1. Meeting the demand for ePortfolio tools and services Gary M. Choban Nuventive Chief Technology Officer

2. Nuventive Mission - To provide institutions, faculty, and students with the tools and services they need to effectively examine, improve, and manage their life-long learning process.  ePortfolio – iWebfolio  Assessment – TracDat  Implementation Services

3. ePortfolios – Gaining momentum “ePortfolios seem to be getting traction. It is no longer an innovation on the fringe; it seems to be moving towards mainstream. We will be seeing more of ePortfolios in the broad and rising conversation on assessment.” - 2003 Campus Computing Survey

4. Eifel website says… “Technology has rejuvenated the concept of personal portfolios, which are now increasingly being seen as a powerful tool for personal development. The interest of a digital or electronic portfolio resides in its multiple dimensions: it is at the same time a tool for learning and a tool for assessment.”

5. ePortfolio uses Today  Assessment / Evaluation  Accreditation  Employment  Teaching and Learning Tool  Intellectual property management Future (Closer than we may think)  Admissions and Degree Planning  Non-traditional Transcript

6. Key ePortfolio drivers  Desire for student centric learning model  Secure intellectual property management  Transition from one learning level to another  More evidence needed by employers  Accreditation agencies

7. Key demands for vendors  Portability (Transition)  Single tool – multiple uses – Assessment – Self-Promotion  Services

8. ePortfolios are transitional SecondaryHigher Ed Workforce Authenticated Data Reviewing Constituency K-12 TranscriptCollege Transcript PSAT Scores SAT Scores Reference Letters Parents Admissions Employers Faculty Advisors Counselors Teachers Professors

9. What does this mean?  Need for standardization – IMS – ePortConsortium – Eifel - Europortfolio  Need for integration – Institution centric data – Authenticated 3 rd party data

10. Multiple uses  Demonstration of one’s competencies and abilities  Professional development and career planning  Knowledge management  Admissions  Others…

11. Services  Sharing the knowledge and uses of portfolios beyond a single institution - “ePortfolio efforts need coordination” – Eifel Website  Conduit for implementation strategies – Admissions – Competency review – Work force development – Career and education planning – Assessment and accreditation  Best Practices

12. Summary of our learning  To promote wide-spread use and portability there must be some form of standardization  ePortfolios should allow flexibility and creativity within a standard structure  ePortfolios should allow lifelong assets to be maintained once  A portfolio owner should be able to dynamically share portfolios with multiple constituents inside and outside an institution  ePortfolios must be easy to review and extract data

13. Thank You! Questions and Discussion Gary M. Choban gchoban@nuventive.com