Idaho Balancing2011

Balancing the Two Faces of E-Portfolios
Dr. Helen Barrett
University of Alaska Anchorage (retired)
Seattle Pacific University (adjunct)
New England College (adjunct)
International Researcher & Consultant
Founder, REAL ePortfolio Academy
Electronic Portfolios and Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning

Key Concepts
Definitions
Portfolios for Lifelong Learning
Balancing the 2 Faces of E-Portfolios
Identity Development
Online Professional Branding
Reflection, Motivation & Engagement
Digital Storytelling and Reflection

Legacy from the Portfolio Literature
Much to learn fromthe literature onpaper-based portfolios
As adult learners, we have much to learn from how children approach portfolios
“Everything I know about portfolios was confirmed working with a kindergartener”

The Power of Portfolios
what children can teach us about learning and assessment
Author: Elizabeth Hebert
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Picture courtesy of Amazon.com

The Power of Portfolios
Author: Dr. Elizabeth Hebert, Principal
Crow Island School, Winnetka, Illinois
Picture taken by Helen Barrett at AERA, Seattle, April, 2001

From the Preface (1)
Hebert, Elizabeth (2001) The Power of Portfolios. Jossey-Bass, p.ix
“Portfolios have been with us for a very long time. Those of us who grew up in the 1950s or earlier recognize portfolios as reincarnations of the large memory boxes or drawers where our parents collected starred spelling tests, lacy valentines, science fair posters, early attempts at poetry, and (of course) the obligatory set of plaster hands. Each item was selected by our parents because it represented our acquisition of a new skill or our feelings of accomplishment. Perhaps an entry was accompanied by a special notation of praise from a teacher or maybe it was placed in the box just because we did it.”

Hebert, Elizabeth (2001) The Power of Portfolios. Jossey-Bass, p.ix
“We formed part of our identity from the contents of these memory boxes. We recognized each piece and its association with a particular time or experience. We shared these collections with grandparents to reinforce feelings of pride and we reexamined them on rainy days when friends were unavailable for play. Reflecting on the collection allowed us to attribute importance to these artifacts, and by extension to ourselves, as they gave witness to the story of our early school experiences.”

Hebert, Elizabeth (2001) The Power of Portfolios. Jossey-Bass, p.ix-x
“Our parents couldn’t possibly envision that these memory boxes would be the inspiration for an innovative way of thinking about children’s learning. These collections, lovingly stored away on our behalf, are the genuine exemplar for documenting children’s learning over time. But now these memory boxes have a different meaning. It’s not purely private or personal, although the personal is what gives power to what they can mean.”

Let’s get personal…Think for a minute about:
Something about your COLLECTIONS:Suggested topics:
If you are a parent, what you saved for your children
What your parents saved for you
What you collect…
Why you collect…

Some issues to consider
What do your collections say about what you value?
Is there a difference between what you purposefully save and what you can’t throw away?
How can we use our personal collections experiences to help learners as they develop their portfolios?
The power of portfolios [to support deep learning] is personal.

Golden Circle
What?
How?
Why?
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Audio • Video • Text • Images
WHAT?
Digital Repository
Electronic Portfolio
Showcase
Workspace

Responsibilities
Specialty Case
Portfolio
One Word,
Many Meanings
Workspace
Showcase
Investments
Art Work
Collection of Artifacts

Who was the first famous “folio” keeper?
Definitions

Leonardo da Vinci’s Folio

What is a Portfolio?
Dictionary definition: a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
Financial portfolio: document accumulation of fiscal capital
Educational portfolio: document development of human capital

What is a Portfolio in Education?
A portfolio is a purposeful collection of [academic] work that exhibits the [learner/worker’s] efforts, progress and achievements in one or more areas[over time].
(Northwest Evaluation Association, 1990)

+Electronic
digital artifacts organized online combining various media (audio/video/text/images)

E-Portfolio Components
Multiple Portfolios for Multiple Purposes-Celebrating Learning-Personal Planning-Transition/entry to courses-Employment applications-Accountability/Assessment
Multiple Tools to Support Processes-Capturing & storing evidence-Reflecting-Giving & receiving feedback-Planning & setting goals-Collaborating-Presenting to an audience
Digital Repository
(Becta, 2007; JISC, 2008)

WHY?
Reflection
Assessment
Identity
Guidance
Employment
Showcase
Learning
Accountability

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

Purpose
The overarching purpose of portfolios is to create a sense of personal ownership over one’s accomplishments, because ownership engenders feelings of pride, responsibility, and dedication. (p.10)
Paris, S & Ayres, L. (1994) Becoming Reflective Students and Teachers. American Psychological Association

Deep Learning
involves reflection,
is developmental,
is integrative,
is self-directive, and
is lifelong
Cambridge (2004)

“metacognition lies at the root of all learning”
“…self-knowledge, awareness of how and why we think as we do, and the ability to adapt and learn, are critical to our survival as individuals…”
- James Zull (2011) From Brain to Mind: Using Neuroscience to Guide Change in Education

“Know Thyself”
Temple at Delphi

Managing Oneself
Peter Drucker, (2005) Harvard Business Review
“Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how best they perform.”
Purpose: Use ePortfolios for managing knowledge workers' career development
What are my strengths?
How do I perform?
What are my values?
Where do I belong?
What should I contribute?
Responsibility for Relationships
The Second Half of your Life

Experiential Learning ModelLewin/Kolb with adaptations by Moon and Zull
Practice
Have an experience
Reflect on the experience
Try out what you have learned
Metacognition
Learn from the experience

Some Basic Concepts
“ePortfoliois both process and product”
Process: A series of events (time and effort) to produce a result- From Old French proces(“‘journey’”)
Product: the outcome/results or “thinginess” of an activity/process- Destination
Wiktionary

Balancing the Two Faces of E-Portfolios
Presentation Portfolio(s)
Working Portfolio
The “Story” or Narrative
Multiple Views (public/private)
Varied Audiences & Purposes
Portfolio as Product
Showcase
Digital Archive (Repository of Artifacts)
Collaboration Space
Reflective Journal
Portfolio as Process
Workspace

Japanese

Structure of E-Portfolio Types
Portfolio as Process/ Workspace
Organization: Chronological – Documenting growth over time for both internal and external audiences
Primary Purpose: Learning or Reflection
Reflection: immediate focus on artifact or learning experience
Portfolio as Product/ Showcase
Organization: Thematic – Documenting achievement of Standards, Goals or Learning Outcomes for primarily external audiences
Primary Purpose: Accountability or Employment or Showcase
Reflection: retrospective focus on Standards, Goals or Learning Outcomes (Themes)
blog
wiki

Level 1 Workspace: Collection in the Cloud

Level 2 Workspace: Learning/Reflection

Showcase
Level 3: Primary Purpose: Showcase/Accountability

Boundaries Blurring (between e-portfolios & social networks)
Structured Accountability Systems? or…
Lifelong interactive portfolios
Picasa
Mash-ups
Facebook
Flickr
blogs
YouTube
Ning
wikis
Twitter

Social networks
last five years
store documents and share experiences,
showcase accomplishments,
communicate and collaborate
facilitate employment searches

Processes
Social Networking
Connect(“Friending”)
Listen(Reading)
Respond(Commenting)
Share(linking/tagging)
Portfolio
Collection
Selection
Reflection
Direction/Goals
Presentation
Feedback
Technology
Archiving
Linking/Thinking
Digital Storytelling
Collaborating
Publishing
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Portfolios can help learners find their Voice…
and explore their Purpose and Passions through Choice!

HOW?
“Telling My Story”
Digital Storytelling
Reflective Journal
Blogging
“Capture the Moment”
Mobiles
E-Portfolios in
Evidence
Multimedia Artifacts

Tools?
Expressive vs. Structured Models

2011 Horizon Report – K-12
Time-to-adoption:
One Year or Less
Cloud Computing
Mobiles
Two to Three Years
Game-Based Learning
Open Content
Four to Five Years
Learning Analytics
Personal Learning Environments
New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org/

Mobile Touch: A Guide to Implementing Mobile E-learning in Your Organisation

Why Mobile is a Must
Kids today are captivated by the personalization and socialization of online tools--the ability to build large networks of friends; share their thoughts, feelings, and goals; and communicate as they wish. …And not only is it possible, it's possible anytime and anywhere, via a plethora of devices and widely available cellular and WiFi networks.
The upshot is, these digital natives now have in their hands the tools to shape their own education in once unimagined ways. They have the ability to interact with other learners at their convenience, with differences in time and place presenting no hurdle. They can research, on the spot, any topic of interest. And they can capture the moment, whether it's in a picture, a video, or a blog entry.
-- Mary McCaffrey “Why Mobile is a Must” T.H.E. Journal http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/02/08/why-mobile-is-a-must.aspx

Posted on ePortfolio Conversations Google Group:
Question: How to collect evidence of informal learning rather than formal education.
Response: "Start with SMS [on mobile phones] - it’s the morse codeof the presentgeneration...and it works.”

Capture the Moment with Mobile Phones
SMS messages
Twitter posts
Facebookupdates
Camera
Still
video

October 11, 2010
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cell-phones-in-class-20101011,0,1580981.story

XO-3
One Laptop per Child
Available ~2012 ~$75
Android-based tablet

Mobile Web is becoming the Personal Learning Environment of the “Net Generation”
Learning that is…
Social and Participatory
Lifelong and Life Wide
Increasingly Self-Directed
Motivating and Engaging
… and Online all the time!

Think!
Engagement Factors?
Social networks?
ePortfolios?

With iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad)
Text Images Audio Video
Capture the Moment

Integrate file storage with computer and website
Hyperlink to files in Public folder!

Dragon Dictation
Voice recognition
Share in many ways

JotNot Scanner Pro ($.99)
Scan Multi-page documents
Remove Shadows & Noise
Save as PDF
Email, Fax and Share your Scans
Send the image directly via email or upload it to cloud storage services including Evernote, Box.net, Dropbox, or Google Docs. (not with free version)

Reflection with WordPress App

Post to from Mobile Phones
Send email to pre-arranged email address
Use BlogPressiOS app ($2.99)
Set up Blogger Mobile and send SMS

Blogging* by eMail*the act of sharing yourself
Tumblr
Posterous
Set up account on website
Send email to: myaccount.tumblr.com
iPhone App
Call in your posts for audio post to blog
Cross-post to Facebook & Twitter
Just email to post@posterous.com
iPhone App
Cross-post to Facebook & Twitter

EvernoteOne Account, Many Devices
Capture Anything
Access Anywhere
Find Things Fast
Capture something in one place -- access it from another
Web page access
Emailing your memories
Email notes, snapshots, and audio directly into your account. Emailed notes will go directly into your default notebook.

Evernote
All in one recording/saving to Evernote Account (email address)
Grades 3-5, Trillium Charter School, Portland (my blog)
iPod Touch4 $239 & Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 $199

Learning is a Conversation!
E-portfolios should be more Conversation
than Presentation
Because Conversation transforms!

Twittermicro-blogging
“tiny bursts of learning”

What about Motivation?
Why would a student want to put all that work into developing an ePortfolio?
How do we make it relevant?

Similarities in Process
Major differences:
extrinsic vs.
intrinsic motivation
Elements of True (Intrinsic) Motivation:
Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose

Pink’s Motivation Behavior
X
Type X - Extrinsic
fueled more by extrinsic rewards or desires (Grades?)
Type I – Intrinsic
Behavior is self-directed.
I

Successful websites = Type I Approach
People feel good about participating.
Give users autonomy.
Keep system as open as possible.
- Clay Shirky

Autonomy & ePortfolios
Choice
Voice
Sharing
Feedback
Immediacy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenturamon/342946821/

Mastery & ePortfolios
ePortfolio:
Flow
Showcasing Achievements
Increased self-awareness and self-understanding
“Only engagement can produce Mastery.” (Pink, 2009, p.111)

Student Engagement!
CQ + PQ > IQ (Friedman, 2006)[Curiosity + Passion > Intelligence]
Find voice and passions through choice and personalization!
Portfolio as Story
Positive Digital Identity Development - Branding
“Academic MySpace”

Help students find
their Purpose and Passion
through Reflection &
Goal-Setting in
E-Portfolio Development

Digital Tools for Reflection
Reflective Journal (Blog)
Digital Storytelling and Engagement

Self-Regulated LearningAbrami, P., et. al. (2008), Encouraging self-regulated learning through electronic portfolios. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, V34(3) Fall 2008. http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/viewArticle/507/238
Goals
Captions/Journals
Change over Time

Do Your e-Portfolios have CHOICE and VOICE?
Individual Identity
Reflection
Meaning Making
21st Century Literacy
Digital Story of Deep Learning

Voice6+1 Trait® Definition
Voice is the writer coming through the words, the sense that a real person is speaking to us and cares about the message. It is the heart and soul of the writing, the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and breath. When the writer is engaged personally with the topic, he/she imparts a personal tone and flavor to the piece that is unmistakably his/hers alone. And it is that individual something–different from the mark of all other writers–that we call Voice.
http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/503#Voice

Portfolio as Story
"A portfolio tells a story. It is the story of knowing. Knowing about things... Knowing oneself... Knowing an audience... Portfolios are students' own stories of what they know, why they believe they know it, and why others should be of the same opinion.” (Paulson & Paulson, 1991, p.2)

Roger Schank, Tell Me a Story
“Telling stories and listening to other people's stories shape the memories we have of our experiences.”
Stories help us organize our experience and define our sense of ourselves.

Digital Storytelling Process
Create a 2-to-4 minute digital video clip
First person narrative [begins with a written script ~ 400 words]
Told in their own voice [record script]
Illustrated (mostly) by still images
Music track to add emotional tone

From Mead School District’s Student Portfolio Handbook:
Remember, you are telling us a story, and not just any story. Your portfolio is meant to be your story of your life over the last four years as well as the story of where your life might be going during the next four years: tell it with pride!

Video Editing on iOS
iMovie $4.99
ReelDirector $3.99
Splice $1.99
Free

Victoria’s Autobio – 2nd Grade

Victoria’s 6th Grade Poem

Trey’s Story – High School

My Story

A Reminder…
Reflection & Relationships
… the “Heart and Soul” of an e-portfolio…
NOT the Technology!
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REAL*
ePortfolio
Academy
for K-12Teachers
*Reflection
Engagement
Assessment for
Learning

Initial Online Courses Planned
Overview of Student-Centered Electronic Portfolios in K-12 Education (tool-neutral)
Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using Google Apps (Docs, Sites, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, Digication, Teacher Dashboard)
Add Voice to ePortfolios with Digital Storytelling
Create Your Professional Portfolio (tool neutral)
Assessment and Evaluation with Electronic Portfolios
Classroom-Based Research on Implementing Electronic Portfolios in K-12 Education

Is the Future ofePortfolios in your pocket?
ISTE Pre-Conference Workshop
Philadelphia
June 25, 2011, 12:30-3:30 PM
Bring your iOS devices
iPod Touch
iPhone, iPad

My Final Wish…
dynamic celebrations
stories of deep learning
across the lifespan

Dr. Helen Barrett@eportfolios
Researcher & ConsultantElectronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
Founder, REAL*ePortfolio Academy
*Reflection, Engagement, Assessment for Learning
eportfolios@gmail.com
http://electronicportfolios.org/
http://slideshare.net/eportfolios

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