Nailing Jelly to the Wall What do we mean by (e)portfolio ?

Dr John Couperthwaite, PebblePad

john@pebblepad.co.uk @johncoup

TellingePor+olioStories,2009,UniversityofWolverhampton

Why is a definition of ‘Portfolio’ so important ?

‘Portfolio’ Systems

‘Portfolio’ Presentations

§  an e-submission system

§  a feedback (and feedforward) system

§  a personal and professional development tool

§  a recording and registration system

§  a system for evidencing competences and standards

§  a tool for recording and presenting graduate attributes

§  an electronic lab-book tool

§  a collaborative learning space

§  a blogging platform

§  a tool for building and maintaining dynamic CVs

§  a peer review system

§  a template management environment

§  a document storage and retrieval system

§  a workplace based assessment system

§  an eportfolio authoring environment

§  an assessment management tool

§  a content delivery vehicle

§  a learning design environment

§  a learning and research skills system

§  a mobile learning tool

§  a private, reflective space

§  a personal learning space

How we use Portfolios

Catalyst for Learning, http://c2l.mcnrc.org/

The e-portfolio implementation toolkit

The AAEEBL Webinar Series, 3rd Edition, Co-sponsored by EPAC and AAC&U - What Is An ePortfolio?, …evolved to "what is the eportfolio idea?"

RAPPORT (The International Journal for Recording Achievement, Planning and Portfolios) a new peer-reviewed online journal.

Cross-atlantic debates

An e-portfolio is ‘a purposeful aggregation of digital items - ideas, evidence, reflections, feedback etc which ‘presents’ a selected audience with evidence of a person’s learning or ability’

Sutherland and Powell, 2007

While this description refers to the ‘aggregation’ as ‘purposeful it is neutral as to what these purposes might be.

Strivens, 2015

A definition (?)

TypeA

Representone’sself

Narra@veStyle

TypeB

Presenta@onofevidence

FormStyle

TypeC

Demonstrateachievement

Competency/mappingStyle

A Definition as Typology

Strivens, RAPPORT (CRA), 2015

An alternative definition as Typology Me-Portfolios §  Personal §  Professional §  Promotional Task-Portfolios §  Process §  Project §  Placement §  Production §  Pedagogical.

Tend… to focus on the author

Tend… to focus on an activity

Sutherland, RAPPORT (CRA), 2015

Definitions…in context

Audience (&engagement)

FORMAT

context

Portfolio Format Model, Sutherland & Poot, 2015

Audience (&engagement)

FORMAT

context

Portfolio Format Model, Sutherland & Poot, 2015

Contexts for ePortfolios (Batson, 2015) Learning – what is eportfolio’s meaning for learning for both learners and teachers. Institutional assessment – how do eportfolios affect institutional assessment? Technology in education – how are eportfolios different form other technologies used in education? Culture and economy – what is the cultural significance of eportfolios?

Definitions…in context

portfolio practices

portfolio processes

portfolio platforms

portfolio presentations

From definition to implementation

Why?

How?

What?

Who?

…which is why it is no longer like ‘Nailing Jelly to a Wall’…hopefully!

The portfolio adoption game*

*no jelly was harmed in the production of this game

ClusteredagentsPeripheralsupport–riskaverse?

Fragmenteduptake,randomdrop-outs

LackofsupportRandomfailure

Late(robust)aQempttofix

DifferentproductsDifferentdepartmentsSinglesupportagents

OutoftheboxSinglesupportagent

Completesystemfailure…despitesupport

Success!Wellsupported

Usedacrossins@tu@on

portfolio practices

portfolio processes

portfolio platforms

portfolio presentations

Making your portfolio successful

Vision:WhyintroduceaPor+olio?Howwillitimprovestudent

learning?

Selec@on:Whatques@onstoask,eg:

employability,assessment,tutoring

Implementa@on:Howwillstudentsown

theirPor+olio?Whowillsupportandgive

feedback

Tool:Whatistherightso^ware?Howwillitintegrate?Whatdoes

itlack?

Any questions ?

Dr John Couperthwaite, PebblePad

john@pebblepad.co.uk @johncoup

AAEEBL ‘What is an ePortfolio’ screen-side chats AAEEBL ‘Four-ways of seeing an ePortfolio’ Catalyst for Learning: ePortfolio resources and Research CRA, RAPPORT, International Journal for Recording Achievement, Planning and Portfolios, Vol 1 (Strivens and Sutherland papers) JISC ePortfolio Implementation Toolkit

Resources