1. Digital Portfolio Supporting collaborative, customizable faculty development.

2. Facilitators Stephen Parsons Curriculum Consultant School of Applied Arts & New Media NSCC Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Manager Organizational Development xED Consulting

3. Key Objectives for Session  Present vision of how digital portfolio can support faculty development  Develop collaborative strategies for planning, implementing and evaluating digital portfolio  Provide expanded knowledge of tools and systems used in portfolio implementation  Identify topics and opportunities for further research

4. Agenda  Setting the Stage Survey and review  Digital Portfolio defined  Strategy & Integration Tools and Measures Demonstrations  Summary What next??  Questions

5. Setting the Stage Participant Survey  Terms & definitions  Level of integration  Purpose  Faculty Portfolio Processes Engagement Motivation

6. Defining Digital Portfolio  What is Digital Portfolio? A single record of learning for life A set of tools for collaboration on portfolio and portfolio research An electronic collection of work used to engage in new models of learning, guide career development, and support advisement and assessment

7. Defining Digital Portfolio  What is Digital Portfolio? Customizable multimedia tools for organizing and presenting professional and academic achievements A unified system that enables development, assessment, and presentation portfolios as well as the [web] 2.0 (social) concept. (Winvision)

8. Defining Digital Portfolio  Our assumptions Digital Portfolio as  integrated system  evolving field  process v. product  individualized learning support  social community  institutional support

9. Portfolio Integration  Learner / Owner Learning portfolio, articulation, individual creativity and ownership  Community Collaboration, standards, interoperability, portability, employment, recruiting, and selection  Institution Authentic assessment, program evaluation, teaching, learning, collaboration best practices OSPorfolio 2005

10. Digital Portfolio  Contemporary Directions Audience Diversity Convergence  HRMS, ERP, LMS/LCMS, Other Tools Lifelong & Lifewide  Stages and roles Strategic Integration  Alignment/ Accountability

11. Digital Portfolio Integration  Strategic Topics Technology Organization  Philosophy, goals Current portfolio practice Miscellaneous??

12. Rotational Thought-Builder  For each strategic topic, identify: How do you evaluate the readiness? What is the decision-making process? What are the current & future possibilities and hurdles?

13. Digital Portfolio References  References electronicportfolios.org winvision.nl microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.mspx innovait.ca/eportfolio xedconsulting.com osportfolio.org imsglobal.org

14. Next Steps  Research Topics?  Faculty Competencies?  Rubrics?

15. Thank You  Questions?  Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Consultant, Organizational Development xEd Consulting meotoole@xedconsulting.com 902-452-8456 meotoole@xedconsulting.com  Stephen Parsons Curriculum Consultant, NSCC stephen.parsons@nscc.ca 902-491-3506 stephen.parsons@nscc.ca