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The Promise of ePortfolios

The Promise of ePortfolios. Connecting Academic Achievement with California Workforce Development Kathleen Willbanks, Ruth Cox Friday, Aug. 9, 2008. Presenters. San Francisco State University (Academic Technology) Ruth Cox ( ruthcox@sfsu.edu ) CSU Center for Distributed Learning

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The Promise of ePortfolios

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  1. The Promise of ePortfolios Connecting Academic Achievement with California Workforce Development Kathleen Willbanks, Ruth Cox Friday, Aug. 9, 2008

  2. Presenters • San Francisco State University (Academic Technology) • Ruth Cox (ruthcox@sfsu.edu) • CSU Center for Distributed Learning • Kathleen Willbanks (kathleen@cdl.edu) 2

  3. Who are you? • Turning Point: • I work at a: • Career college • Community or Junior college (2 year) • Liberal arts college • Technical college • University college • Institutes of technology (and Polytechnics) • Private

  4. Humboldt Chico Sonoma Maritime Academy Sacramento East Bay San Jose Stanislaus Fresno Bakersfield Northridge San Francisco Pomona Monterey Bay San Luis Obispo Channel Islands Los Angeles Dominguez Hills Chancellor’s Office San Marcos Long Beach San Diego San Bernardino Fullerton The CSU Nation’s largest, most diverse university system 450,000 students 1,800 degree programs 47,000 faculty and staff 23 campuses $4.5 billion budget 4

  5. CSU’s Mission “Working for California” To provide California’s students with accessible, affordable higher education so they can successfully enter the workforce. 5

  6. The History of ePortfolios in the CSU • Schools of Ed - State Requirements • Continued interest & Multi-campus cooperation • Disciplines expand • NCATE, ABET, AACSB • WASC Accreditation & Aggregation of Assessment data • Workforce Development 6

  7. Reasons for ePortfolios • Why should we use ePortfolios? • Reflection • Pedagogy • Accreditation • Workforce Development • Other

  8. Portfolios are not a new idea…

  9. For years… • Universities have used paper-based portfolios to assess student work • Share work for accreditation/program review • As a valuable tool for career connections 9

  10. But today… • In an ePortfolio we can collect, select, reflect, direct, build, and publish a wide range of digital artifacts using electronic technology as the container. • ePortfolios can be shared worldwide. http://rachelpoulain.sfsu.myefolio.com

  11. SF State Student Portfolios 11

  12. ePortfolio.sfsu.edu

  13. Regional Partnerships • CCSF • SMCCCD • Cañada • Skyline • CSM • De Anza • more comm.colleges in Monterey Bayand Humboldtareas • SF State • HumboldtState • CSUMB • SJSU • K-12 13

  14. CSU Activities • 2002 – 2003 Schools of Ed • 2003 – 2004 Report to the Deans, Vendor Review • 2005 – 2006 Vendor Research/CoP/f2f meetings • 2006 – 2007 MERLOT, Teaching Commons, National Coalition for ePortfolio Research, Campus survey • 2007 – 2008 Build case studies, promising practices, Campus survey, newsletter, advisory group 14

  15. CSU Activities 15

  16. http://eportfolio.edutools.info 16

  17. What products? • If you have a product or are looking for one, let us know which one: • LiveText • TaskStream • eFolio • Blackboard • Angel • Open Source • Other

  18. http://eportfolio.merlot.org/ 18

  19. Challenges Engaging Partners and Funding Capacity connecting to campus activity Archiving/maintaining ePortfolios Connecting more directly with CA workforce development Getting outside support for ePortfolio projects Funding in the current economy

  20. Holistic Look at ePortfolios Film clip on ePortfolios: Voices of students, faculty, advisors & employers Perspectives on Teaching, Learning and Working with ePortfolios http://streaming.bcit.ca/TEK/ePortfolio.wmv (6 minutes) 20

  21. Take Away Menu • In your handout: • 1. Alan’s graphic • 2. Defining ePortfolios & CDL graphic • 3. ePortfolio growth at SF State flow chart • 4. How to implement/challenges • 5. Partnership notes • 6. References to MERLOT 21

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