1. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20081 Dr. Madhumita Bhattacharya, Dr. Debra Hoven, Dr. Susan Moisey, Dr. Richard Kenny, Dr. Terry Anderson, Marguerite Koole, and Norm Taylor Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University

2. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20082  Introduction  Current Research on e-Portfolios  Our e-Portfolio Project  MDE e-Portfolio Competencies  e-Portfolio Structure  Selection of e-Portfolio System  Example of an MDE e-Portfolio  Discussion

3. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20083  Comprehensive exams as a capstone activity:  Benefits  Promote program quality  Constrain workload for students & faculty  Positive final experience  Issues  Meaningfulness of experience  Purpose of the activity  Currency of questions Rick

4. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20084  E-Portfolios – a basic definition  E-Portfolios as an alternative to comp exams  Promote program quality & currency  Meaningfulness - Constructivist learning  Use after graduation  Issues  Ongoing vs. end of program portfolios  Implementation – choice of platform  Extend workload for students & faculty? Rick

5. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20085  The concept of e-portfolio is a phenomenon of the millennium  Research and development of e-portfolio tools  Emphasis on 21 st century skills and competencies  Learning effectiveness studies on e-portfolios  E.g. Handbook of research in e-portfolio  Inter/national coalition for electronic portfolio research  A list of reference of 29 pages has been compiled by Dr. Helen Barrette on e-portfolio research. Mita

6. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20086  21 st century graduates should be lifelong learners who have both discipline specific knowledge and skills as well as a range of generic skills or competencies. These personal competencies, attributes or qualities are:...critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, problem solving, logical and independent thought, effective communication, and related skills in identifying, accessing and managing information: personal attributes such as intellectual rigor, creativity and imagination; and values such as ethical practice, integrity and tolerance.  Why lifelong learning is important at present time? Mita

7. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20087 Learning Systems Formal Learning Informal Learning Non-Formal Learning Age 0 Age 80 Mita

8. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20088  Provides opportunities to create personal learning space and record the learning journey in multimedia (personal archive)– process portfolio.  Could be made interactive by introducing expert feedback, peer review, blogs and wikis – interactive portfolio  An environment to demonstrate skills and competencies acquired in formal, non-formal and informal settings and reflect on the learning process- showcase portfolio (could create multiple versions by selecting artifacts from the repository). Mita

9. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 20089 Mita  Selection of an appropriate platform  Graduate profile  Previous work done on creating the list of skills and competencies  Identification of major skills and competencies of graduates of MDE program  Development of the list of skills and competencies through series of synchronous and asynchronous sessions among the project team members

10. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200810  Features:  Essential to have as a graduate of MDE  Built up over progression of whole program of study  Combination of personal, professional, academic characteristics Debra

11. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200811 1. Problem solving, analysis & decision making 2. Instructional design & development 3. Communication technologies & networking 4. Communication & interpersonal skills 5. Research 6. Management, organization & leadership Debra

12. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200812 Problem solving e.g. group forum postings  Reach agreement with group members about what the assignment is: 1.2Define the aspects of problems. 1.5Evaluate the relevance of information for a given situation. 1.6Compare alternatives. 1.7Make reasoned arguments leading to rational solutions. 1.8 Justify these solutions. 1.9 Present them to others. Debra

13. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200813 Compare to assignments - concrete applications of theoretical and developmental features  Showing what you know  What you know about how it relates …  How it developed  How you know it  How to apply it & why it’s appropriate  How to extend it Marguerite

14. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200814  Formulating and asking the right questions  In the right way  To find useful answers  And communicate/negotiate each of these steps with others

15. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200815  Process, communication, flow of design, relative application  Relationship between humans as social beings and as tool-users

16. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200816  “big picture” thinking  Top-down & bottom up views  Subtask breakdown & management  Overview, analysis, application

17. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200817  Systems investigated (some of them)  Newcastle University ePortfolio http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/FDTL4 http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/FDTL4  Petal (Sakai) http://petal.k-int.com/ https://portfolio.alt.ac.uk/cmalt/index.jsp http://petal.k-int.com/ https://portfolio.alt.ac.uk/cmalt/index.jsp  ELGG http://elgg.org/ http://elgg.org/  Mahara http://www.mahara.org/ http://www.mahara.org/ Marguerite

18. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200818  me2u me2u  Log in  Profile  Communities  Blog  E-portfolio Debra

19. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200819  Norm Taylor Norm

20. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200820  Questions?  Comments? Thank you!

21. June 13, 2008, Edmonton, CanadaDistance Education Technology Symposium 200821 Helen Barrett’s information on Reflection http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/10001 56/Reflections.html http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/10001 56/Reflections.html Some other links & resources http://electronicportfolios.org/portfolios.html Some links to Teacher Ed portfolios http://electronicportfolios.org/teachers/index.html Links to a Business student & a nursing student’s sample e-Portfolios (in Quicktime tour format) http://www.studenteportfolio.qut.edu.au/forstudents/s amples.jsp