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

3. 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?

4. Ingredients and Tools Knowledge about yourself is all you need! eFolio Minnesota http://efoliominnesota.com http://efoliominnesota.com eFolio Minnesota Help Site http://help.efoliominnesota.com http://help.efoliominnesota.com AAHE's Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices for Students, Faculty and Institutions http://aahe.ital.utexas.edu/electroni cportfolios/TOC.html http://aahe.ital.utexas.edu/electroni cportfolios/TOC.html AAHE's Electronic Portfolios Community of Practice http://aahe.ital.utexas.edu/electroni cportfolios/cop.html http://aahe.ital.utexas.edu/electroni cportfolios/cop.html

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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?

12. 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

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

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

15. Icing on the Cake: eFolio Minnesota!

16. 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!

17. Guides Assocation of American Geographers: Professional Portfolios http://www.aag.org/Careers/UW/Profportfolios.html http://www.aag.org/Careers/UW/Profportfolios.html Martin Kimeldorf's Portfolio Library: Planning and Design Guide http://www.amby.com/kimeldorf/portfolio/p_mk-08.html http://www.amby.com/kimeldorf/portfolio/p_mk-08.html Student Academic Portfolios at Southern Illinois University http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/portf.html http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/portf.html The Teaching Portfolio (Brown University) http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Sheridan_Center/pubs/teacport.html http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Sheridan_Center/pubs/teacport.html University of Saskatchewan: Definitions, Links, Bibliography http://library.usask.ca/education/portfolios.html http://library.usask.ca/education/portfolios.html Warren Sandmann's Portfolios Page (Minnesota State University, Mankato) http://www.mankato.msus.edu/acadaf/Html/AAProgram_Assessment/MO MPortfolios.htm http://www.mankato.msus.edu/acadaf/Html/AAProgram_Assessment/MO MPortfolios.htm What Teachers Learn from Student Self-Assessments (Evergreen College) http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/resources/assess/e2johnso.htm http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/resources/assess/e2johnso.htm