10 Steps: A framework for developing eportfolios in your school

Pre-Conference Workshop ULearn11

Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership

Nick Rate nick.rate@core-ed.org http://nickrate.com

The plan...

10:00am Introductions10 Steps Framework & discussion/activities

12:30pm Lunch

1:15pm ePortfolios in practice:•Jamin Leitze - Bethlehem College•Janette Hoggard & Sandy McFadyen - Magpie ICTPD Cluster•Karen Mills - iTeam Tauranga ICTPD Cluster•Jess Hall - Kimi Ora Special School

3:00pm Afternoon tea

3:15pm Focus group discussionsYour questions

4:30pm? Finish

Introductions

Pair up with somebody in the room you don’t know.

Find out:

•Where do they teach/lead?

•What experience to date do they have with eportfolios?

•What is one question regarding eportfolios they want

answered today?

You will quickly introduce your buddy and share their questions with the group.

Please enter you questions here:

http://tinyurl.com/eportfolios2011

Step 1: Research

• understand the pedagogy

• read the literature

• talk to the experts

• view eportfolios

• best practice visits

• network with practitioners

...working with parents and caregivers as

key partners who have unique knowledge of their children and countless

opportunities to advance their children’s

learning.

The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://flickr.com/photos/todbaker

The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Students learn as they engage in

shared activities and

conversations with other people...

...all students should develop strategies

for self-monitoring and

collaborative evaluation of their performance in relation to suitable

criteria.The New Zealand Curriculumhttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bz3rk/

Schools should explore not only how

ICT can supplement traditional ways of

teaching but also how it can open up new

and different ways of learning.

The New Zealand Curriculum

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Developing students’ assessment capabilities

Michael Absolum, Evaluation Associates Ltd, Auckland

Lester Flockton, University of Otago

John Hattie, University of Auckland

Rosemary Hipkins, New Zealand Council for Educational Research

Ian Reid, Learning Media Ltd http://assessment.tki.org.nz/

Directions for Assessment in New Zealand

...young people should be educated in ways

that support them to assume control of

their own learning and that they can only do this if they develop the

capability to assess their own learning.http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Directions for Assessment in New Zealand

...assessment’s primary function is to support

learning by generating feedback

that students can act upon in terms of where they are going, how they are going, and where they might go next.

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Directions for Assessment in New Zealand

Parents and the wider school community will also need to get better at

understanding assessment

information and interpreting it in

ways that support learning...

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

http://www.cognitioninstitute.org

Student Led Conferences: How effective are they...?

Effective reporting systems will be ones where

‘student voice’ is an integral part of the reporting process.

http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/SpecialEducation/SuccessForAll.aspx

Success for All – Every School, Every Child

Confident schools have positive relationships with, and are supported

by, specialist service providers and other agencies.

http://www.nzei.org.nz/

Digital Portfolios for Teachers

...a mechanism for both collecting evidence of

thinking and action and as a means of stimulating and supporting further

professional development

through group discussion and

critique.

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/

Registered Teacher Criteria

Evidence of professional practice that

meets the criteria will need to be

provided to the teachers’ professional leaders...

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz

Teacher Professional Learning and Development

Teachers also need to develop the self-regulatory skills that will enable

them to monitor and reflect on the

effectiveness of changes they make to their practice.

...evidence from research and from

their own past practice and that of

colleagues to plan teaching and learning opportunities...

The New Zealand Curriculum

http://acce.edu.au/journal/24/1/engaging-boys-through-self-reflection-using-online-journaling-tool

http://acce.edu.au/journal/24/1/engaging-boys-through-self-reflection-using-online-journaling-tool

...significant student

engagement with self-reflection can potentially be made

through the use of online journaling tools.

Helen Barrett, 2011

...we can best use mobile devices in the

Workspace portfolio, to capture learning and reflect contemporaneously (in the middle of the learning process)...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/

http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online-presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/

If you don’t have an online presence, you won’t appear to be

relevant and you will be passed over for more savvy applicants that have

visibility.

http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online-presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/

http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/groupcms/view/114323/

Innovative, authentic, deep learning as

part of an evidence-based cycle of

critical reflection and review is facilitated by appropriate

technologies.

http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/groupcms/view/114323/

What...• pedagogical beliefs• research• trends

...have/will shaped your eportfolio pedagogy?

