1. Campus Strategies forePortfolio Diffusion AAEEBL Global Conference July 26, 2011 Susan Kahn, Director Susan Scott, Coordinator IUPUI ePortfolio Initiative

3. Initial implementation strategy • Introduce ePortfolio in first-year experience courses • Brief training to prepare faculty and advisors • Assumption: interest would grow as faculty, advisors, and students became aware of benefits • Important driver: assessment of cross-disciplinary Principles of Undergraduate Learning

4. Context of IUPUI • Blended campus of IU and Purdue • Founded 1969 • Urban research university • 20+ schools, professional schools dominate • Commuter campus • 30,000+ students • Mostly first generation, professionally oriented

6. IUPUI ePortfolio environment • Open Source Portfolio within Sakai LMS • Two main sets of tools: • Matrix tool that provides for guidance, reflection, feedback, evaluation, and generation of assessment reports • Presentation tool that enables students to create simple web presentations based on templates

7. Initial obstacles • Immature technology not matched to campus vision • Portfolio pedagogy and assessment not well understood • Perceived as top-down imposition of assessment • Portfolio treated as add-on, not integrated into coursework

8. Revised strategy • Seed experimentation at department level to address self-identified needs • Provide extensive faculty support • Small grants • Intensive consultation and tech support • Group workshops and symposia • Secure faculty advice about needed software development

9. Integrative Department Grants • Funded 17 projects; 12 completed, 3 tabled, 2 currently under way • 4 took 3 years, 1 more likely to do so • Have directly involved at least 57 faculty and staff as project leaders • Total funds awarded 2006-11: $207,300

10. Outcomes of revised strategy • Development of a few good early examples whose leaders shared experience with others • Increased departmental collaboration around learning outcomes and curriculum development • Improvement of ePortfolio environment and tools—including, most recently, presentation tool

11. Using ePort at IUPUI • American Studies (courses) • Anatomy & Physiology (courses) • Center for Research and Learning (undergrad research) • Center for Service and Learning • Computer, Information, and Leadership Technology (OLS program) • Dentistry (ethics, pediatric, preventive, dental hygiene) • Engineering & Technology (school, critical thinking) • English (capstone) • Library and Information Science (MLS) • Nursing (DNP, CNS) • Teacher licensure programs • Social Work (BSW program) • Spanish • Student Life (leadership programs) • Tourism, Convention, and Event Management (PULs) • University College (ePersonal Development Plan) • Visual Communication (capstone)

12. Additional plans for 2011-12 • Art History (courses) • Psychology (advising) • Honors College (scholarship student support) • Student African American Sisterhood (student support) • Nursing (RN to BSN, MSN, PhD pending) • Continuing Studies (returning adult portfolio preparation) • Music Technology (BS program) • Social Work (MSW program) • Medicine (Pediatrics)

13. Five-year trajectory

14. Common challenges • Generating faculty engagement; overcoming perceptions of “extra work” • Supporting faculty and students; issues of scale • Battling (perceived) research emphasis in reward structure • The time it takes for consensus-building and attention to curriculum

15. Common success factors • Work with the faculty • Draw on institutional strengths • Careful planning, ready to adjust as needed • Start small, build momentum and capacity concurrently

16. Implementation model: Top down • Senior capstones • Mid-point courses • Gateway courses • First-year Seminar • English, Visual Communication, Spanish • School: Nursing (DNP, CNS, BSN completion) • Others?

17. Model: Bottom up • Senior capstones • Mid-point courses • Gateway courses • First-year Seminar • Personal Develop-ment Plan • Others? • LaGuardia, Clemson • Virginia Tech • Nursing at Three Rivers Community College (CT)

18. Model: Widen the circle, pt 1 • Cross-department pedagogy • Push out to more departments or courses • Center for Service and Learning, Center for Research and Learning • Other: • Writing programs (UGa, Ole Miss, Queensborough CC, Hunter Col)

19. Model: Widen the circle, pt 2 • Campus level curriculum • Broaden to more majors or to more categories • Principles of Under-graduate Learning (TCEM PUL1 +) • Other: • Salt Lake CC, Boston U, and Portland State/gen ed learning outcome assessment

20. Model: Low-hanging fruit • Specialized accreditation or other external drivers • Nursing, Lib Science, Engineering, Educa-tion, Dentistry, Social Work • Other: • Johnson & Wales U, U of Michigan

22. Our contact information: • Susan Kahn: skahn@iupui.edu • Susan Scott: sbscott@iupui.edu