1. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator. Institutional Electronic Portfolios MERLOT International Conference 2007 Lori Schroeder Office of the Chancellor – Academic Innovations Minnesota State Colleges and Universities lori.schroeder@so.mnscu.edu Copyright © 2007 All rights reserved. eFolio Minnesota is a registered trademark. It is a product of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities in partnership with the state education and workforce organizations.

2. Slide 2 Session Goals By the end of this session, attendees will be able to: Understand eFolio features & software capability Know how Minnesota State Colleges and Universities uses electronic portfolios (e.g., eFolio Minnesota) to support institutional programs, projects, teaching and learning, and accreditation purposes Identify ways to use electronic portfolios in your work or at your institution

3. Slide 3 eFolio Minnesota & eFolio World Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) sponsors and manages eFolio Minnesota and eFolio World, a unique electronic portfolio infrastructure system that affords institutions and individuals the opportunity to create, maintain, and publish a unique Web-based portfolio. ADA compliant (public side) Multi-lingual capability (Babel Fish)

4. Slide 4 eFolio Minnesota & eFolio World First: All Minnesota residents –Students –Faculty –Workforce/Career Second: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities institutions Third: Non-Minnesota and privates (e.g., Capella University) (through licensing)

5. Slide 5 What is an Institutional eFolio? An institution’s electronic file cabinet

6. Slide 6 Institutional Electronic Portfolios Showcase institutional effectiveness by providing a pathway for past, present, and future information. An efficient tool to present an electronic snapshot on the academic and operational happenings of an institution.

7. Slide 7 Institutional Electronic Portfolios: Evidence of Effectiveness Designed to showcase an institution in a new way: Linking Learning, Improvement Processes & Measurement/Accountability A vehicle to display information, documentation, and resources for program or institutional accreditation purposes

8. Slide 8 The electronic filing cabinet (your eFolio) contains…… …file folders (what eFolio calls “items”). Each item may contain….. Images Audio Documents: Word, PowerPoint, etc Video … a variety of artifacts. Electronic Portfolios May Contain

9. Slide 9 eFolio Software Offers Many Features Feedback Reflection Surveying Online form Password Protection

10. Slide 10 eFolio Minnesota Software Offers user-friendly software that enables the electronic portfolio developer to: customize the site to showcase one’s unique institutional culture foster accountability to internal and external stakeholders document materials and resources for accreditation or for other communication purposes AND… Word processing software Software DemonstrationSoftware Demonstration

11. Slide 11 Institutional Electronic Portfolio Project Institutional Electronic Portfolios Resource CenterResource Center and Gallery of Sites Systems Electronic Portfolio TemplateTemplate MnSCU Transfer Resource CenterResource Center Center for Teaching and Learning Tutorials Tutorials

12. Slide 12 Institutional Electronic Portfolios & You In what way could you use this type of electronic portfolio in your work as an educator? For your program or discipline? For institutional purposes?

13. Slide 13 Institutional Electronic Portfolios Institutional Electronic Portfolio Project http://www.portfolio.project.mnscu.edu Thank you for attending this session! Direct questions about eFolio to: Paul Wasko: paul.wasko@so.mnscu.edupaul.wasko@so.mnscu.edu Lynette Olson: lynette.olson@so.mnscu.edulynette.olson@so.mnscu.edu