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myMAPP®
Mapping Academic Performance through ePortfolios
Cultural Shift from Teaching to Learning through e-PortfoliosSteve BullockProfessor, Political Science Director, Center for ePortfolio Based Assessment (CeBA)University of Nebraska at Omaha
Matt MortonManager of Web Development and Enterprise ArchitectureUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha
Overview
An Introduction to the Tool
History
Institutional Culture Shift
Institutional Framework
Components
Architecture Plan
Progress
Questions
myMAPP/enterprise
myMAPP/college
myMAPP/department
myMAPP/faculty
myMAPP/student
myMAPP/staff
IR Data
myMAPP
History at UNO
Extensive use of portfolios in the College of Education
Movement to create a student e-portfolio system across the university
Charge by the CAO to digitize faculty Annual Review process
Decision to create a faculty portfolio system in advance of the student system
Institutional Culture Shift
Shift to AQIP track in HLC—more data driven
Faculty and administrators more focused on student learning
Increase in assessment initiatives
-Assessment coordinator and mentors
-Assessment grants
-Programs with professional accreditation
Institutional FrameworkStrong strategic planning process
The merging of Academic and Student Affairs—all institutional activities revolve around student learning
Support of upper administration as well as some enthusiastic faculty members and departments
Participation in the International Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (INCEPR) and the Center for ePortfolio Based Assessment (CeBA)
Reorganization of ITS to support processes
myMAPP/faculty
Implemented for 2006-2007 Annual Review
Departments created master category lists
Account of year’s activities shared by faculty with chairswho shared with deanswho shared with Vice Chancellor
Assessment of myMAPP/Faculty undertaken with valuable feedback
myMAPP/studentFocused on direct measures of student achievement
Tied directly to student learning outcomes
Will allow for assessment of assignments by faculty to be captured
Expected to be minimally invasive for faculty
Pilot to be run in spring of 2008 in two course sections
myMAPP/enterprisecontains data from the dept and college portfolios
way to integrate data that is live and in the data warehouse (historical)
consists of data warehouse reporting primarily
Semantic Architecture
• Rich taxonomy
• Allows for deep and easy classification
• Flexibility - can be adapted to other organizations
• Can be difficult to put in data - cognitive load
• working on this
InteroperabilitySemantic web services
Developed portfolio XML standard
• PML - Portfolio Markup Language
Description
Why another standard?
Differences with other standards
Lessons LearnedKnow academic processes (or at least begin to discover)
assessment, program review, etc.
Getting more input from faculty - UI improvements, taxonomy
Managing faculty resistance
Piloting with students - more cautious process (cognitive overload)