VCC ePortfolio StakeholdersFocus Group

Purpose

To recommend an ePortfolio application that meets the needs of VCC stakeholders to the Distributed Learning Committee.

Definition

An electronic portfolio is:

a collection of authentic and diverse evidence,

drawn from a larger archive representing what a person or organization has learned over time

on which the person or organization has reflected, and

designed for presentation to one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical purpose.

Helen Barrett. Conflicting Paradigms in Electronic Portfolio Approaches. http://electronicportfolios.com/systems/paradigms.html

Considerations

PedagogyContent

Technological

Technological, Pedagogical and Content addressed

Process

• Identify criteria for use

• Identify potential applications

• Construct Matrix

• Select application(s) based on Matrix

• Submit recommendation to DLC

Non Participatory and

individualistic

Interactive and social

Summative Formative

Lifelong and portable

Finite and non-portable

ePortfolios - Implementing a Pilot Project UofA (http://edtechpd.blogspot.com/2009/03/eportfolios-implementing-pilot-project.html)

Needs Assessment

Needs AssessmentUser friendliness

Single Sign-on

Personal Workspace (private to student)

Customization of templates

Template driven interface

Publication capabilities

Portability – ability to export

Lifetime accessibility & hosting

Ability to plan and set goals

Imports artifacts in a variety of formats

Access via mobile devices

Requirements:

Action items:• Complete timeline• Create master list of criteria for survey• Compile list of potential applications • Construct Matrix • Complete survey• Select application(s)• Create recommendation report

Timeline

Meeting #1

Dec 11, 2009

Kickoff(Face-to-face)

Milestone Collect needs assessment data from stakeholders(Online)

Milestone Select potential apps & complete matrix(Online)

Meeting #2

Use Matrix to select application(Face-to-face)

Milestone Complete recommendation report for DLC(Online)

Applications: