Eifel2009keynote

Lifelong ePortfolios: Creating your Digital Self Dr. Helen Barrett Keynote Address ePortfolio 2009, London

Your Digital “Self”
Self : An individual's awareness of what constitutes his or her essential nature and distinguishes him or her from all others.
Past (Memories/Stories)
Present (Competencies/Character*)
Future (Goals/Vision/Direction)
Identity : The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable.
Thesaurus.com * The combination of emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities that distinguishes an individual.

“ Self” terms as learning goals
Self efficacy
Self knowledge
Self awareness
Self-directed
Self evaluation
Self-regulation
Self-educated
Self-improvement
Self defense
Self-sustaining
Self esteem
Self confidence
Self care
Self portrait
Self guided
Self expression
Self help
Self reliance

“ Know Thyself”

Trends in ePortfolio Development
Personalized Learning
‘ Choice’ and ‘Voice’
Self-Directed Learning
Reflective Practice
Constructing Deep Learning
Interactivity!!!

Technology & Reflection
Two Themes across the Lifespan with ePortfolio Development

Technologies to Watch
One year or less
Mobiles
Cloud Computing
Two to Three Years
Geo-Everything
The Personal Web
Four to Five Years
Semantic-Aware Applications
Smart Objects
New Media Centers http://www.nmc.org/

Six technologies with the power to transform K-12 teaching and learning
One year or less:
collaborative environments
online communication tools
Two to three years:
mobile devices
cloud computing
Four to five years:
smart objects
the personal web
New Media Centers http://www.nmc.org/

Cloud Computing
“ The cloud is the term for networked computers that distribute processing power, applications, and large systems among many machines.”
disk storage and processing cycles a readily available, cheap commodity
thin-client, web-based applications for image editing, word processing, social networking, and media creation
More reliable than desktop storage
The Horizon Report, 2009

The Personal Web
… computer users are assembling collections of tools, widgets, and services that make it easy to develop and organize dynamic online content. Armed with tools for tagging, aggregating, updating, and keeping track of content, today’s learners create and navigate a web that is increasingly tailored to their own needs and interests: this is the personal web .
The Horizon Report, 2009

A Technology to Watch:
Google Wave!
http://wave.google.com/

What is a wave?
A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.
A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.

Architecture of Interaction Architecture of Participation (Web 2.0)
allows a
Pedagogy of Interaction
(ePortfolio 2.0)

Reflection … is the “Heart and Soul” of a Portfolio… A Reminder…

Lifelong Life-Wide Scenario
Lifelong, life-wide approach to:
Lifetime personal web space
Electronic portfolios
Online Videos
Digital Stories
Scenario

Digital Archive (for Life) Supports Lifelong & Life-wide Learning

Informal Learning Scenario

Families are the Centerpiece Scenario

Early Childhood Portfolios Scenario

Cartoon Scenario “ Your life may be monitored and recorded for quality-control purposes.”

Early Childhood ePortfolio Emphasis
Technologies : Digital images, audio and video plus parent (and grandparent!) involvement
Reflection in Early Childhood: Finding Voice and the Language of Reflection

Formal Education: Assessment Portfolio Systems
Two approaches
Formative
Summative
Scenario

Children enter school Scenario

Interview Format (Kindergarten)

Example - Victoria 2nd Grade Scenario

Tori’s Poem

Learning to Learn Portfolio Model Ian Fox, New Zealand

Middle Level (ages ~9~14) ePortfolio Emphasis
Technologies : Blogs, Wikis, VoiceThread, GAMES!
Reflection in Middle Grades: Learning to Learn Portfolio Model

Social Learning How can we integrate ePortfolios with what we know about social learning and interactivity?

