Student e-PortfoliosJoni tonn

E-portfolio?What do you think of when you hear

Products• Bedford/St. Martin’s• Chalk&Wire• Desire2Learn• Digication• eLumen• Epsilen• Foliotek• eFolioWorld• Seelio

• LiveText• NobleHour• Pathbrite• PebblePad• Rcampus• SchoolChapters• TaskStream• Mahara• Google

Overview of e-Portfolios• “a resource that enables the reflective an evaluated personal, social, academic and work-related multi-media content from which students can select material to present according to purpose.” (Raiker, 2009, p. 2)

• Data management software•Blackboard•Registrar tracking•demographics

• Academic platform•Classroom•Shared student resources• storage

• E-portfolio•Demonstration of learning

Terms

Overview of e-Portfolios

In Higher Education:• Cognitive skills• Job search• Familiar technology• Institutional goals

Platform

Blog

CV

Planning

Reflection

Access to

Audience

Overview of e-Portfolio System

Information collected for institution

• Assessment• Program

improvement

•Blog•CV•Planning•Reflection

• Assessment• Program

improvement

• Assessment• Program improvement

Relevance in Higher Education

ePortfolio Pedagogy•User Friendly

IntuitiveInstructor FeedbackTime for processing and developing

•Strategic, mission oriented•Continued improvement of edu.

If in the market…Know what you want:• Student portfolio or assessment?• Academic vs. co-curricular?• Institution vs student maintained?• Connected to other systems?•Systems already in place?

• Digication

• Noble hour: free• Livetext: $98-128• Folio Tek: 1yr=$40,

4yr=$112, 6yr=$125.

Cost benefit AnalysisIndividual (not institution connected)

• Noble HourOrganization: Free-$595/yr

• Ideal-logic (OSU)Unknown set cost

• Folio Tek- $$ to integrate with other systems. No charge.• Chalk&Wire- per user, no

other charges•$26-94• Linfield- 5,000x$22= $110,000

•Over 3,000 students, $15 each• OSU- 20,000x$15= $375,000

Cost benefit AnalysisInstitutional

Relationship to FERPA• Connecting to other systems

Banner• Protecting stored Data•Mandated public portfolios

Ethical? Geoff- CEO of Chalk&Wire- works with Lloyds of London, Canadian and New Zealand Schools, more restrictive laws than US.

Ideal-Logic- anything that goes into wire- super secret encrypted. Can break into physical server and will get nothing.

ADA IssuesScreen with DASResponsive to screen readersPictures readableContrast

Student/Employee Conduct Implications• Administered by pro staff• Conduct implications• Training for all

Classes focused on support

Impact on students new to the institution• Could draw students• Due notice necessary• Strong early training• New potential fee

Impact on Campus Climate

References• Batson, Trent. 2012). 12 Important Trends in the ePortfolio Industry

for education and for learning. Campus Technology. http://campustechnology

• Baxter Magolda, M. (2008). Three Elements of Self-Authorship. Journal of College Student Development, 49(4), 269–284. doi:10.1353/csd.0.0016

• Raiker, A. (2009). Transformational Learning and e-portfolios: A Pedagogy for Improving Student Experience and Achievement. International Journal of Learning, 16(8), 313–323.

• Worley, R. B. (2011). Eportfolios Examined: Tools for Exhibit and Evaluation. Business Communication Quarterly, 74(3), 330–332. doi:10.1177/1080569911414558

• http://studentdevelopmenttheory.wordpress.com/• Phone Interview: Geoff Irvine, CEO- chalk&wire• Phone Interview: Damien Faulkner, Ideal-Logic • http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2012/09/19/12-Important-

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