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Boise State University adopted Digication in 2013 as the official e-portfolio tool for faculty and students. Our instance of Digication is simple to use, provides no limits on how many portfolios a user creates, is connected to our SSO system, and offers a robust assessment backend. We have added the General Education University Learning Outcomes (ULOs) with their connected rubrics as well as specific program ULOs such as First Year Writing, ABET (engineering), and CAEP (education), to name a few. The simple, yet rich Digication interface allows for curation of video, Google Docs, PDFs, images, written content (which includes mathematical equations). Our usage on campus is expanding rapidly and we offer support in the form of online documentation, technical assistance via our Help Desk, and pedagogical guidance via the IDEA Shop (a department under the Center for Teaching and Learning). Our aim is two-pronged: 1) to provide a stable and secure interface for students to curate learning artifacts that will promote reflection over time and 2) to assess student learning in courses, departments, and programs.
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- 1. © 2012 Boise State University Helping Students Tell Their Story: e-Portfolios at Boise State University Ana Thompson Instructional Design Consultant IDEA Shop October 2015
- 2. © 2012 Boise State University Introduction ● Boise State University adopted Digication in 2013 ● University Learning Outcomes (ULOs) ● Curation of video, Google Docs, PDFs, images, written content ● Usage on campus is expanding rapidly ● Support: online documentation, technical assistance, and pedagogical guidance ● Two-pronged aim ● Provide a stable and secure interface for students ● Assess student learning in courses, departments, and programs.
- 3. © 2012 Boise State University KEY CONCEPTS
- 4. © 2012 Boise State University e-Portfolios ● Electronic collection of artifacts ● Medium ● Discuss content ● Demonstrate skills
- 5. © 2012 Boise State University Digital Literacy vs. Fluency
- 6. © 2012 Boise State University Critical Logical Reflective Metacognitive Creative Support continuous growth Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) UNDERSTAND ANALYZECREATE REMEMBER APPLY EVALUATE
- 7. © 2012 Boise State University Reflection Cycle What So What What Next
- 8. © 2012 Boise State University Learning is Active 20 % 10 % 30% 60 % 90 % 50%
- 9. Students do not learn much just by sitting in class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves. “ “Learning is not a spectator sport… (AAHE, 1989)
- 10. © 2012 Boise State University WHY E-PORTFOLIOS?
- 11. © 2012 Boise State University ● AAEEBL (Association for Authentic, Experiential & Evidence-Based Learning) http://www.aaeebl.org/Founded in 2009, AAEEBL is the emerging international professional association for ePortfolio practitioners. ● AAC&U (Association of American Colleges & Universities) http://www.aacu.org/ a leading national higher education organization, sponsors an annual national ePortfolio Forum, and has created the VALUE rubrics as a way of strengthening the use of ePortfolio for assessment. ● CUNY Academic Commons http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/ provides a vibrant pedagogical resource-sharing site for faculty and staff working at the City University of New York. ● ePortfolio Action & Communication (ePAC) http://epac.pbwiki.com/ is a far-flung network, knit together through a blog and web-based interaction. ● ePortfolio California http://eportfolioca.org/ ● While targeted towards California's educational institutions, the website provides valuable resources for other organizations that are working with ePortfofios. ● Inter/National Coalition for ePortfolio Research http://ncepr.org/ ● Active since 2004, this network of organizations works together to study the impact of ePortfolio on their campuses. ● International Journal of ePortfolio Research http://www.theijep.com/ is the first scholarly journal focused on ePortfolio. Launched in January 2011, it is hosted by Virginia Tech. ● Making Connections National Resource Center http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/connections/ ● Based at LaGuardia Community College, the Making Connections National Resource Center provides programs and resources to the field. Founded in 2008, and funded by FIPSE and the Title V program of the US Department of Education, Making Connections has done intensive work with 50 different campuses nationwide. ● MERLOT (Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) ● http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm aims "to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning by increasing the quantity and quality of peer reviewed online learning materials that can be easily incorporated into faculty designed courses." Individual membership is free and enables one to contribute lessons, create a collection of activities, and more.
