1. Creating a Digital Learning Portfolio SI August, 2015
Liv Musel-Staloch, Mankato ABE

2. Outline of Presentation:
What does the research say about online learning?
Tips to facilitate learning in an online environment
Suggestions to design learning activities with standards in mind
Different types of online platforms
Hands-on review of a sample electronic portfolio
Take home technology tips to upload content
Resources for further research

3. Have you tried creating an electronic portfolio before?

4. What does the Research Say?
“43 percent of students feel unprepared to use technology as they look ahead to higher education or their work life.”
“Technology can equip students to independently organize their learning process. So, instead of being passive recipients of information, students using technology become active users.”
(Moeller & Reitzes, 2011)

5. Think-Pair-Share:
What are some benefits of using technology with basic skills instruction?

6. Benefits of Integrating Technology:
See Handout
Engaged
Empowered
Better prepared
Desirable skills
Independence
Less vulnerable
Responsible parents
More personal attention
Accommodations
Flexibility

7. Best Practices for Online Learning
Share very clear expectations on:
how you will communicate
how much time students should be working on the course each week
Plan to model--A LOT
Empower students to access technology
Incorporate group work and team students to scaffold skills
Use a variety of large group, small group, and individual work activities
Focus on content resources that are easily accessed from learner's computers
Help students create content related to their goals and needs for purposeful, relevant engagement
Provide many ways to reflect and critically think about material

8. Samples of online portfolios
What online classroom platforms are you familiar with?
Google Docs
Google Classroom
Moodle
Edmodo
D2L

9. Steps to Creating a Portfolio:
Figure out what platform is best for your class needs
Determine what standards your course will cover/measure
Identify and create course units
Chunk out when you can accomplish which standards
Set up syllabus based on testing dates & school calendar
Design curriculum ahead of time or as you go
Get organized--get folders and files going ASAP

10. My Classroom Context: Advanced ESL Learners Pre-Diploma
CASAS 221+
Transition to ABE
Coursework is F2F and electronic
Pre-Diploma
CASAS or TABE
Coursework is all electronic
Need basic skills development
Technology skills
Study and self-management skills

11. Contents of Portfolio See Handout Planners/Graphic Organizers
Standards
Assignments
Project Documents
Resources

12. Technology Take-Out Tips
See Handout
Don’t feel like you have to do everything at once!
Pick a platform that suits your learners and class
Use help topics
Find resources/research on teaching adults online
Open-source options (MERLOT; Khan Academy, OER Commons)

13. Bibliography Learning with Computers: The Theory Behind the Practice
Cromley, Jennifer G, Focus on Basics, Volume 4, Issue C.
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, December 2000.
Integrating Technology with Student-Centered Learning
Moeller, Babette & Reitzes, Tim. Nellie Mae Education Foundation, July 2011.
Connected Teaching and Personalized Learning: Implications of the National Education Technology Plan
Russell, Michael & Lippincott, Joan & Getman, Joan. American Institutes for Research, May 31, 2013.

14. Liv Musel-Staloch lmusel1@isd77.k12.mn.us