WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF E-PORTFOLIOS! Liesl Wuest Dept. of Culture & Communication Drexel University

What is an e-Portfolio?? An electronic collection of a variety of student work and documented experiences that demonstrate skills, knowledge and growth.

How is an e-Portfolio Used? Assessment Ongoing assessment/measurement of course, program or university learning outcomes Internal External Track student progress Follow students through a course or program Compare section to section Compare year to year

How is an e-Portfolio Used? Repository of Student Work Create a collection of all student work during a course or program Faculty and students have easy access to prior work to see progress and growth Documentation of all work completed Incorporate into program completion or graduation requirements

How is an e-Portfolio Used? Presentation of Student Work Students self-select work or “artifacts” from a course or program that highlights the skills and knowledge that demonstrates proficiency in that area Create a professional portfolio for employers and grad schools Final assessment for a course Create a capstone presentation to complete a program

How is an e-Portfolio Structured? Course Based: Helps faculty facilitate learning over the span of the course Can assess course-level outcomes Program Based: Helps faculty facilitate learning over the span of a program Helps students make connections between courses Can assess program goals for accreditation University-Wide: Can assess university goals over a 4-year span Helps students make cross-curricular connections Integrates all college experiences – academic and non-academic

Examples Clemson Auburn Michigan

Criminal Justice Program at Drexel

Writing Program at Drexel

LeBow College of Business at Drexel

Faculty Benefits Improved assessment Encourages a variety of assessments Demonstrates a skill in a variety of ways Helps get away from only MC testing and/or a single research assignment Encourages applied learning Increased reflection on learning Have time to focus on PURPOSE Documented examples of students meeting learning goals Good for program assessment Good for ongoing refinement of the course Measure/follow student progress

Student Benefits See the big picture of a class or program Helps bridge connections Increased reflection on learning Have time to “pause” Students have a resource that they can use to demonstrate skills to outside people: employers, grad schools Documented examples of mastered skills Demonstrates a variety of skills Gives autonomy: choice, voice, sharing, feedback

How to Develop an e-Portfolio Program 1. Define your goals 2. Get buy-in from key players Other faculty Department Chair Administrators Co-ops Study abroad 3. Careful and efficient planning (you don’t want to just talk about it for the next two years!) 4. Integrate it’s use into the curriculum 5. Build in regular portfolio reviews

Artifact Ideas Writing Samples Research paper, blog, short story, website, labs, essays, newspaper/magazine articles, reports, summaries, analysis Oral Presentations Recorded presentation, podcasts, interviews, speeches Projects Business plans, designs, music video, digital story, illustrations Experiences Documented/recorded using writing, images, movies Co-op, study abroad, field trips, extra-curricular, community outreach Research Papers, spreadsheets, graphs, charts, lab reports, publications

Development Support Department/College Instructional Designer or e- Portfolio program Portfolio Task Force Helps develop an e-portfolio program; goals, structure, implementation etc. Contact: Karen Nulton -

Creating your Template After creating your plan, sketch out your portfolio categories Tip: Look at existing e-portfolios to give you some ideas for structure What works? What doesn’t? Are they easy to navigate? Choose your platform iWebfolio – Drexel’s e-portfolio platform Build a Website Wix Google Sites Develop a Website using Dreamweaver or other web-publishing software

iWebfolio Supported by the IRT: Getting your students started: rials/ rials/ If you are using iWebfolio, work with your department’s template designer to create the template in iWebfolio Every department has a designated iWebfolio template builder Contact your department’s administrative assistant if you don’t know who your template builder is

Let’s Try! Think of a program or class that you could create a e- portfolio program for What do you want to capture? How are you going to use it? Who needs to be involved in the development? Do you need outside support? How will you tie it in to your program or class? What sort of artifacts do you want students to include? How will you organize it? Structure/template