How can you leverage the technologies learners own? Accessibility from “net books” and home computers Connectivity with cell phones Audio (podcasts) and Video (digital stories)

Personalizing & Goal Setting Scenario

High School ePortfolio Emphasis
Technologies : GoogleApps (Docs, Sites), Social Networking
Reflection in High School: Construction of Self, Planning for the Future

Formal Education: Assessment Portfolio Systems
Two approaches
Formative
Summative
Scenario

Multiple Purposes from Hidden Assumptions
Showcase?
Assessment?
Reflection?
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/acl/eMagArchive/RSCeMag2008/choosing%20an%20eportfolio/cool-cartoon-346082.png

Balancing the 2 Faces of e-Portfolios

Less about telling More about talking !
- Julie Hughes, University of Wolverhampton
Take advantage of Web 2.0 strategies in ePortfolio development

College Student ePortfolio Emphasis
Technologies : Social Technologies, Online Productivity Tools, Online Audio & Video
Reflection in Higher Education: Demonstrating Competence, Personalizing Standards-Based Portfolios: Choice and Voice

Portfolios in the Work Place
Lifelong Learning
Career Change
Accreditation of prior learning
Personnel Evaluation
Corporate & Community Portfolios
Scenario for Professional Development

How is social networking impacting ePortfolio development?
It is having a huge impact on our social and political world!

A New Cultural Wedge
“ less calls, more web” mobile phones from 3
Emphasis on social networking
Online versions of
Novels
Videos
Comics
Portfolios?

Professional ePortfolio Emphasis
Technologies : Social Networks, Productivity Tools, Micro-Blogging (Twitter) and Second Life
Reflection on the Job: Sharing Experiences, Building a Community of Learners

Life Portfolio – planning for an extended midlife transition (50-90)
An intentional combination of passions and pursuits
Envision new possibilities
Plan ahead – visualize a new life
Not “retirement” but “rewirement”
Scenario

Portfolio Way of Thinking
Careers have a shelf life; portfolios can be timeless (p.x)
… expands into a mindset that is ageless, in the broader sense of figuring out what really matters in life. (p.5)
In the zone between total career mode and total retirement, many want to discover or rediscover their passion… create a legacy… turn careers into callings, success into significance… to make a difference…
… portfolios become an ongoing, ageless framework for self-renewal

Quote
“ Portfolio responds to a calling that is knit into the fabric of our very being. It is about what our motivations are, what makes us feel most alive. Portfolio development is what our true work should be, for it’s where our deep gifts, and our gladness, meet the needs of the world.” p. 43

Strategies for a Portfolio Life
Tell the Story of Your Life: Narrative is a powerful tool for self-discovery
Accomplishments Leave Clues… and increase slf-esteem
Connect with Others -- Networking
Develop Your Goals: Goals Prepare us for Change… Goals Yield Purpose
Revise, Reflect, Rebalance

Over 50’s ePortfolio Emphasis
Technologies : Digital Stories, Reflective Journal (blog), Social Networks
Reflection for Later Life: Building a Legacy, Generativity, Planning for a Meaningful Life beyond Work

Digital Stories - Legacies Scenario

“ Memex” – Memory Extender
Cognitive Prosthesis
Memory Enhancement Research
Autobiographies (Family Legacy)
Scenario

Personal digital equivalent of these movies: Scenario

Do Your e-Portfolios have VOICE?
Individual Identity
Reflection
Meaning Making
21 st Century Literacy
“ When words are infused by the human voice, they come alive.”
- Maya Angelou

Move beyond text-only artifacts
Encourage development of multimedia artifacts
Introduce alternative strategies for reflection
Digital storytelling (audio & video)
Blogging (including Twitter)

Wordle.net This following Word Cloud was created collaboratively by educators around the world, who contributed keywords that came to their mind when thinking about Digital Storytelling. Words that appear larger were used by more contributors. http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/07/27/digital-storytelling-part-ix-wordle/

Nametags

New Google Sites invitation for collaborators
Reflection for Learning http://sites.google.com/site/reflection4learning
e Portfolio Survey Instruments http://sites.google.com/site/eportfoliosurveys
Assessment for Learning http://sites.google.com/site/assessment4learning
CIC Websites due in the fall: Multimedia Records of Practice, Electronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling

Google Groups to Join
Researching Web2.0 Portfolios http://groups.google.com/group/web2eportfolios
Using Google Apps for ePortfolios in K-12 Education http://groups.google.com/group/k12eportfolios
What is Web 2.0? (online course) http://groups.google.com/group/what-is-web-2-0

My Final Wish…
May all your electronic portfolios become dynamic celebrations and stories of deep learning across the lifespan.

Dr. Helen Barrett
Researcher & Consultant Electronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
[email_address]
http://electronicportfolios.org/

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