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- 14. © 2012 Boise State University Technology Expectations for 2014 •Growth in open source, analytics, & cloud services •Connected and more effective learning pathways •Personalized and competency-based education •Reassessment of online education •Focus on pedagogy and design vs. cool tech •Refining gamification and touch technologies (Chronicle, Jan 2014)
- 15. © 2012 Boise State University Technology Adoption Factors ● Key Trend: Growing focus on measuring learning ● Significant Challenge: Blending formal and informal learning ● Significant Challenge: Improving digital fluency (Horizon Report, 2015)
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- 17. © 2012 Boise State University e-Portfolios @ Boise State RepositoryofStudent Work Accreditation and Program Review Continuous Improvement Efforts Student’s Personal and Professional Use
- 18. © 2012 Boise State University University Learning Outcomes Cluster Name 1. Write effectively in multiple contexts, for a variety of audiences. Writing 2. Communicate effectively in speech, both as speaker and listener. Oral Communication 3. Engage in effective critical inquiry by defining problems, gathering and evaluating evidence, and determining the adequacy of argumentative discourse. Critical Inquiry 4.Think creatively about complex problems in order to produce, evaluate, and implement innovative possible solutions, often as one member of a team. Innovation and Teamwork
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- 21. © 2012 Boise State University DIGICATION INTERFACE
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- 34. © 2012 Boise State University e-Porfolio Spotlight ● Engineering: Tripoli Group Project ● Education: Professional e-Portfolio ● English: e-Portfolio Project ● World Languages: Study Abroad Program ● Biology: Hobo Spiders Project See more examples at: http://academics.boisestate.edu/fsp/spotlight- e-portfolios/
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- 38. © 2012 Boise State University Support Plan ● IDEA Shop - Pedagogical Training and Support ● Instructional Designers connect with assigned faculty ● Training Team provide workshops for Help Desk staff and faculty groups ● Help Desk - Technical Support ● LTS - Back end Admin Support ● Support Site: http://ctl.boisestate.edu/eportfolios/
- 39. © 2012 Boise State University Current and Future Outlook ● Current: ● First Year Experience ● FYW (101, 102) ● UF (100, 200, 300) ● Kinesiology ● Engineering ● Expansion of program use of e-portfolios ● Multidisciplinary Studies (MDS) ● Other courses and programs ● Continuous research of tools and best practices
- 40. © 2012 Boise State University QUESTIONS?
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Editor's Notes
- Boise State University adopted Digication in 2013 as the official e-portfolio tool for faculty and students. Our instance of Digication is simple to use, provides no limits on how many portfolios a user creates, is connected to our SSO system, and offers a robust assessment backend. We have added the General Education University Learning Outcomes (ULOs) with their connected rubrics as well as specific program ULOs such as First Year Writing, ABET (engineering), and CAEP (education), to name a few. The simple, yet rich Digication interface allows for curation of video, Google Docs, PDFs, images, written content (which includes mathematical equations). Our usage on campus is expanding rapidly and we offer support in the form of online documentation, technical assistance via our Help Desk, and pedagogical guidance via the IDEA Shop (a department under the Center for Teaching and Learning). Our aim is two-pronged: 1) to provide a stable and secure interface for students to curate learning artifacts that will promote reflection over time and 2) to assess student learning in courses, departments, and programs.
- Next, I will go over some key concepts to establish a baseline for this topic https://www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/3509344402/
- Electronic collections of curated artifacts, including demonstrations, resources, and accomplishments that pertain to an individual, a group, a community, or an organization. The collection can include text, images, video, etc. An e-portfolio can be used as a medium to discuss content, can be access-controlled, used to demonstrate skills during as part of degree completion or shared with prospective employers.
- Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet (Cornell University - Digital Literacy Resource 2009) From IDEA Shop website: Digital Fluency - An evolving aptitude that empowers the individual to effectively and ethically interpret information, discover meaning, design content, construct knowledge, and communicate ideas in a digitally connected world. (Boise State University - IDEA Shop Mission 2012) According to Christian Briggs’ book, Digital Fluency: Building Success in the Digital Age, people with a level of digital literacy know of digital tools and how to use them while people with a level of digital fluency can take those tools and use them well to accomplish a planned effect. Image: http://www.socialens.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110205_socialens_literacy_fluency_digital.png
- Higher order thinking skills include critical, logical, reflective, metacognitive, and creative thinking. They are activated when individuals encounter unfamiliar problems, uncertainties, questions, or dilemmas. Think higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Successful applications of the skills result in explanations, decisions, performances, and products that are valid within the context of available knowledge and experience and that promote continued growth in these and other intellectual skills. http://www.cala.fsu.edu/files/higher_order_thinking_skills.pdf
- Higher Order Thinking Skills also include the reflection cycle. The What (scenario being evaluated), the So What (how it relates to current learning), and What Next (building new meaning) Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D., Jasper, M. (2001) (eds.) Critical Reflection for Nursing and the Helping Professions. Basingstoke, U.K: Palgrave. ISBN 0-333-77795-6. pp. 26 et seq., p. 35
- Model based on Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience (1970). The top of this pyramid represents the least effective teaching methods read and hear via images, symbols, spoken language. The most effective are at the bottom, where learning resembles real life in the form of purposeful, hands-on activities. Think about a different way of looking a Bloom’s Taxonomy.
