Electronic Portfolios in Higher Education

Paul Wasko, Office of the ChancellorBrenda Lyseng, Century College

The Menu for Today:

What are portfolios and their uses?

What is eFolio Minnesota? What do electronic portfolios

look like? How can I set up my

portfolio? What are the uses of

portfolios: For faculty? For students? For a course or program? For an institution?

Ingredients and Tools

Knowledge about yourself is all you need!

eFolio Minnesota http://efoliominnesota.com

eFolio Minnesota Help Site http://help.efoliominnesota.com

AAHE's Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices for Students, Faculty and Institutions http://aahe.ital.utexas.edu/electronicportfolios/TOC.html

AAHE's Electronic Portfolios Community of Practicehttp://aahe.ital.utexas.edu/electronicportfolios/cop.html

Step 1: Discover what a portfolio is and how you can use it

A portfolio is a systemic and organized collection of work and assessments that documents a person’s efforts, progress and achievements.

They are used for education, career, and personal goals.

They can be both formative or developmental and summative in nature.

Step 1: Discover what a portfolio is and how you can use it

Key feature of a portfolio

is reflection.

Step 2: Consider Uses by Faculty

Uses for faculty:

Job hunting Faculty enhancement Legacy project Instructional Professional archive

Step 3: Make a professional portfolio

Professional portfolio is a comprehensive description of your professional life and achievements

Reflective, purposeful, analytic, and developmental

More than a resume – includes narrative Use your narrative to summarize and

state your claims. These should be supported by evidence.

Step 3: Make a professional portfolio

Items to include in a professional portfolio:

professional goals and interests

expertise, knowledge, scholarship

professional competence and expertise areas

college and community service

selective personal data

Step 4: Make a teaching portfolio

Items to include in a teaching portfolio:

Advising/counseling Classes Course information Student work Exams Peer testimonials Student evaluations Development activities Awards and recognition Work samples Memberships

Step 4: Make a teaching portfolio

Questions to ask for a teaching portfolio:

How do you teach?

Why do you teach as you do?

How do you know it’s working?

Step 5: Uses in the Classroom

Uses for students: Job hunting Show completion of

a field of study Show completion of

campus-wide competencies

Use as an advising tool during college career

Step 5: Uses in the Classroom

Ideas generated by MnSCU faculty – find at www.efoliominnesota.com

Educational PlanningDemonstrating Student LearningTrack Development during a ProgramPrepare for Transition to a CareerMeans to Evaluate a Course

Step 6: Uses for the Institution

Assessment of probationary facultyInstitutional site for documentation of

institutional effectivenessOther ideas?

Icing on the Cake:eFolio Minnesota!

Time for Dessert!

Portfolios have been used by many within individual courses or for a series of courses.

What tools would be useful for both you and the students?

We would love to hear your ideas!

Guides

Assocation of American Geographers: Professional Portfolioshttp://www.aag.org/Careers/UW/Profportfolios.html

Martin Kimeldorf's Portfolio Library: Planning and Design Guidehttp://www.amby.com/kimeldorf/portfolio/p_mk-08.html

Student Academic Portfolios at Southern Illinois Universityhttp://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/portf.html

The Teaching Portfolio (Brown University)http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Sheridan_Center/pubs/teacport.html

University of Saskatchewan: Definitions, Links, Bibliographyhttp://library.usask.ca/education/portfolios.html

Warren Sandmann's Portfolios Page (Minnesota State University, Mankato)http://www.mankato.msus.edu/acadaf/Html/AAProgram_Assessment/MOMPortfolios.htm

What Teachers Learn from Student Self-Assessments (Evergreen College)http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/resources/assess/e2johnso.htm