Step 2: Define

Clearly define your:

• purpose

• vision and beliefs

• audience

• alignment with broader school vision and

beliefs

• benefits

http://edtalks.org/video/eportfolios-just-good-old-fashioned-sharing

“An e-portfolio is an electronic format

for learners to record their work,

their achievements and their

goals, to reflect on their

learning, and to share and be

supported in this.”

Banks, 2004

“...ideas of what an e-portfolio 'is' are complex and to an extent the

definition and purpose will vary

depending on the perspective from which a particular person is approaching the concept...”

JISC ePortfolio Infokithttp://www.flickr.com/photos/darthdowney/

http://www.ian.fox.co.nz/

TheShowcaseePortfolio

TheAccountability

ePortfolio

TheProcess

ePortfolio

www.flickr.com/photos/96dpi

Process ePortfolio: Supports students towards achieving their learning goals.

www.flickr.com/photos/viernesthttp://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Showcase ePortfolio: Celebrates learning outcomes & shows the highest level of achievement.http://www.flickr.com/photos/an_untrained_eye

Accountability ePortfolio: Documents learning for achievement of specific outcomes or standards.http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/

http://edtalks.org/video/ten-trends-episode-3-personalisation

Ian Fox 2008

The power of ‘student voice’ should not be underestimated. To hear students

reflecting on their own work, in their own voice, with their own intonations and expressions, conveys meaning in a manner that

is simply not possible in written form.

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

The benefits...

...the social networking potential of the learning landscape and eportfolio-

related tools are features that facilitate

and enhance the making of

connections and the linking together

of people, ideas, resources and

learning...Tosh et al., 2006

“...it is the quality, not just the

quantity, of feedback that merits our closest attention.”

Sadler, 1998http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

“...supporting the general process of reflection, self-evaluation and action

planning for lifelong learning...”MOSEP 2007

“...students can literally carry their

eportfolio around with them and update

it at any time in any place.”

MOSEP, 2007

http://edtalks.org/video/eportfolios

How do you define eportfolios?

What is the purpose of your eportfolios?

What type of eportfolios are yours?

What are the key benefits you will aim to utilise?

Step 3: Consult

Seek input from all stakeholders:

• students

• teachers

• school leadership

• curriculum leaders, HODs

• parents

• BoT

• providers

Staff

BOTSchool

Management/Leadership

Parents

ePortfolios

Expertise

Students

Shaping your ePortfolio beliefs

What was/will be your consultation process?

Step 4: Framework

• an ongoing process for eportfolio

construction

• reinforces purpose and beliefs

• aligned to a pedagogical approach

• relationship to formal processes e.g.

reports, achievement, appraisal,

registration...

“...to define e-Portfolios as a process, rather than just a product or a technological system.

Attwell, 2007

Burke, Fogarty & Belgrade (1994)

CollectSelectReflectProject

Project purpose

Collect & organise

Select learning

Interject personality

Reflect metacognitively

Inspect to self-assess

Perfect & evaluate

Connect & conference

Inject/Eject personality

Respect accomplishments

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Processes

Exemplars, creating LI, SC, matrices/rubrics

Learning artifact

embedded in portfolio

Feed back, feed forward & reflection/self

assessment

Students working towards new goals in their learning

Celebrating success and achievement

Feed back, feed forward & reflection/self

assessment

1st draft of writing

story board

brainstorm

teachers

peers

self

family

Learning artifact

embedded in portfolio

“finished” example

2nd draft

video

ePortfolio Learning Cycle

Nick Rate: ePortfolios and Assessment for Learning (2008)

Exemplars, creating LI, SC, matrices/rubrics

Students working towards new goals in their learning

Learning artifact

embedded in portfolio

Feed back, feed forward & reflection/self

assessment

Nick Rate: ePortfolios and Assessment for Learning (2008)

ePortfolio Learning Cycle in Practice

ePortfolio Professional Learning Framework

BES Teacher Professional Learning and Development

ePortfolio

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ePortfolio

ePortfolio

ePortfolio

ePortfolio

ePortfolio

Registered Teacher Criteria

Appraisal

Appraisal

Registered Teacher Criteria

Registered Teacher Criteria

Appraisal

Appraisal Registered Teacher Criteria

Appraisal

Registered Teacher Criteria

ePortfolio Professional Learning Network

Moderation Mentoring

Expertise

Sharing

Networking

Dialogue

Evidence

What is/will be the framework or process behind your eportfolio implementation?

