UW Bothell Apr2011

E-Portfolios: Digital Stories of Deep Learning
Dr. Helen Barrett
University of Alaska Anchorage (retired)
Seattle Pacific University (adjunct)
New England College (adjunct)
electronicportfolios.org
Twitter: @eportfolios
International Researcher & Consultant
Electronic Portfolios and Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning

Focus of Presentation
Reflection and multimedia strategies to support metacognition
"capturing the moment" with mobile devices
blogging/reflective journals for in-depth reflection
digital storytelling

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

specialty case
responsibilities
Portfolio
One Word,
Many Meanings
investments
art work
collection of artifacts

Who was the first famous “folio” keeper?
Definitions

Leonardo da Vinci’s Folio

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

Reflection:
The “Heart and Soul” of a Portfolio
Metacognition = “thinking about thinking"

What is Reflection?
Major theoretical roots:
Dewey
Habermas
Kolb
Schön
Dewey: “We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”

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

Resource on Biology of Learning
Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning
James E. Zull
Stylus Publishing Co.

The Learning CycleDavid Kolb from Dewey, Piaget, Lewin, adapted by Zull

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

Portfolio Learning
Experience
Feeling
Reviewing
Recording Organizing Planning
Publishing &
Receiving Feedback
Sharing &
Collaborating
Selecting Synthesizing
Dialogue
Reflecting
Understanding
Conceptualizing
& Constructing Meaning
Figure 2 A model of e-portfolio-based learning, adapted from Kolb (1984) JISC, 2008, Effective Practice with e-Portfolios, p. 9

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

Managing Oneself
Peter Drucker, (2005) Harvard Business Review
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
“Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how best they perform.”
Purpose: Use e-portfolios for managing knowledge workers' career development

Temple at Delphi
“Know Thyself”

What is Your Online Personal Brand?
E-portfolios can help us build a positive online identity.

5 Reasons Why Your Online Presence Will Replace Your Resume in 10 years
Social networking use is skyrocketing while email is plummeting
You can’t find jobs traditionally anymore
People are managing their careers as entrepreneurs
The traditional resume is now virtual and easy to build
Job seeker passion has become the deciding factor in employment
http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online-presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/

Dan Schawbel, Forbes“personal branding guru”
“Your online presence communicates, or should communicate, what you’re truly and genuinely passionate about… I firmly believe that you won’t be able to obtain and sustain a job without passion anymore.”
http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online-presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/

Help Students Find
Purpose and Passion
Through Reflection & Goal-Setting inE-Portfolio Development

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

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

Is the Futureof E-Portfolio Development in your Pocket?
“Capture the Moment” – Reflection in the Present Tense
What am I learning at this moment?
Using the tools in our pockets!

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

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

Twittermicro-blogging
“tiny bursts of learning”

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

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

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

A Reminder…
Reflection & Relationships
… the “Heart and Soul” of an e-portfolio…
NOT the Technology!
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My Final Wish…
dynamic celebrations
stories of deep learning
across the lifespan

My Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMUwdUCXiM (without Enya soundtrack)
http://vimeo.com/choices

Dr. Helen Barrett@eportfolios
Researcher & ConsultantElectronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
eportfolios@gmail.com
http://electronicportfolios.org/
http://slideshare.net/eportfolios
https://sites.google.com/site/mportfolios/

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