LOA Meeting

featuring

Student E-Portfolios

October 27, 2004                                Olona 115                               3:15pm-4:45pm

 

Present:  Tanya Renner, ÔIwalani Tasaka, Steve Singer, Nani Azman, Satoru Shinagawa, Karl Naito, Jan Fried, Judi Kirkpatrick, Jill Abbott, Gail, Eric Denton, Bob Franco, Leon Richards, John Rand, Kelli Goya, Gail Harada, Frank Noji, Estelle Ogawa

 

á      Resource for e-portfolio and The Kalamazoo e-portfolio

url will be coming shortly from Steve Singer

á      Creates resources for assessing portfolios in k-12 and university settings

á      Provide courses, online tutorials, and workshops on e-portfolios

á      Examples of portfolios show

á      Personal and academic growth

á      How course work is connected to the students learning outcomes

á      Portfolios can be very graphic or have a simple format

á      Students begin their portfolios from the beginning of their college experience

á      Portfolio follow a framework created by the institution

á      Portfolio instructions are offered to students

 

á      OPSI Open Source Portfolio Initiative

á      Manage and develop e-portfolios

á      Offer support to a community of e-portfolio users

 

á      Other information on e-portfolios

á      eportfolio.org offers a place to share with e-portfolio users

á      Helen Barret- has a lot discussing her exploration of e-portfolio software.

á      An incredible amount of information on e-portfolios is available online. Find it!

 

á      Jan Fried on her experience with e-portfolios

á      In the portfolio students collect all the work throughout the program

á      The portfolio shows a collection of the students work directed at a targeted audience, for example, a prospective employer.

á      Video was used in the e-portfolios

á      It was found that websites were a better medium than CDÕs or DVDÕs for holding students work because of the accessibility to websites

á      E-portfolios show that students have met their course exit competencies

 

á      Karl Naito on his experience with E-portfolios

á      The campus should take initiative for e-portfolios

á      E-portfolios demonstrate the skills and knowledge a student has gained

á      It creates something for prospective employers to view

 

 

á      JudiÕs  experience with e-portfolios

á      Has students create e-portfolios on webct

á      Offers two levels of privacy

á      Maintains an archive of student portfolios to use as examples in her classes

á      Believe it would be a good option to have a tutorial

á      Would like to have e-portfolios on UH site, as they are not permanent on webct

 

á      Group thought and ideas on e-portfolios

á      Title III can help students with less experience through e-portfolios

á      Title III addresses native Hawaiians, what about non-native Hawaiian students?

á      Could we provide a mini course on developing and e-portfolio?

á      E-portfolios should be available for all students. However we could start with a target group of students and then make it available for everyone

á      We could create our own guideline for e-portfolios

á      E-portfolios could be created out of UH  accounts

á      Could UH site licenses be provided to the students?

á      Assignments can be created to fit into e-portfolio catagories

á      Learning outcomes have already been defined by KCC (see catalogue) General education outcomes should be demonstrated through e-portfolios. EX. Evidence of critical thinking and written communication in ENG 100

á      The student work in e-portfolios should demonstrate general education outcomes.

á      The students should be responsible (vs. instructors) to show they are meeting general education outcomes.

á      When a paper is submitted students should be required to reflect on how it meets general education outcomes. In fact, learning comes from a student being able to connect what they have done to a desired outcome.

á      Could e-portfolios be created representing different departments? (ie. Holomua, Nursing, Liberal Arts)

á      Could e-portfolios be used in capture point class sequences (ie. ENG 22, ENG 100, ENG WI)?

á      Who will be responsible for ensuring students maintain their e-portfolios?

á      Counselors could play an important role in this

á      Could create a number of 4 unit courses that turn required courses into e-portfolio courses

á      There could be a summer institute on e-portfolios

á      Course sequences, such as asian studies, could incorporate the use of an e-portfolios

á      E-portfolios could be started in foundation courses

á      Could we create a standardized portfolio method for all students?

á      A one credit course could be created

á      A tutorial could be created for non traditional students to teach the computer skills they would need to create e-portfolios

á      International students usually follow a set three year program, this could be a good target group for initiating e-books.

á      In other institutions faculty members were been assigned to a cluster of students.

á      Faculty would have had access to the portfolios of their designated clusters

á      Help students to address what general education outcomes they need to work on

á      We could place portfolios into www2 site

á      Questions of space

á      Students need computer skills to know how to create these sites

á      Could provide tools or use programs like html or dreamweaver

 

á      Students in developmental courses

á      This could be an ideal area to initiate an e-portfolio

á      Holomua has its own set of learning outcomes to help students reach the 100 level

á      Written portfolios for ENG 22 are already required

á      E-portfolios could further enhance the portfolio requirement

 

Malama Hawaii

á      Malama Hawaii is working on creating an e-portfolio prototype.

á      The portfolio allows students to show their work

á      It provides a place for self-assessment and reflection

á      The portfolio is based on a format that links student work with Hawaiian values

á      Gives flexibility to the students to show how their coursework applies to Hawaiian values

á      Malama Hawaii worked with an outside developer to create this program

á      All the portfolios are linked to the Malama Hawaii website

á      Each portfolio is password protected allowing students to select who has access to their information.

 

á      What incentive will be offered to students who create an e-portfolio?

á      E-portfolios offer evidence of learning achievements to employers and universities

á      It could be worked into the general education outcomes

á      Become part of the information and technology requirements

á      Weaved into a capstone course

 

á      Follow up meeting in December

á      1st Wednesday in December

á      LOA Meeting, 1/2 for e-Portfolio

á      Keep in mind, what kind of learning outcome do you need in an e-portfolio?