Step 5: Criteria

• clarifying the capability required in the

eportfolio tool

What capability do you need to make this happen?

MOE: Digital Portfolios - Guidelines for Beginners

Jamin Lietz: http://lietze.org/?p=130

http://nickrate.com/2008/05/26/eportfolio-criteria/

If you were starting over again, what would your criteria be for choosing an eportfolio tool?

What are you non-negotiables, the top 5 must haves?

Step 6: Tool

The dimensions...

The Dedicated

The Managed

The Blogged

The Mashed

The Saved

The Integrated

http://nickrate.com/2010/12/13/dimensions-and-dashboards/

What process did you or will you use to select your tool?

Step 7: Educate

Students, teachers, parents, mentors,

coaches:

• pedagogy

• giving effective feedback

• setting goals

• reflecting and self-assessing

• technical how to’s

What support have/will you give your:• teachers• students• parents

...in reflecting, self-assessing, providing quality feedback, setting goals, being part of a critical friend relationship..?

Step 8: Implement

• seamlessly integrated into teaching and

learning

• high access to hardware/internet tools

• targeted teaching of reflecting/feedback

• maintaining a balance between creating/

reflection/uploading

• timelines: staggered vs. all at once

Step 9: Update

• digital literacy, internet use policies and

user agreements

• reporting and assessment guidelines and

procedures

• appraisal and teacher registration process

Step 10: Review

• what have you done?

• what progress have you made?

• what are your key lessons?

• what are you next steps?

The 10 step plan of attack...

Research read the literature, talk to experts, view eportfolios, best practice visits

Define clarify and align your purpose, vision, beliefs, audience

Consult with your students, teachers, leadership teams and parents

Framework a process linking the pedagogy/andragogy to the eportfolio

Criteria list the functionality required for your eportfolio tool

Tool trial, observe, question, rate and select the best tool or tools

Educate training in use of new technologies, giving feedback and change

Implement roll out the system to intended group of students and/or teachers

Update assessment & digital literacy policies, guidelines & agreements, appraisal

Review identify progress, key lessons and next steps

Step 11: Infrastructure

• access to tools & hardware

• increased bandwidth

• aligned to long term strategic purchasing

Should an eportfolio include all aspects of a student’s life and learning?

www.flickr.com/photos/pasq

What happens when a student leaves school? Transfers? Moves to a new class?

www.flickr.com/photos/bigtallguy

Who owns the eportfolio?

www.flickr.com/photos/sveinhal

Are your eportfolios open to the world?

www.flickr.com/photos/willfuller

Are your parents and teachers ready? Is the principal?

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Do your current policies cater for eportfolios and use of Web 2.0 tools?

Will your eportfolios play a role in reporting achievement against the National Standards?

Is one eportfolio system enough or should you use a mash-up of tools?

www.flickr.com/photos/diathesis

Is it important for eportfolios in your school to have a consistent look and feel?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobalt/

www.flickr.com/photos/raigverd/

Should your school expect the teachers to have a reflective eportfolio just as the students do?

http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/

Should students and teachers use the same tool for their eportfolios?

Follow the discussions in the MLE Reference Group: http://groups.google.com/group/mle-reference-group/

Read MOE ePortfolio Guidelines: http://goo.gl/dbBR8

Watch the videos: http://edtalks.org/tag-keyword/eportfolios

Ian Fox: http://www.foxedu.co.nz

Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.org/

Follow Jamin Lietze’s Journey: http://lietze.org/

Join the ePortfolio group in the VLN: http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/groups/29034/eportfolios/

Twitter: #eportfolios

Where to next?