Documenting Learning with ePortfolios A Guide for College Instructors

by Light, Tracy Penny; Chen, Helen L.; Ittelson, John C.

• ISBN13: 9780470636206
• ISBN10: 0470636203
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-27
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

E-portfolios perform many functions in higher education at both an institutional and student level. This book offers online instructors guidance in creating and implementing e-portfolios with their students. It helps them assess the needs of their students then design and implement a strategic, comprehensive e-portfolio program tailored to these needs. Further, it lets instructors see how such programs can be used as an example of their own personal and professional academic development. This is an essential resource for any online instructor or student wishing to use e-portfolios as a tool.

Author Biography

Tracy Penny LIGHT is assistant professor, St. Jerome's University. Her research focuses on ePortfolio implementation and the ability for reflection in ePortfolios to transform the student experience. Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the ePortfolio project manager in the Office of the Registrar, Stanford University. John C. Ittelson is the director of outreach to the California Virtual Campus, and he consults to the CalState TEACH Project for California State University, Monterey Bay. He is also the co-chair of the Academic ePortfolio Workgroup for the Postsecondary Electronics Standards Council.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Authors	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Documenting Learning with ePortfolios	p. 5
Why Document Learning?	p. 7
A Stakeholder's Approach to Documenting Learning	p. 25
Designing Effective ePortfolio Learning Activities	p. 41
Creating and Implementing ePortfolios	p. 67
Engaging Today's Learners: Students and ePortfolios	p. 69
ePortfolios Outside the Classroom: Involving Campus Partners	p. 85
Using ePortfolios to Support Assessment	p. 95
Practical Considerations for Implementing ePortfolios	p. 105
Faculty Development and ePortfolios	p. 107
Selecting ePortfolio Technologies to Support Learning	p. 121
Evaluating the Impact of ePortfolios	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 145
References	p. 149
Index	p. 155
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