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SENS EPORTFOLIO PROJECT

PROGRESS REPORT

Food and Nutrition course team meetings

October 15 2013

Susie MacfarlaneSchool of Exercise and Nutrition SciencesDeakin University

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Create or collect

Share

Reflect

Curate/Design

Present

ePortfolio process

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ePortfolio in Desire2Learn

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Student D2L ePortfolio presentation

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Why ePortfolios?

• Reflective space• Sharing and feedback space• Evidence of learning• Evidence of achievement • Student ownership of learning and assessment

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Phases of SENS ePortfolio project

1. Team-based professional development2. Pilot projects implementing ePortfolio3. Meeting with Helen Chen4. Dissemination5. Course Planning

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Professional development

SENS ePortfolio training site in D2LExperiential, active learningStaff participate in role based activities• Student• Teacher• Course design

15 modules, 5 modules each role

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Pilot projects

Outcomes:• Student engagement• Easy to link learning to learning outcomes• Reflective space

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Pilot projects

Challenges:• Technically not intuitive: challenging• Lack of integration with Turnitin• Restricted creativity

Requirements:• Student resources and support• Clarity of instructions• Limited choices

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Helen Chen

Recommended eP implementation strategies1. Small groups, low risk engagement, mixed2. Long timelines to reduce pressure3. Scaffold students Lifelong learners4. Engage accrediting bodies and employers

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Helen Chen

Nutrition and dietetics exemplars

Example 1Virginia tech Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise

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Dissemination

• SENS teaching seminars• Deakin Learning conference

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Course Planning

• Goal for most of the course team to have undertaken ePortfolio training modules by T1 2014

• Then course teams can plan course level implementation of ePortfolio

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ePortfolio thinking

Evidence of achievement can be situated:

Profiles on LinkedIn, Academia.edu Websites and blogs: Blogger, Weebly Presentations on Slideshare Videos on YouTube Portfolio tools like Pathbrite

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Helen Chen’s profile on Pathbrite

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Weebly portfolio

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Youtube

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Slideshare

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ePortfolio thinking

Authentic assessment tasks- Wikipedia edits, Open Peer review

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Open peer review

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Wikipedia editing

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Next steps

• Susie to develop Teacher and Course modules for SENS ePortfolio training site

• Simona and Susie to develop student eP resources

Course team:• Design eP learning and assessment tasks with a

student focussed and course wide approach• Integrate with Course Enhancement process and focus

on Feedback

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Digital presence/Auto CV

There are now tools that allow you to integrate existing online

information to present your online profile

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Visualise me

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Vizify

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ResourceseBookLight, T.P; Chen, Helen L.; Ittelson, John C. Documenting Learning with ePortfolios : A Guide for College Instructors [e-book]. Hoboken: Wiley; 2011 [cited 2013 Oct 15]. Available from: Deakin University Ebook Library

Presentation:Chen, H.L. (2013, September 3). Making the Case for ePortfolios in the Age of MOOCs, DIY Education, and the Quality Agenda. Invited presentation given at the Assessing and Accrediting Graduate Capabilities in the 21C Symposium, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. https://pathbrite.com/portfolio/PLTNcPTpg/2013-deakin-symposium-eportfolio-resources/item/PLTNcPTpgfPv9RM

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ResourcesAAEEBL: Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-based learning www.aaeebl.org

EPAC Community of Practice http://epac.pbworks.com

ePortfolio Exemplars• https://eportfolio.vt.edu/gallery/DeptsProgs/hnfedieteticsgaller

y.html• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=224t__XuS3Y