MSU e-portfolio beta test project Jim Green Academic Computing and Network Services June 20, 2006
What it is Hands-on testing and research to better understand how e-portfolios can benefit MSU Collaborative prototyping of MSU-specific e-portfolio tools and templates Toward a production LC&T centrally- supported e-portfolio system targeted for Fall, 2007.
Who’s doing it Under the auspices of ANGEL Advisory Group Joint ACNS-VUDAT-Libraries-AIS development team Jim Green, ACNS, project leader
Recent accomplishments OSP (Open Source Portfolio, selectedhttp://osportfolio.org Testbed implementation up and running since late April. Project team working on setup, configuration, integration Recruit faculty and grad students to participate and provide feedback
OSP Open source software not mature Built on Sakai (open source CMS) framework MSU will implement portfolio functions only ANGEL will continue to be MSU’s centrally- supported CMS for the foreseeable future
basic e-portfolio Person-centric rather than course-centric system will not include course enrollment data Will persist after the person leaves MSU User owns her/his portfolios and artifacts there is debate on this User controls access to their portfolios
Requirements Overview
basic OSP My Workspace Resources tool WebDAV CIGs = common interest groups shared portfolio space supports coordinator, reviewer, evaluator roles long-lived – i.e., not courses examples: undergrad, art majors
OSP portfolio functions Learning matrix supports custom scaffolding Portfolio templates also supports custom scaffolding Free form portfolio design Comments and reflection may be implemented in any of the functions
OSP portfolio tools Forms – XML/XSLT Wizards -- XHTML Styles -- CSS Layouts -- XHTML Templates – XSL (XML stylesheet)
OSP config issues Tools User interface design choices ANGEL coordination CIGs roles who can create Guest users
Help Imagine how students will use the system step-by-step actions Develop scenarios/use cases of system use Play in the sandbox provide feedback on functionality and usability Participate in matrix, portfolio template design prototyping Participate in beta testing
Timeline – current projection sandbox, prototyping – Summer, 2006 limited beta – Fall, 2006 expanded beta and scale-up – Spring, 2006 full production – Fall, 2007
Further information Jim Green, Coordinator, Academic Systems Academic Computing and Network Svcs. PowerPoint and handout: