Global leader in packaging education Updated April 16, 2012 The Packaging Science ePortfolio

Global leader in packaging education Discussion outline  What is an ePortfolio?  GenEd ePortfolio  Packaging Science ePortfolio  What?  Why?  When?  Reflections  Emphasis areas and minors  What you should do

Global leader in packaging education What is an ePortfolio?  ePortfolio= electronic portfolio= digital portfolio  Collection of electronic evidence  Assembled and managed by a user  May include:  Text (documents)  Electronic files  Images  Multimedia  Blog entries  Hyperlinks

Global leader in packaging education What is an ePortfolio?  Demonstration of user’s abilities  Platform for user expression  Maintained dynamically over time  Varying degrees of access  Multiple purposes for same ePortfolio  More formal setting than Facebook or Twitter

Global leader in packaging education ePortfolio benefits  Encourage independent and autonomous thinking  Take charge of your learning  Demonstrate your proficiency  Reflect on what you’ve learned  Reflect on plans for building and improving in the future  Develop critical thinking  Develop writing and multimedia skills

Global leader in packaging education GenEd ePortfolio  Required by Clemson from all undergraduates  Submitted in senior year  Must be approved prior to graduation  Evidence of GenEd competencies  /programs/eportfolio/index.html /programs/eportfolio/index.html

Global leader in packaging education Packaging Science ePortfolio  What is it?  Collection of examples of your work from each core Packaging Science course  Reflections on your courses and on key events and decisions  Updated resume  Images and multimedia materials documenting your UG years  Hyperlink to your GenEd ePortfolio  Anything else you want to include

Global leader in packaging education Packaging Science ePortfolio  Why?  Encourage critical thinking Your coursework Your UG experiences Your decisions  Collect evidence for the faculty Document achievement of learning outcomes  Document your UG experience  Basis for a career ePortfolio

Global leader in packaging education Packaging Science ePortfolio  When?  Start NOW  Submit in your last UG semester (PKGSC 403)

Global leader in packaging education Reflection  Active, conscious process  Make sense of an experience  Examine it  Explore it in greater depth  Not just live it  Learn through experience

Global leader in packaging education PKGSC ePortfolio content  Autobiography  Reflection: my Clemson experience  Reflection: business ethics  Reflection: co-op and/or work experience  Reflection: choosing your major  Reflection: choosing your minor/emphasis area

Global leader in packaging education PKGSC ePortfolio content (continued)  Updated professional resume  At least one artifact from each required core Packaging Science course and a reflection on the artifact content  Reflection on each CI course (or sequence)  Hyperlink to complete GenEd ePortfolio  Still or video images/audio files

Global leader in packaging education PKGSC ePortfolio content (continued)  Course artifacts  Suggested or required artifacts are specified in each PKGSC core curriculum course syllabus  Course reflections  Reflect on the artifact  If you like, reflect on any part or all of the course

Global leader in packaging education What should you do?  Familiarize yourself with Google Sites  Google.com, click more, click Sites  edu/file/d/0B- 8zr68OP1G4Y2Y0YzZlNTUtNTdlMi00OG FhLWJkMGMtN2Y1OGYwZWQ2MzFj/edi t?hl=en&pli=1 edu/file/d/0B- 8zr68OP1G4Y2Y0YzZlNTUtNTdlMi00OG FhLWJkMGMtN2Y1OGYwZWQ2MzFj/edi t?hl=en&pli=1

Global leader in packaging education What should you do?  Start collecting artifacts for both your GenEd and PKGSC ePortfolios NOW and every future semester  Write first drafts of appropriate documents and reflections for PKGSC ePortfolio  BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER OFTEN  External hard drive  Cloud site  U-drive (lose access after graduation)

Global leader in packaging education  Assistance or additional information: Dr. Kimmel Poole