UW Oshkosh: ePortfolio adoption R. John Robertson, LTDC & Site Admin meeting,UW Whitewater, 8-9th October 2012

Overview

Organizational contextPilot models and questionsD2L, artifacts, assessment

Context of ePortfolios @ UWO

ePortfolios

What type of ePortfolio are we interested in?● admission● learning● professional assessment● employment

Others may follow

Communication lines

Learning Technologies working with:● USP Council● Provost's Office (Assistant VC for Curricular

Affairs and Student Academic Achievement)● Faculty Senate Committees (indirectly)

This presentation presents the issues, challenges, and efforts of all those involved

Pilot

This semesterCourses in Theatre, Health Education, Writing, Communications, and Computer ScienceSome courses part of USP, some notMixture of experience with ePortfoliosAbout 250 students

Emerging models

As ePortfolio use is [initially, currently] targeted at a program level we've identified two different models of participation, both of which we're exploring in the pilot.● Lite: the course produces an artifact and

reflection for the program ePortfolio● Full: using the ePortfolio inside the course

and the collection of artifacts as a process

Emerging questions

How to use D2LMeaningful artifacts and reflectionsTraining and supportAssessmentAlignment with LOs

D2L ePortfolio

D2L ePortfolio as student space & artifact storeeP Presentations-templates-themesAside: creativity and given 'academic' formatInvestigating alignment with key course structures

D2L ePortfolio

Working through options for:Placing the Dropbox?Rubrics and other Feedback?Reflections (formatting)Copying to ePortfolio - working out the workflow

D2L ePortfolio workflow

D2L ePortfolio

Storage aka: hurray for Utility/ System!aka: hurray for Kaltura!aka: erm web2.0 meets FERPA [= unknown?]

meaningful artifacts

discipline specificlearning objective/ outcome aligned

Questions:what to do with large classes and multiple choice quizzes?what to do with group projects?what to do with civic engagement?reflections?

support needs

Content management for studentsdigital literacy: description, ipr, media skills

AssessmentUsing rubrics/ feedbackrecording alignment with learning outcomes

Reflectiondeveloping good questionsarticulating disciplinary learning

supporting institutional assessment

what data do we have?what is useful?how do can we supply it to supporting institutional assessment processes?investigating competencies in D2L (circles rather than straight lines)