The Tracking ePortfolio: Serving Students, Program, and Institution Mary Bold, Ph.D., CFLE bold@marybold.com Paula Ann Hughes, Ph.D. pahughes@twu.edu Carol Kominski, Ph.D. [email_address]

Mary has no friends Facebook … where students are most expressive and an example of universal eportfolio!

Genuinely helpful for students Something they can “take with” … And something that helps to develop ongoing and systematic assessment of student learning outcomes. Premise for ePortfolio

Genuinely helpful for students

Something they can “take with”

… And something that helps to develop ongoing and systematic assessment of student learning outcomes.

What Business & Econ at TWU have: Six Learning Goals articulated in their Graduate & Undergraduate Program Reviews Many syllabi (64UG, 31G) with about 65 in use at a time, most of them for multiple course sections A high profile online EMBA (n=850)

Six Learning Goals articulated in their Graduate & Undergraduate Program Reviews

Many syllabi (64UG, 31G) with

about 65 in use at a time, most of them for multiple course sections

A high profile online EMBA (n=850)

Plan educational programs Document knowledge, skills…. Track development within program Find a job Evaluate a course Monitor and evaluate performance Lorenzo and Ittelson (2005): Six Functions 

Plan educational programs

Document knowledge, skills….

Track development within program

Find a job

Evaluate a course

Monitor and evaluate performance

Showcase Organized after elements have been created Structured Organization is pre-defined Learning Organization evolves as works are created Greenberg (2004): Three Types 

Showcase Organized after elements have been created

Structured

Organization is pre-defined

Learning

Organization evolves as works are created

Although seemingly a small matter, Batson says we can drop the "e" from ePortfolio because of the widespread use of digital methods. Our experience is that the “e” is still debated in some areas. Batson (2008): On the matter of the “e”

The Able Portfolio Exportable Expandable Amendable Archivable Fundable Updatable Improvable … some givens are that it will be:

Expectations for Portfolio Reports Linkages Privacy options Formative feedback Summative endpoints … we wanted features such as: Luckily, the adopted platform fit.

Student Professional Development including job search preparation Program Assessment including retention strategies Institutional Effectiveness including evaluation of tools Three-Pronged Approach

Student Professional Development

including job search preparation

Program Assessment

including retention strategies

Institutional Effectiveness including evaluation of tools

Appropriate to Student Needs Demonstration of learning ePortfolio shows progress across time Use of technology for self-presentation Support Mechanisms 2-year paid TaskStream subscriptions ePortfolio Coaches (part-time employees) Guides published in LMS (Blackboard) Student Professional Development

Appropriate to Student Needs

Demonstration of learning

ePortfolio shows progress across time

Use of technology for self-presentation

Support Mechanisms

2-year paid TaskStream subscriptions

ePortfolio Coaches (part-time employees)

Guides published in LMS (Blackboard)

Course-embedded Assessments Aligned with student learning outcomes Efficient grading and data collection Ideal for a tracking portfolio National Instruments EBI (both grad and undergrad) ETS Field Test (undergrad) GPI: Global Perspectives Inventory (both) Program Assessment

Course-embedded Assessments

Aligned with student learning outcomes

Efficient grading and data collection

Ideal for a tracking portfolio

National Instruments

EBI (both grad and undergrad)

ETS Field Test (undergrad)

GPI: Global Perspectives Inventory (both)

Uses of ePortfolio Recognized as authentic assessment Growth is 3X in past 5 years Use extends to accreditation reports Evaluation of Tools Rubric for Assessing the Use of Portfolios for Assessing Program Learning, published by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in 2008 Institutional Effectiveness

Uses of ePortfolio

Recognized as authentic assessment

Growth is 3X in past 5 years

Use extends to accreditation reports

Evaluation of Tools

Rubric for Assessing the Use of Portfolios for Assessing Program Learning, published by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in 2008

Institutional Effectiveness System Program Portfolio Course Portfolio Tracking Portfolio Faculty Portfolio Field Experience Student Portfolio Student Portfolio Student Portfolio Internship Portfolio Internship Portfolio College Department Discipline TWU: Connections Among ePortfolios Thematic Portfolio Student Portfolio Student Portfolio Student Portfolio

University of Texas at Dallas Portfolio Blog commentary . . . http://sacs.utdallas.edu/blog/ Their own online game . . .. http://www.utdallas.edu/GEMS/beGEMmed

Graduate Tracking ePortfolio

Contrasting approach for the UG program is a thematic portfolio on sustainability © 2008 TWU School of Management

Tracking Features of the Software

Tracking an Individual Student

Drilling Down to the Particulars

Howell, Williams, & Lindsay (2003): break out the tasks of class management a trend in online education as faculty roles are redefined How the program unbundled: ePortfolio Coaches (Master’s-prepared) experienced in TaskStream software working with 150 students at quarter-time Unbundling the Work

Howell, Williams, & Lindsay (2003):

break out the tasks of class management

a trend in online education

as faculty roles are redefined

How the program unbundled:

ePortfolio Coaches (Master’s-prepared)

experienced in TaskStream software

working with 150 students at quarter-time

Lauri Mani Erin Spot your friendly ePortfolio Coaches Their fan mail:

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Batson, T. (2008, October).The institutional path for change in this age: Andragogy, not pedagogy. Campus Technology, 10/8/2008, http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/10/the-institutional-path-for-change-in-this-age-andragogy-not-pedagogy.aspx [Accessed 2/3/2009] Greenberg, G. (2004, July/August). The digital convergence: Extending the portfolio model. EDUCAUSE Review, 31. Howell, S. L., Williams, P. B., & Lindsay, N. K. (2003). Thirty-two trends affecting distance education: An informed foundation for strategic planning. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 6 (3). Lorenzo, G., & Ittelson, J. (2005). An overview of institutional e-portfolios. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, ELI Paper 2:2005, 8. WASC (2008). Rubric for assessing the use of portfolios for assessing program learning. Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Available: http://www.wascsenior.org/findit/files/forms/PortfolioRubric4_08.pdf [Accessed 3/3/2009]