Electronic Portfolios in Higher Education Paul Wasko, Office of the Chancellor Brenda Lyseng, Century College

The Menu for Today: What are portfolios and their uses? What is eFolio Minnesota? What do electronic portfolios look like? How can I set up my portfolio? What are the uses of portfolios: For faculty? For students? For a course or program? For an institution?

Ingredients and Tools Knowledge about yourself is all you need! eFolio Minnesota eFolio Minnesota Help Site AAHE's Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices for Students, Faculty and Institutions cportfolios/TOC.html cportfolios/TOC.html AAHE's Electronic Portfolios Community of Practice cportfolios/cop.html cportfolios/cop.html

Step 1: Discover what a portfolio is and how you can use it A portfolio is a systemic and organized collection of work and assessments that documents a person’s efforts, progress and achievements. They are used for education, career, and personal goals. They can be both formative or developmental and summative in nature.

Step 1: Discover what a portfolio is and how you can use it Key feature of a portfolio is reflection.

Step 2: Consider Uses by Faculty  Uses for faculty: Job hunting Faculty enhancement Legacy project Instructional Professional archive

Step 3: Make a professional portfolio Professional portfolio is a comprehensive description of your professional life and achievements Reflective, purposeful, analytic, and developmental More than a resume – includes narrative Use your narrative to summarize and state your claims. These should be supported by evidence.

Step 3: Make a professional portfolio  Items to include in a professional portfolio: professional goals and interests expertise, knowledge, scholarship professional competence and expertise areas college and community service selective personal data

Step 4: Make a teaching portfolio  Items to include in a teaching portfolio: Advising/counseling Classes Course information Student work Exams Peer testimonials Student evaluations Development activities Awards and recognition Work samples Memberships

Step 4: Make a teaching portfolio  Questions to ask for a teaching portfolio: How do you teach? Why do you teach as you do? How do you know it’s working?

Step 5: Uses in the Classroom  Uses for students: Job hunting Show completion of a field of study Show completion of campus-wide competencies Use as an advising tool during college career

Step 5: Uses in the Classroom Ideas generated by MnSCU faculty – find at Educational Planning Demonstrating Student Learning Track Development during a Program Prepare for Transition to a Career Means to Evaluate a Course

Step 6: Uses for the Institution Assessment of probationary faculty Institutional site for documentation of institutional effectiveness Other ideas?

Icing on the Cake: eFolio Minnesota!

Time for Dessert! Portfolios have been used by many within individual courses or for a series of courses. What tools would be useful for both you and the students? We would love to hear your ideas!

Guides Assocation of American Geographers: Professional Portfolios Martin Kimeldorf's Portfolio Library: Planning and Design Guide Student Academic Portfolios at Southern Illinois University The Teaching Portfolio (Brown University) University of Saskatchewan: Definitions, Links, Bibliography Warren Sandmann's Portfolios Page (Minnesota State University, Mankato) MPortfolios.htm MPortfolios.htm What Teachers Learn from Student Self-Assessments (Evergreen College)