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ePortfolios for
PDP
An overview of student and
staff perceptions across subject areas
Federica Oradini and Gunter Saunders
Online Learning Development
Background
• Blackboard been used for 5 years• 13 study skills type modules across UG levels• ~2000 students and 25 staff involved • All experiencing ePortfolios for the first time• All portfolios were assessed
Year 3 SABE Student
PDP and ePortfolioTraditional Portfolio processes include:
• Collecting• Selecting• Reflecting• Celebrating
Bb portfolio’s advantages
Shared = show others
Comment = peer review, tutor’s feedback
Portable= take it away end of course
Website format = can be updated
Adding tech. allows enhancement through:
• Archiving• Linking• Storytelling• Collaborating• Publishing
ePortfolios across subjectsModule name Year Percentage of
Module MarkSubmission
MethodN. Students
(2098)
N. Tutors
Work Placement in a Legal Setting 2 100%
Assignment function
64 2
Studying In Higher Education1 50%
Assignment function
345 9
Perspectives of Computer Science 1 40% Sharing 256 8
Developing Your Professional Future 2 100% CD 196 5
Employability and Work Placement 2 100% CD + Paper 17 2
Cross-Cultural Work Placement 3 100% CD + Paper 17 2
The ICT Practitioner1 40%
Assignment function
122 2
Introduction to the Built Environment 1 50% CD 123 5
Research Methods 2 30% CD 22 2
Research Methods 2 30% CD 40 2
Personal Development 3 100% CD 72 2
Interpersonal Skills for Business 1 15% Sharing 413 11
Interpersonal Skills for Business 1 15% Sharing 411 11
Common contentWelcome Welcome statement
Short paragraph – learning points
About Me Personal introduction, career aspiration
Self Assess Learning Style assessment, skills matrix, swot and swain
Career Management Skills
Develop self-awareness in the context of career decision making
Educational and Career Goals
Reflection on education goals
Action Plan Based on self-assessment, reflection and action points
Evidence Selected pieces of coursework to demonstrate competencies
CV Electronic version of CV
Contact Me Email info
Supporting the students
Lecture
Workshop 1 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab)
Workshop 2 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Workshop 4 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab)
Workshop 3 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab)
Online support:
screenshots +
instructions
Narrated video
guides
The students
• From 7 subject areas
• Majority IT literate - 75% said were confident with prior skills
• Most work at home 63%, at university 37%
• Generally positive about their e-portfolio.
Opportunity to think more/reflect
Recognise/understand their achievements
Plan for future career or understand job opportunities/career path better
Determining strengths and weaknesses
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10
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40
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60
70
80
1 2 3
Year of study
% Y
es
Interesting?
waste of time?
Used more widely?
Variation in views across years
In Year 1 30% cited value with regard to employment compared to 60% in year 3
Students – the net generation?• 66% used images 5% audio 5% video
Reasons for not using multimedia:
• Lack of confidence in the value of using multimedia for assessment
• Lack of IT skills• Prior learning experiences
How do you prefer expressing/recording ideas or thoughts
% preferred
Text 72
Drawings/graphs/tables 20
Audio 1
Video 7
Students – one size fits all?
Do you prefer expressing yourself in electronic format?
• 60% computing students • 36% social science
Should ePortfolio be used more widely?
• 70% computing students• 26% social science
Clearly not !ePortfolio assessment must suit the
students tasks and skills to be developed
Year 1, Social Science student
• Hard to create an ePortfolio?
• Benefits?
• PDP useful?
• Overall thoughts
ePortfolio examples in BB/Web
And…..
ePortfolio narrated video, year 3 student
Tutors
ePortfolios useful to the course? - 100% Yes
Helps monitoring of progress
Formative and summative feedback
Easier submission for students
Students found ePortfolio interesting and motivating
The tutor can view and scroll work quickly
Save paper work/handouts
Reduced paper to carry
Accessible from anywhere
It provided templates to scaffold students progress
Saved time when collecting work
Develop students IT skills
Enabled students to be more creative
Helped identify struggling students for additional support
AssessmentSubmission • On a CD 30%• Assignments function 60%• Shared in Blackboard 10%
Feedback • 40% via email• 10% through BB• 10% handwritten on sheets• 20% face to face • 20% did not say
91% Marked on screen 9% on paper
40% found on screen was challenging, tiring and time consuming
Blog/Wiki
Set up by the tutor Visible/accessible from day one
Tutors comments on individual pages
Easier to see
Tutors can see modifications
Student actions
RSS subscription
Monitor easily student updates
No submission is required
Tutor set deadlines
ePortfolio
Rely on students sharing their ePortfolio
Comment area is separate, students can delete comments
No alert mechanism
Cannot monitor modification
No alerts when the students modify the ePortfolio
Cannot freeze an ePortfolio
Can submit as zipped files Unzipping is not easy
Very careful re-design is necessary
Evidencing for ePortfolio is not as straightforward !!!
Overall conclusions• Students need encouragement to take advantage of
multimedia and its use must be valued and rewarded (e.g. gain marks)
• Must tailor activities and assessment to students and learning outcomes
• Flexibility allows students to take ownership• 1 size does not easily fit al• Some staff and students need a lot of support• Both staff and students need more time to
understand/appreciate all of the potential benefit• Technical failures can mean pedagogic disasters