Web CT – ePortfolios Early Access Partners Review
Jordan, Lori, and Jason - University of Northern Iowa.
They had a home-grown portfolio system, but wanted a central model for five colleges. Staff and faculty group (ePortfolio Advisory Committee) reviewed eportero, something else, open source, and were really close to purchasing the oracle model last year. (They also did surveys to students and faculty)
Integration into LMS was important – they also liked single login, the learning object tools and link to artifacts, and the reflection tool. (Note: many ePortfolio products have worked w/ LMS vendors to incorporate single login. Most ePortfolio vendors support artifacts and reflection.) They wanted a standardized tool to demonstrate proficiency.
PLAN, TRAIN, PROMOTE.
NOTE: Student class/professor evaluations are pushing faculty to use WebCT!!!
UNI is counting on students to promote this. They also have an ePortfolio conference which is faculty-to-faculty and student competition.
University of Strathclyde, UK
Institution concentrates on English, Science, and Business.
National Requirement: K – 20 Student Personal Development Planning (PDP) – each school could implement as they see fit.
Staff wanted: Intuitive learning objectives, Structure by learning objective, e-mail notes for reviewers, group ownership portfolio. Students wanted: Oblective linked to calendar, a flexible calendar.
Nevada State College
Sam
Getting accreditation and meeting core education requirements were main goals. Students liked this product because they wanted on space. (Couldn’t a portal work???) The Director for Teaching and Learning Excellence wanted Vista to be the center of information. They are embracing it for alumni. Faculty will use it for tenure and promotion. Previouse instance was not used much, separate system, ignored by faculty. Set three year plan – will love Caliper when it is integrated. (NOTE: Caliper is the system Blackboard is promoting as a complex report writer/data aggregator.)
Learner centric (personal, goals, outcomes) vs course centric (degree/program outcomes, institutional outcomes, core educational outcomes).
ePortfolio philosophy must be worked out. Is it just a digital repository?
They had a home-grown portfolio system, but wanted a central model for five colleges. Staff and faculty group (ePortfolio Advisory Committee) reviewed eportero, something else, open source, and were really close to purchasing the oracle model last year. (They also did surveys to students and faculty)
Integration into LMS was important – they also liked single login, the learning object tools and link to artifacts, and the reflection tool. (Note: many ePortfolio products have worked w/ LMS vendors to incorporate single login. Most ePortfolio vendors support artifacts and reflection.) They wanted a standardized tool to demonstrate proficiency.
PLAN, TRAIN, PROMOTE.
NOTE: Student class/professor evaluations are pushing faculty to use WebCT!!!
UNI is counting on students to promote this. They also have an ePortfolio conference which is faculty-to-faculty and student competition.
University of Strathclyde, UK
Institution concentrates on English, Science, and Business.
National Requirement: K – 20 Student Personal Development Planning (PDP) – each school could implement as they see fit.
Staff wanted: Intuitive learning objectives, Structure by learning objective, e-mail notes for reviewers, group ownership portfolio. Students wanted: Oblective linked to calendar, a flexible calendar.
Nevada State College
Sam
Getting accreditation and meeting core education requirements were main goals. Students liked this product because they wanted on space. (Couldn’t a portal work???) The Director for Teaching and Learning Excellence wanted Vista to be the center of information. They are embracing it for alumni. Faculty will use it for tenure and promotion. Previouse instance was not used much, separate system, ignored by faculty. Set three year plan – will love Caliper when it is integrated. (NOTE: Caliper is the system Blackboard is promoting as a complex report writer/data aggregator.)
Learner centric (personal, goals, outcomes) vs course centric (degree/program outcomes, institutional outcomes, core educational outcomes).
ePortfolio philosophy must be worked out. Is it just a digital repository?
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