THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA UBC Campus-Wide E-Portfolios: Community Building and Pilot Projects Power of EPortfolios as Enterprise Systems and Community Builders. Karen Belfer, ePortfolio Coordinator, Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) Maureen Kent, Director of the Learning Centre, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Project Description  Provide UBC students, faculty and staff with a persistent, online, integrated framework where they store digital artifacts, add reflections, demonstrate their competency with particular subject material and transferable skills, invite commentary and assessment, and selectively publish components online.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Projects: Context High School Grad School Faculty Position Courses Degree Program Professional Degree Program Science AGSC Pharmacy TAG Education Professional Career** Student Services

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Projects: Science Context: Course Creator: Student Purpose/Development: Self-assessment, Building the curriculum Purpose/Evaluation: Demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes Purpose/Presentation: Showcasing achievement

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Projects: AGSC Context: Course Creator: Student Purpose/Development: Self-assessment, Advising, Documenting professional development, Building the curriculum Purpose/Evaluation:Demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes Purpose/Presentation:Showcasing achievement

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Projects: Education Context: 1 yr Program Creator: Student Teachers Purpose/Development: Self-assessment, Documenting learning over time, Documenting professional development, Building the curriculum. Purpose/Evaluation: Demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes Purpose/Presentation: Showcasing achievement

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Projects: Pharmacy Context: 4 yr Program Creator: Student Purpose/Development: Self-assessment, Advising, Documenting learning over time, Documenting professional development, Building the curriculum Purpose/Evaluation: Demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes Purpose/Presentation: Showcasing achievement

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Projects: TAG Context: Independent Creator: Faculty Purpose/Development: Self-assessment, Documenting learning over time, Documenting professional development, Building the curriculum, Adding to the knowledge base of the disciplines (scholarship of teaching and learning). Purpose/Evaluation: Promotion and tenure, Work performance review Purpose/Presentation: Showcasing achievement

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Project Goals  To support the educational goals of five e-Portfolio pilot projects undertaken in Agricultural Sciences, Education, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science, and TAG.  To develop the process workflow and online environment for creating e-Portfolios.  To create a UBC e-Portfolio Community of Practice that provides an avenue for needs analysis, scholarly dialogue, information exchange, and peer support related to e- portfolio design and use.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pedagogy  Facilitating Institutional Goals  Benefits of “folio thinking”  Instructional Design  Learning Theories  Authentic Assessment  Project Evaluation

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pedagogy: Institutional Goals  UBC’s Trek 2000 learning environment strategies –Develop learner-centred undergraduate curricula –Provide co-op, internship, work placement and mentoring programs. –Fully integrate information technology with instruction in all areas. –Ensure that faculty members and staff are appropriately prepared to function effectively in a learner-centred environment. –Lifelong learning: Develop alternative ways of delivering credit and non-credit programs to students Create new programs that address the life-long learning needs Expand our continuing higher education programs at the graduate level and in professional upgrading

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pedagogy: Folio Thinking Used with Permission

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Planning Instructional Problems Instructional Problems Learner Characteristics Learner Characteristics Instructional Objectives Instructional Objectives Content Sequencing Content Sequencing Development of Instruction Development of Instruction Instructional Strategies Instructional Strategies Designing the Message Designing the Message Task Analysis Task Analysis Evaluation Instruments Evaluation Instruments Revision Formative evaluation Project Management Support Services Confirmative Evaluation Summative Evaluation Implementation (Morrison, Kemp & Ross 2003)

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pedagogy: Learning Theories  Social Construction  Motivation theories: Task Expectancy Value Model (Eccles, et al, 2002). –Utility Value –Intrinsic value –Attainment Value –Cost

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pedagogy: Authentic Assessment  Fenwick & Parson, 2001: –Ongoing –Communicated –Variety of methods –Comprehensive –Valid Reliable

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pedagogy: Project Evaluation  Formative  Summative

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Technology  We were looking for a product that allowed us to… –store different type of artifacts (multimedia capability). –add reflections –provide selective access to individuals or the public –invite feedback –give control to the user –integrate with UBC systems –security

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Community of Practice  To build knowledge of e-portfolio use within UBC and its broader community, through collaboration, experimentation, and sharing. –Community websiteCommunity website –Workshops- training- conferences –Share resources –Share knowledge

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC “ It was the commitment of the faculty members and students that made this project a big success.” Karen Belfer

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Career Development Internship Course  Supervised technical work experience  Workshops on soft skills communication team building professional ethics

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Faculty “New Learning Ecosystems”  Interdisciplinary, PBL  Includes “learning for life” components: Life and career skills Mentoring and tri-mentoring Experiential learning E-portfolios

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Goals of E-Portfolio Adoption  To better facilitate students’ reflection and self-direction  To make evident interdisciplinary knowledge, life skills and behavioral competencies

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC E-Portfolio Application in the Course Two portfolios: 1.Reflective journal entries and reports 2.Final reflective essay on their learning with supporting artifacts

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Instructor Feedback  Supportive and enthusiastic  Powerful tool  Will continue to use “The most rewarding experience I’ve ever had as an instructor” Lynne Potter-Lord

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Student Feedback Strongly agree AgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly disagree Enjoyed participating 74 Found e-portfolio a good tool 641 Useful in integrating coursework with experience 146 Will keep updating my e- portfolio 38 Found iWebfolio software easy to use 74

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Student Feedback “ The journal reflection really helps you understand who you are as a person and, for me, I think one of the more beneficial things of this course in large part is reflection.” “One of the things I liked about e-portfolios best, is that we can actually go back and look over everything see our growth. I did notice a lot of growth in myself from my first to my last journal.” “I like how you can categorize the different portfolios for the different audiences, having the journal, the one page reports, images and other things… that can be easily categorized.”

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Lessons Learned  It takes a lot of time to plan and get going  Lots of training and support are needed initially  Need customizing guidelines  Need to overcome some data management issues  Need to carefully integrate implementation with a CMS  Development of appropriate assessment rubrics critical

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Pilot Project: AGSC Future goals Implement e-portfolio use Faculty-wide, starting in the introductory Faculty course, fall Need:  To apply lessons learned from this pilot and others  Clear goals and expectations for students and faculty  Excellent communication and support for buy-in  On-going evaluation and refinement.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Lessons Learned  Importance of a Sound Pedagogical Approach –Cohesive development- delivery –Increase interest in e-portfolios –Document growth over time –Increase awareness

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Lessons Learned  Importance of Good Instructional Technology –Application supports pedagogical values Collection-reflection-evaluation-selection-presentation Owner control Ease of use Feedback- social construction – Application not mature – More training – More integration with WebCT

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Lessons Learned

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Lessons Learned “I like having the journals together with the feedback; being able to look at the journals, look at the feedback, and add the reflections that you want based on that.” AGSC student.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Lessons Learned  Community –Commitment –Interest –Motivated –… beginning stages

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Future Plans High School Grad School Faculty Position Courses Degree Program Professional Degree Program Science AGSC Pharmacy TAG Education Professional Career** Student Services MET Staff Career Services Health Sciences

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA References  Read more about the project.. e-Strategy news letter/ August & January 13-eportfolio.html E-Learning site

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Contact Information  Karen Belfer, ePortfolio Coordinator, Office of Learning Technologies (OLT), University of British Columbia  Maureen Kent, Director, Learning Centre, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia  Rodney Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA  Questions