Digital Portfolios – Alverno College’s DDP
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Digital Portfolios –Digital Portfolios –Alverno College’s DDPAlverno College’s DDP
Linda Ehley
Robert O’Brien Hokanson
John Savagian
Kelly Talley
Ann van Heerden
College of Menominee Nation
August, 2003
Digital Portfolio Questions
What are digital portfolios? What are the basic types of digital portfolios? What are the trends with regard to digital portfolios? What is Alverno’s Diagnostic Digital Portfolio? What are some benefits and issues we have found in
using the DDP? How are faculty using the DDP within their classes?
What are Digital Portfolios?
Creative means of organizing, summarizing, and sharing artifacts, information, and ideas about teaching and/or learning
A collection of student work that is stored on a computer, on a CD-ROM or using some other digital technology
Characteristics of Portfolios
Portfolios can feature multiple examples of work
Portfolios can be context rich Portfolios can offer opportunities for
selection and self assessment Portfolios can offer a look at development
over time
Assessing the Portfolio: Principles for Practice, Theory and Research (1998 - Liz Hamp-Lyons)
What are the types of Digital Portfolios?
Institution Program Assessment Course Assessment Faculty Assessment
Faculty Teaching Assessment Course Assessment Personal
Growth/Reflection
Student Student Learning Evaluation/grading Showcase
What are the Trends?
To HAVE a Digital Portfolio!
Technology Portfolios in other than digital format are not new
- Electronic/digital portfolios provide easy access
Public Relations Better understanding of student learning in higher education
Accreditation Documentation Teacher Education programs
It’s not about the technology…
…it’s about learning
Alverno College
One of about 80 US women’s colleges Ability-based curriculum Two time frames: Weekday, Weekend About 2000 students with a high level of ethnic
diversity Majors with largest enrollment:
Business and Management; Education; Nursing, Professional Communication/ CMT; Social Sciences/Psychology/CLD
http://www.alverno.edu/for_educators/publications.html
Alverno’s Diagnostic Digital Portfolio (DDP)
A cumulative yet selective record of an individual student’s academic work that is electronically accessible and assessable.
Main purpose - to assist students in analyzing their patterns of learning
A mirror to reflect her learning thus far and a map to chart where she is going
Diagnostic - analyzing the cause or nature of a situation
Digital - readable and manipulable by computer
Portfolio - a collection representative of a person’s work
Why We Created the DDP
Mountains of information on student performance and learning 14 different locations Not easily accessible to students and faculty
Wanted a vehicle to enhance student reflection on their learning across time
ImplementationYear 1
Began with accounts for all new students Piloted key performances
Year 2 Expanded classroom key performances Piloted Independent Learning Experiences
Year 3 Piloted video uploads Mid Program Integrating Moment
Year 4 Set Institutional goal for all faculty to create
and use key performances in their courses Began adding graduate programs
Student Reactions
Very positive and excited Interested in developing a “history” of her
learning Eager to participate and add additional materials Made her learning -- what she does at Alverno --
more visible Provides “one location” to access criteria,
advanced outcomes, learning style templates and advising templates
Faculty Reactions
Very positive for piloting faculty Easy access to Communication criteria,
writing and speaking templates, Advanced Outcomes and self assessment framework
Time and complexity issues Emphasized the need for technology
support
Issues
Provide specific places where students reflect on their learning Integrating Moments
Address the varying computer literacy levels of students
Integrate DDP use into classroom practice Extend understanding of uses of the DDP
Benefits
Increase computer literacy among faculty and students Actual “purpose” for using technology
Provide specific places in curriculum for reflecting on prior work and setting goals
Assist students/faculty in “seeing” learning and self assessment development
Improve quality of self assessment Help students with learning issues
Questions - Comments?
Let’s Look at the DDP!!!
ddp.alverno.edu
References
The How and the Why of Electronic Portfolios in Higher Education - Marsha Leeman-Conley
http://www.softcom.net/users/conley/papers/TechEd99.html#whatis Electronic Portfolios: Students, Teachers, and Life
Long Learners Annette Lamb
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic82.htm
Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning - AAHE- 2001 Barbara L. Cambridge, volume editor
Alverno’s Diagnostic Digital Portfolio http://ddp.alverno.edu