ePortfolios provide students a way to collect, select, and reflect on their academic and professional experiences. Students can showcase work like papers, presentations, videos and more to display their journey through higher education. Many students at Pace University are using ePortfolios in classes to integrate course materials and reflections. Faculty are also interested in ePortfolios and 90% of employers surveyed would look at a student's ePortfolio.

1. ePortfolios as part of the
Pace Life Cycle
“E-Portfolios provide a stronger assessment of
21st Century learning and carry the potential
to transform higher education”
-Trent Batson, Executive Director- The Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-
Based Learning (AAEBL)

2. What is an e-Portfolio?
It’s a personal online space for
students to collect, select and
reflect on their academic, extra-
COLLECT
curricular and professional
experiences.
In other words, it’s their
SELECT
“academic passport,” providing
educators and potential
employers a glimpse at a
student’s educational and
professional journey through
higher education and beyond!
REFLECT

3. How It’s Done
Through multimedia and file
storage, students can display
papers, presentations, resumes,
videos, blogs and more.
Students are able to showcase
their academic and professional
work and projects, honors and
achievements, travel experiences
and more!

4. Michelle’s “Showcase”
Page:
Videos linked to
YouTube showcase
Michelle’s work as an
aspiring producer
Text boxes and images
also help students
convey these
achievements in a
vibrant and organized
way

5. Breanna’s “Academic
Materials” Page:
Breanna proudly
showcases her
involvement on
the Model United
Nations team
Breanna has placed files
to download which
include research papers
and speeches

6. Andrew’s “Co-
Curricular/Extra-
Curricular Activities”
Page:
Andrew conveys
his campus
involvement as a
student leader
Andrew also
showcases an
annual leadership
conference he
attends

7. Why Should Students Use ePortfolios?
10%
90% of employers surveyed said
Yes
No they would look at a student’s
90% ePortfolio if made available
*41 participants
“E-Portfolios portend the future,
because they are a way for
students to own their own
learning and to carry around
evidence of their experiences in
all fields of study”
-Trent Batson, Executive Director- The Association for Authentic,
Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEBL)

8. Blended Learning is the wave of the future!
• Web 2.0 and social networking
technologies enable easier access to
increasingly available education
content and online expertise, offering
a venue for contributing and sharing
knowledge regardless of location
• College-aged students are rapid
adopters of new
technologies, devices, and
applications
-Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Technology and Learning Environments in Higher
Education

9. How Linda is Using ePortfolio
• Course: ENG 201—Writing in the Disciplines
• Level: Undergraduate
• Students develop their ePortfolio throughout the semester:
 Create a personal vision statement in sentence and
WORDLE form
 Write reflective blogs about their drafts and essays
 Upload papers and projects with descriptions
 Upload updated resume (Career Services Workshop)
 Include co-curricular, extracurricular activities and creative
work
 Share their ePortfolios with peers and get feedback

10. What is a Wordle?
A wordle, also known as a “word collage” is a
creative way for students to express their:
• Skills
• Personality
• Interests
• Personal Mission/Vision Statement
• And even resume!
Pace student leaders have used wordles to
express their personal mission statements.

11. Dana’s Personal Mission via Wordle
“My mission is to improve my leadership skills while helping others at the same
time. I hope that my work at the Center for Community & Research in
combination with an undergraduate degree in marketing at Pace
University, and upon graduation, going to Graduate School and earning an MPA
will help me launch a career working for a Non-Profit organization. My ultimate
mission in life is to create my own Non-Profit organization.”

12. How Michelle is Using ePortfolio
• Course: MCA 601: Industry Theory
and Practice
• Level: Graduate (eportfolios are a
requirement in the program)
• Students build and maintain a
professional eportfolio throughout
the semester:
• Add artifacts to eportfolio including
course materials
• Give/Receive peer feedback
• Present their eportfolios to
classmates
• Reflect on the eportfolio process +
peer comments

13. How Hillary is using ePortfolio
• Course: PAA 601; PAA 650; PAA
665, PAA 695
• MPASA- The student
• Level: Graduate association has a group on
• Purpose: To integrate course eportfolio
materials, reflection, current • Abstracts- Capstone
events, and employment to abstracts are available and
create a professional digital help students to learn from
presence that seamlessly links research conducted by
education and career. previous students
• Students build upon their
eportfolio & post reflective blogs • Study Group- Available
and administrative journals across the
• Peer feedback on reflective posts program, regardless of the
engages the students outside of course in which a student is
the classroom and builds enrolled
community

14. The PACE Impact
This semester alone (spring 2012)
nearly 900 students across
campuses have been exposed to
e-Portfolios through classroom
demonstrations as well as
leadership programs
Pace faculty have shown an
interest in e-Portfolios by
scheduling demonstrations and
by becoming involved in
“Teaching Circle” seminars

15. Contacts
Beth Gordon Klingner
Executive Director, Academic Technology
Co-Director, ePortfolio
bklingner@pace.edu
Linda Anstendig
Department of English
Co-Director, ePortfolio
lanstendig@pace.edu
Michelle Pulaski-Behling
Media and Communication Arts
mpulaskibehling@pace.edu
Hillary Knepper
Public Administration
hknepper@pace.edu