What can we learn about ePortfolio programs by listening to graduates?
AAC&U 2017 Presentation Abstract: The ePortfolio community has long been dedicated to documenting, analyzing, and communicating the value of ePortfolios in higher education. But what happens to our students after they graduate? How do alumni perceive the value of their ePortfolio experience? Do they incorporate evidence-based, multimodal, and metacognitive practices into their daily life and work, and if so in what ways? What other insights might they share? This session will present the prominent themes that emerged during interviews and email exchanges with graduates from Northeastern University and Florida State University. The session will also include time for attendees to explore how they might incorporate alumni outreach into their own ePortfolio work and research.
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- 1. Enduring Impact What can we learn about ePortfolios by listening to program graduates? Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D. Lecturer, Graduate School of Education Associate Director, Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research Northeastern University
- 3. context 1 • fully online • master of education • ePortfolio program
- 4. Foundational Courses Ed as Field of Study Culture, Equity, Power, & Influence Ed Narrative ePortfolio Launch Sample Concentration Courses How People Learn Models for Learning Design PCM Learning Module Sample Elective Courses Social Media Open Learning OL Timeline Social Media Critique Learning Portfolio Systems Thinker Communicator Creative Problem Solver Culturally Responsive
- 7. Foundational Courses Ed as Field of Study Culture, Equity, Power, & Influence Ed Narrative ePortfolio Launch Sample Concentration Courses How People Learn Models for Learning Design PCM Learning Module Sample Elective Courses Social Media Open Learning OL Timeline Social Media Critique Learning Portfolio Systems Thinker Communicator Creative Problem Solver Culturally Responsive Capstone PoP Case Professional Portfolio Showcase Portfolio
- 9. research inquiry focus 2 • how do alumni describe the their ePortfolio experience? • what is distinctive and memorable for the alumni about their ePortfolio learning experience?
- 10. interview questions 3 for example … • what role did the ePortfolio play in your learning and development? • did the experience involve working and learning in new ways? How? • what additional thoughts or experiences would you like to share?
- 12. discoveries 4 • general themes • closer look
- 13. themes
- 14. themes
- 15. Relationship between utility of the tool and self-directed learning
- 16. weave personal with educational life to untangle ideas that anchored what I was doing helped me pull back the layers on a canvas that integrated media with text my electronic brain metaphors tie everything together and captured the detail and big picture of a scene
- 17. Fluidity between perceived audiences
- 18. I’m authoring a … audiences letter to my Future Self program preview for Future Students collection of work to help Others in the Program resource for Professionals in the Field set of exemplars and reflections for Supervisors proposition to share with Organizational Leaders
- 19. Big thanks to the interview participants!
- 20. Big thanks to the interview participants!
- 21. Big thanks to the interview participants!
- 22. Big thanks to the interview participants!
- 23. Big thanks to the interview participants!
- 24. Big thanks to the interview participants!