Documenting Learning with ePortfolios A Guide for College Instructors
by Light, Tracy Penny; Chen, Helen L.; Ittelson, John C.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-12-27
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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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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