2. ePortfolio @ LaGuardia: A Learning Project January 2007

3. Goals for LaGuardia Students Build Student Engagement: more reflective, self- motivated learners Link Classroom & Lived Experience eResume for Career & Transfer Bridge the Digital Divide: nurture a new generation of digital authors

4. Faculty & College Goals Richer understanding of learning and teaching Improve advisement & career guidance Help program review use more nuanced data than standardized tests Deeper insight into the meaning of our student diversity

5. Students Working on ePortfolio

6. Where Do Students Do ePortfolio? More than 100 faculty integrate ePortfolio into their courses Broad Range of Courses: ESL, New Student Seminar, History, Business, Mathematics, English, New Media, Nursing, Chemistry, Human Communication, Engineering, etc. Selected Courses attach an “ePortfolio Studio Hour:” one hour/week, in the Studio, with a special ePortfolio tutor

7. LaGuardia’s ePortfolio Programs 2006-7 QuikStartESL PilotFY Academy Fundamentals of Prof Adv. (Co-op) ePortfolio in the Professions ePortfolio Leadership Colloquium Designed for Learning Writing in the Disciplines Critical Thinking. Difficult Dialogues New Faculty Colloquium Quantum Leap Carnegie Seminar (Faculty Course Portfolios.) Student Tech Mentors

8. ePortfolio System My Collections Student’s Individual Storage Area Assessment Folders Program Review Teams ePortfolios Presentations Student Controlled

10. Documentation & Evidence Formative feedback, students & faculty Faculty classroom assignments document faculty innovation w/ ePortfolio pedagogy CCSSE & ACT Opinion Survey: engagement & satisfaction Course pass rates, retention

11. Engagement & Critical Thinking How much has your coursework emphasized synthesizing & organizing ideas, information, or experiences in new ways? 1 = Very Little, 2 = Some, 3= Quite a Bit, 4 = Very Much

12. Engagement & Critical Thinking How much has your coursework emphasized synthesizing & organizing ideas, information, or experiences in new ways? 1 = Very Little, 2 = Some, 3= Quite a Bit, 4 = Very Much

13. Engagement & Writing How much has your experience in this course contributed to your knowledge, skills, and personal development in writing clearly and effectively? (CCSSE) 1= Very Little, 2 = Some, 3 = Quite a Bit, 4 = Very Much

14. Engagement & Collaboration How much has your experience in this course contributed to your knowledge, skills, and personal development in working effectively with others? 1= Very Little, 2 = Some, 3 = Quite a Bit, 4 = Very Much

15. ePortfolio & Student Success

16. Faculty & Department Initiative Programs adopt ePortfolio graduation requirement (Fine Arts, Human Services, New Media) AMS Dept. pilots ePortfolio in Program Review; ELA Dept. in preparation phase Physical Therapy prepares to use ePortfolio in prof’l program certification Coop Dept. expands FPA course, ePortfolio central; runs 30 sections in Fall ’06 Education Students to use ePortfolios in transfer to Queens College (ELA & Co-op collaboration)

17. A Broader Impact Cited in 2005 & 2006 CCSSE Reports as exemplary Intentional Engagement Strategy Articles in Fall ‘05 Peer Review, Spring ‘06 In Transit, and October ‘06 Chronicle of Higher Education Best practice spotlight in major composition textbook, Keyes for Writers, by Ann Raimes Founding Member, National Coalition for ePortfolio Research & Carnegie Foundation’s national Integrative Learning Project Four CUNY colleges launching ePortfolio Major component in MetLife Foundation Award for Community College Excellence

18. Thank You ePortfolio Website: http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/