educate faculty

∗ Road map for students

∗ 75% of faculty have a syllabus statement

∗ 63% of faculty have modified an existing assignment or created a new assignment

Building Across Curriculum

Syllabus Statement

The HDFS department supports the Auburn University ePortfolio initiative. As a result, HDFS majors are required to develop an ePortfolio that identifies their professional goals and incorporates examples of learning, classwork and/or experience that demonstrates progression toward those goals. You are encouraged to consider how your experience in this class relates to your professional goals and how your work in the course might be included in your ePortfolio. Assignments from this course that may be useful to incorporate into your ePortfolio include X, Y, and Z. For more information about ePortfolios see http://wp.auburn.edu/writing/eportfolio-project/

QUESTIONS???