e-portfolios for learning

Chrissi Nerantzi and Neil Currant,Academic Developers, University of Salford

Twitter @pgcap

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

• Illustrate and examine the e-portfolio for learning approach used within the LTHE module of the PGCAP Programme

• Discuss the benefits and challenges of e-portfolios within Academic Development

• Identify and explore opportunities for e-portfolio based learning and assessment within PgCert programmes, CPD and PDP

What

e-portfolios

• different types of e-portfolios• institutional• learner-owned• social media

• from institutional tools to personal tools > preferences

• Personal Learning Environments (PLE) and Personal Learning Networks (PLN)

Why use e-portfolios?

Benefits

challenges

e-portfolios...

• develop autonomous learners (Donnelly 2003)

• capture learning, reflections, store and share assessment tasks with tutors and peers, and connect (Kear 2011) with each other.

• experiment in a safe environment and within a learning community (Wenger 1998)

How

context

• module: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

• supported development through reflection• blended feedback conversations• model alternative assessment approaches• e-portfolio assessed• systems PebblePad (institutional pilot) and

Wordpress (social media) - cohort 2

first findings

I found it rather difficult to gain feedback and

thought for the most part time

was wasted trying to use an un-user-friendly

interface.

Found the pebble pad

portfolio quite clumsy to use

and not particularly

intuitive

I found this difficult and 'clunky' to use- not a natural process for me, in fact I suspect I didn't upload material to it properly, if at all. Id assumed I could add content in the form of word documents which wasn’t the case, and I found it difficult to

navigate around the site and to see/check if id added information (it goes into a window- like this one- where you

cant see the whole thing in one go).

Really enjoyed using the portfolio especially as I could personalise it . I

strongly want to / need to use wordpress for the next module of

PGCAP

I liked the media rich potential of using an e-

portfolio. It was relatively easy to navigate around

Wordpress and really useful to dip in and out to reflect on the work I had submitted. Tutor

and peer feedback was also a feature I liked, it really helped me gain

impartial viewpoints of my work through peer

feedback.

using social media as an e-portfolio• user-friendly technology• increased engagement and motivation• personalisation• more experimentation• media-rich reflection and artefacts• ownership• access anytime, anywhere• deeper reflection and learning• peer learning• increased dialogue and conversation about learning• valued the use of e-portfolios and consider to use with own students• accessing tutor e-portfolio seen as useful • interest in continuing using e-portfolio (beyond the programme)

further analysis is needed

Now what

explore ‘n’ discuss• Explore in small groups more uses of e-portfolios for

PgCertCPDPDPHEA/SEDA portfolios? Associate/Members etc. NTF?

• Discuss

Next steps

cohort 3 patchwork e-portfolio

participants pick the e-portfolio system they want to use

e-portfolio becomes part of their PLEpublic and accessible to the whole

cohort / some private (self-, peer and tutor assessed)

use for our accredited CPD Framework to gain FHEA, SFHEA

References

Donnelly, R. 2003. Integrating the Use of Teaching Portfolios with Experiential Learning in a Postgraduate Certificate for Academic Staff in Third Level Learning and Teaching. In: Teacher Development, Volume 7, Number 2, 245-264.

Kear, K. 2011 Online and social networking communities. A best practice guide for educators, open & flexible learning series, Oxon: Routledge.

Wenger, E. 1998. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

e-portfolios for learningChrissi Nerantzi and Neil Currant,

Academic Developers, University of Salfordc.nerantzi@salford.ac.uk, n.currant@salford.ac.uk

Twitter @pgcap, @chrissinerantzi, @ncurrant

to print out

I found it rather difficult to gain feedback and

thought for the most part time

was wasted trying to use an un-user-friendly

interface.

Found the pebble pad

portfolio quite clumsy to use

and not particularly

intuitive

I found this difficult and 'clunky' to use- not a natural process for me, in fact I suspect I didn't upload material to it properly, if at all. Id assumed I could add content in the form of word documents which wasn’t the case, and I found it difficult to

navigate around the site and to see/check if id added information (it goes into a window- like this one- where you

cant see the whole thing in one go).

I found it rather difficult to gain feedback and

thought for the most part time

was wasted trying to use an un-user-friendly

interface.

Found the pebble pad

portfolio quite clumsy to use

and not particularly

intuitive

I found this difficult and 'clunky' to use- not a natural process for me, in fact I suspect I didn't upload material to it properly, if at all. Id assumed I could add content in the form of word documents which wasn’t the case, and I found it difficult to

navigate around the site and to see/check if id added information (it goes into a window- like this one- where you

cant see the whole thing in one go).

Really enjoyed using the portfolio especially as I could personalise it . I

strongly want to / need to use wordpress for the next module of

PGCAP

I liked the media rich potential of using an e-

portfolio. It was relatively easy to navigate around

Wordpress and really useful to dip in and out to reflect on the work I had submitted. Tutor

and peer feedback was also a feature I liked, it really helped me gain

impartial viewpoints of my work through peer

feedback.

Really enjoyed using the portfolio especially as I could personalise it . I

strongly want to / need to use wordpress for the next module of

PGCAP

I liked the media rich potential of using an e-

portfolio. It was relatively easy to navigate around

Wordpress and really useful to dip in and out to reflect on the work I had submitted. Tutor

and peer feedback was also a feature I liked, it really helped me gain

impartial viewpoints of my work through peer

feedback.