- In relation to active learning… For students to learn, “They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves. Learning is not a spectator sport. Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation (AAHE) http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED282491.pdf
- So, why did we implemented e-portfolios?
- Research at institutions such as Rio Salado, La Guardia Community College, San Francisco State University, and organizations/publications such like Merlot, the International Journal of ePortfolio Research, the Association for Authentic, Experiential & Evidence-Based Learning, to name a few, show that institutions that utilize e-portfolios well as part of the curriculum demonstrate a higher level of student success.
- We want students to be successful http://pixabay.com/pl/sukces-znak-drogowy-kariera-wzrost-479568/
- We know of many expectations and trends, such this article published last year by the Chronicle, on Technology Expectations for 2014 Analytics fall under three main areas: institutional analytics (used for recruiting, improving retention, and predicting high-risk student trends), engagement analytics (tracking data on discussion participation, assignment completion, activity in a course), and learning analytics (what concepts are students mastering, which students are struggling, what is causing poor performance, how can the course be improved). http://acrobatiq.com/analytics-in-online-higher-education-three-categories/ Alignment of activities in a course, assignments and projects, and assessment of learning create viable connections What is the best way a student can demonstrate learning? How can we assess prior learning and give students credit? Online education opens up new possibilities of course design, such as allowing multiple or even personalized learning pathways to a degree not feasible in most face-to-face courses What combinations of pedagogy and technology are effective? Are best practices being implemented to enhance the learning experience? Creating realistic and flexible scenarios to prepare students to problem-solve in the real world. This is enhanced by many touch technologies that allow creation of intuitive activities. http://chronicle.com/article/What%E2%80%905%E2%80%90Tech%E2%80%90Experts%E2%80%90Expect%E2%80%90in/143829
- The 2015 Horizon Report, listed the following technology adoption factors: Key Trend: Growing focus on measuring learning (3-5 years) How do we know that students are learning what we think are learning? A couple of significant challenges... Significant Challenge: Blending formal and informal learning e-Portfolios provide a vehicle in which formal and informal learning can be mixed and used to create artifacts that demonstrate learning from diverse sources Significant Challenge: Improving digital fluency It is not just about learning to use technology, but using in a meaningful way
- Digication was adopted in 2013 as the e-Portfolio interface for Boise State University. Easy-to-use interface Strong assessment back-end Integrated SS0 with Google Apps for Education All courses are created from extracts from our SIS (PeopleSoft) every semester and enrollments automatically added
- Students can easily upload the kinds of files, some of them regularly used in social media, such as images, video, and music. They can also upload academic papers in MS Office formats, embed Google Docs, Sheets, Presentations, and PDFs. Students and faculty can create individual and group portfolios. They can move content in between individual and group portfolios and share them as they wish. Faculty create assignments where can students submit individual pages from various portfolios, whole eportfolios, of individual artifacts for assessment. These submissions become permanent snapshots within the digication database so that we can use them for accreditation program review. Students can continue to you improve in change thirty portfolios without affecting those permanent documented snapshots.
- Most importantly, e-portfolios are consistent with our goals to be learner-centered, a point that is emphasized by our university learning outcomes
- Students can create many e-Portfolios to share within Boise State or without when applying for jobs or internships. The e-portfolios remain with the students after they graduate.
- Although we have a learning management tool on campus, the e-portfolio is uniquely suited to let students tell the story of their learning, their work,their experiences. A place where social pedagogies can easily be implemented. It's the way that we can complete the missing pieces that demonstrate how we know how learning happens, across courses and programs and experiences inside and outside the classroom. For example, students can document leadership skills obtained from serving in a student club or during a service learning opportunity, and reflect to see their own experience over time. This is one way in which we help our students share their complete story.
- Students and faculty access Digication in two different ways. One is to access via the Google Tools in Google Apps for Education. The second way is by accessing the Boise State instance directly by going to boisestate.digication.com and logging in with their Boise State credentials.
- Digication Login Page.
- Home page after login.
- Course list.
- Course page (faculty view). Students is very similar, showing less options.
- Assignments tab.
- Standards tab.
- Discussions tab.
- e-Portfolio tab.
- People tab.
- Course settings tab.
- For those with Admin access, the Administration tab.
- Reports Page.
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