E-Portfolios - A Digital Narrative of your Learning

E-Portfolios as a Digital Narrative of Learning This presentation licensed under the following license terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ “ The story of my journey is no more or less important than anyone else’s. It is simply the best source of data I have on a subject where generalizations often fail but truth may be found in the details.” Parker Palmer Shani Feyen Brendan Guenther Sarah Summerhill

Overview- What is the Portfolio?
What the portfolio is :
Using the web as a medium to represent your self and your learning ; an opportunity to synthesize, evaluate, and connect your learning during the HALE MA program; a chance to tell your story.
What the portfolio is not :
A summary, overview, or tracking of coursework you completed for a degree; a terminal or stopping point.

Portfolio Content: Important Elements (The basics)
Statement of Purpose (on entering program)
Learning Themes
explain how these emerge & evolve... tell us a story about your journey of discovery and learning
Examples of work ( enhance with reflective narrative )
Overall Reflection
explain your personal context, tell us about your journey through the program, where are you heading?
Resume

How will you tell your story?
Chronology
How did you organize your program?
Which classes did you choose to take, when, and why?
How did your learning progress from beginning to end; how does/will it integrate with your professional practice and skills?
Themes
How did these emerge and evolve?
How do I now understand ___ (myself, university development, study abroad programs, the adult learner); how is my understanding different?
Which events, courses, and assignments helped me get from "here" to "there?"

Developmental Stages
First Semester
Begin with goals statement and some interests
Ability to reflect & integrate material limited

Second Semester
Learning themes should be taking form
Demonstrate connection between learning experiences

Second Year
Show progress & development as a writer and a scholar
Themes take clear form, reach pinnacles

Reflecting...
The following reflective questions tie the past to the future:
What? (The Past)
What have I collected about my life/work/learning?
(my artifacts)
So What? (The Present)
What do those artifacts show about what I have learned?
Reflections on my knowledge, skills and dispositions
Now What? (The Future)
What direction do I want to take in the future?
(my future learning goals)

http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/eportfoliostory.htm

Conceptualizing your Narrative
Develop a narrative that flows through the portfolio

Integrate your current context for learning (i.e. career change, relation to your current position, upward mobility, life stages/transitions, family)
Shani , Transition; Sarah , Personal/Family; Brendan , Work;

Build in your interests, inclinations, and uniqueness (the program allows for flexibility; how did you use this?)

Digital Storytelling... consider using throughout & with final reflection
Writing a Digital Story
You are a protagonist in your own story
Include emotion
Personal narrative that shows your identity
If writing blog or journal, keep posts around 300 words
Writing today will persist online forever
Multimedia Storytelling
Open with a dramatic '?'
Narrate with your voice
Include pictures/video
Background Music
Pace delivery for affect
Make a point
Include only elements that support your point and fit the narrative

Ethical & Privacy Considerations
Employer & Professional Role
Institutional representitive?
Political sensitivity?
Human Subjects
Interviews, Observations, and Surveys
Reflections & Journal Entries
Personal Relationships
Reports intended for client-eyes-only

Parting Thoughts
Consult with your advisor about this!
Devote time every semester
Focus on reflecting along the way even if you don't have time for construction
There are many ways to do portfolios
We hope you consider more ways... not less
Think deeply about this and do it for YOU
Consider consultation w/ MSU Writing Center
Ask for Digital Media Consulting
Please review the handouts & our examples

Portfolio publishing options
Make HTML web site &
publish to space provided by MSU
Komposer… free WYSIWYG HTML editor
http://www.kompozer.net/
MSU AFS Space
http://netfiles.msu.edu/ (publish your files)
http://afs.msu.edu/ (set your permissions)
Very Difficult, requires learning HTML and techie-stuff
Sustainable if you move it elsewhere after you graduate
Hard to add more content and continue to maintain
Very low cost to start, need to buy hosting post-grad

Portfolio publishing options
Register a domain name & lease server space http://domains.theplanet.net/
http://godaddy.com/
Move the site you developed on AFS space
Develop a site from scratch in HTML (e.g. Komposer)
Install a content management system (e.g. Drupal)
If you are lucky, you can register your name
Somewhat Difficult, usually requires tech support / learning
Sustainable if you can pay the monthly fees
HTML hard to add new content; CMS hard to upgrade;
Medium cost to start; Has recurring costs to keep up

Content Management Systems
Drupal –customizable, lots of addon modules
http://drupal.org/
MediaWiki – edit like Wikipedia
http://mediawiki.org/
Wordpress – blog based system – add pages
http://wordpress.org/
Expression Engine – manage content online
http://expressionengine.com/

Web 2.0 Publishing Tools
Google Sites – easy to edit webpages
Through Gmail account or MSU
http://googleapps.msu.edu/
PBWiki – wiki-based sites cheap or free
http://pbwiki.com/
Hosted Blogs – journals/temporal structure
http://blogger.com/
http://wordpress.com/

Helpful Portfolio Video Tools
YouTube – Popular internet video site allows comments
http://youtube.com/
Slideshare – Publish your presentations to the web
http://slideshare.net/
Ustream – Stream live video and make recordings available
http://ustream.com/
Screencast.com – Record your screen with Jing / Camtasia
http://screencast.com/
See also Jing and Camtasia
Adobe Connect – Add presentations & video to your website
Try to score a copy from MSU
http://breeze.msu.edu/

Social Networking Tools
Epsilen.com – Hosted portfolio space
http://epsilen.com/
LinkedIn – Employment/Career social net
http://linkedin.com/
Facebook – wise up on privacy settings
http://facebook.com/
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/12/facebook-privacy-new/

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