Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Portfolios as a Pathfinder Through the Forest Gail Luera, Ph.D. Tiffany Marra, Ph.D.

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Presentation Overview Proven implementation strategies, both technical and pedagogical, for portfolios at the program, college, and university level to help with four targets: 1)making students aware of what they should learn 2)capturing learning over time 3)establishing a sense of community 4)sharing models for new students as they begin their course of study Examples of these strategies in action at multiple institutions 2

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Context and Challenge at UMD CEHHS 3 College of Education, Health and Human Services (CEHHS) –Public University –Shared governance –Student population –Faculty/teacher scholar model –Changing landscape –Goals emerged from bottom-up model

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Target One Target One: Making Students Aware of What They Should Learn Portfolio structured around unit-wide outcomes: –Pedagogical knowledge –Content Knowledge –Caring-reflective practitioners 4

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Target Two 5 Target Two: Capturing Learning Over Time –Identify common touchpoints across the curriculum –Integrate into introductory, mid level, and capstone courses –Acknowledge and validate learning outside of the classroom as a component of professional development

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Example One 6

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Example Two 7

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Target Three 8 Target Three: Establishing A Sense of Community –Peer Review –Showcase at the end of the term –Community of support for bidirectional feedback Student teaching university supervisors Student teaching faculty Past instructors

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Rubric for Portfolio Review Used at beginning, middle and end of student teaching 9

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Target Four 10 Target Four: Sharing Models for New Students As They Begin Their Course of Study –Gallery of portfolios for new students to see examples of real student work and experiences in student teaching

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Example 11

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Moving Beyond CEHHS to Other Colleges 12 Engineering Blueprints Sociology Chemistry Health Policy Studies Academic Service Learning History Psychology

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Considerations for Implementing At Other Institutions 13 Tribeca Flashpoint Academy Purdue University Calumet Prairie View A & M Colorado Technical University University of Toledo

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Implementing At Your Institution 14 Discuss guiding questions: –What do you hope to enhance through the use of portfolios in your area of responsibility? –What learning outcomes do you hope to see students displaying on portfolio? –What do you hope to see in your gallery after one year?

Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 You’re Invited to Our Teaching & Learning Collaboratory Share a business card We will send you an invitation to an online community where we can continue to share best practices in teaching and learning 15

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Forum on Digital Learning & ePortfolios January 2015 Gail Luera Tiffany Marra 17 Contact Information