Resources and Definitions –for e-portfolio Day

ePortfolio Basics and Jewels
Dr. Helen Barrett’s Mega-website with information about electronic portfolios and digital storytelling: http://electronicportfolios.org/

Helen Barrett’s favorite links – assessment and eportfolios http://electronicportfolios.org/portfolios/bookmarks.html

Interview with K Yancey http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/yancey/yancey.htm

Batson, Trent. 2008. “Viewpoint: ePortfolios: Hot once again.” Campus Technology, April 16. Archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5XoKpkvfR.

Elearning space. GEORGE SIEMENS
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/eportfolios.htm

Personal Learning Environments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_learning_environments

Link to WSU winning student eportfolio contest…evidence as to why https://my.wsu.edu/portal/page?_pageid=177,298566&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Groom, Jim. 2008. “This ain’t yo mama’s e-portfolio, part 1.” [Weblog entry, May 7.] WPMu Ed. Archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5XoL3tnYR.

Victoria Getis, Catherine Gynn, and Susan E. Metros. “New Partnerships: Engaging Undergraduates in Research through Technology.” Educause Center for Applied Research.” 2006. 28 January 2006 http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage /666?ID=ERB0601.

Short List Bibliography (with descriptions drawn from the Amazon.com web site):

Banta, Trudy W. and associates. Portfolio Assessment Uses, Cases, Scoring, and Impact. Jossey Bass, 2003. Discussion of portfolio assessment from the leading researchers and practitioners in the field, showing how portfolios, including web-based portfolios, have been used at various institutions to assess and improve programs in general education, the major, and advising, as well as overall institutional effectiveness. These articles explore ways portfolios can be scored, students' perspectives on portfolios, how portfolios changed the faculty culture at one institution, and more Cambridge, Barbara L., Editor.

Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning. Stylus, 2001. The portfolio as a powerful tool for learning and assessment. Introducing the electronic into the mix increases its power, especially through the key feature of interactive hyperlinks and the potential to promote continuous reflection on, and updating of, learning. This introduction examines the potential of electronic portfolios by addressing: rationales for creating an electronic portfolio; possible features of the portfolio; examples of current practice; cautions; and recommendations. Jafari, Ali, and Catherine Kaufman, eds.

Handbook of Research on ePortfolios. Idea Group Publishing, 2006 The single source for comprehensive coverage of the major themes of ePortfolios, addressing all of the major issues, from concept to technology to implementation. It is the first reference publication to provide a complete investigation on a variety of ePortfolio uses through case studies and supporting technologies, and also explains the conceptual thinking behind current uses and potential uses not yet implemented. This is also the first handbook to investigate commercial and academic ePortfolio systems—home-grown, off the shelf, and open source—and to supply proof-of-concept evidence of successful systems. Stefani, Lorraine, Robin Mason, and Chris Pegler.

The Educational Potential of e-Portfolios: Supporting Personal Development and Reflective Learning. Routledge, 2007. A comprehensive, practical guide for lecturers and staff developers who need to know more about the development of purposeful e-portfolios for supporting students in reflecting on their learning. Zubizarreta, John.

The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning. Jossey Bass, 2004. An academic understanding of, and rationale for, learning portfolios along with practical information that can be custom tailored to suit many disciplinary, pedagogical, programmatic, and institutional needs.

Organizations
http://eportconsortium.org/ Inter/National Coalition on eportfolio research

http://ncepr.org/bibliography.html

Carnegie Foundation The Knowledge Media Laboratory (KML) of The Carnegie Foundation has created the KEEP Toolkit as a way for faculty to collect and share multimedia examples of their classroom instruction as well as their electronic portfolios http://www.cfkeep.org/static/index.html

Interesting tools you may not have thought about using, YET
Personal Learning Environments: Unleashing the Power of Web 2.0 http://campustechnology.com/printarticle.aspx?id=63551

Stephen Downes blog (excellent) entry about Web 2.0 use and eportfolios http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=44907

Concept mapping software (CmapTools), free download http://cmap.ihmc.us/

Colleges with ePortfolio experience and expertise:
LaGuardia Community College, extensive set of resources and knowledge http://eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Alverno College, Diagnostic Digital Portfolio http://ddp.alverno.edu/

University of Washington, Catalyst portfolio http://catalyst.washington.edu/web_tools/

Contributions from: Wayne Hall, Sheryl Hansen, Kathleen Yancey, Helen Barrett, Matt Howard.