across the depth and breadth: the embedding of eportfolios in a school of education
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"Much time and energy has been devoted to the implementation of eportfolios, but the challenge for many institutions is to ensure sustainability resulting in the continuing and diverse use of eportfolios. At a large Australian School of Education, eportfolio use was mapped across the three Bachelor of Education courses, Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary. Course level planning was undertaken to determine how best to use the eportfolio to help student attain the required professional standards. This process included identifying the role of key drivers and institutional commitment, as well as recognising the variety of ways in which eportfolios could be used to develop students competence in the required standards: from 1st year communication units to capstone Work Place Integrated learning units, in supporting the development of ICT skills, to encouraging reflection and collaboration. This workshop provides an opportunity to explore this process and how it could be applied to different learning contexts. "TRANSCRIPT
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Across the depth and breadth: The embedding of eportfolios in a School of
Education
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University
- 27000 students
- 400 courses
- three campus locations
SOE current enrolments 3895
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Climate for Change - Student Issues
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Climate for Change - Staff Issues
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
At the University Level• Need for curriculum renewal within University• Curriculum working party• Eportfolio as part of documenting the learning journey from first
year experience to end of course experience• Strategic Initiative from senior leader• Created initial eportfolio working partyAt the School level – • New Programs• Academic Initiative Funding for eportfolio implementation
Climate for Change - Increasing the Urgency
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Climate for Change – Building the Guiding Team
School of Education
At University Level
SAF Board DVC T&L
C2012 Steering Committee – Lead
change agent
ePortfolio Working Party
Advisory Group – Representatives from
across University
At School Level Staff-led Group
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Climate for Change – Get the Right Vision
School of Education
Eportfolios central part of curriculum renewal program
Student focussed, learning centred
Documenting the learning journey
Learning processes of Knowing, Doing, Being
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Your turn – think/pair/share
Think about Kotter and Cohen’s first three steps – creating a climate for changeFor your institution, if you haven’t yet implemented eportfolios, then consider what you would do to:(1) Increase urgency(2) Building the guiding team(3) Get the right visionIf you have implemented eportfolios, consider your answers
to what you did:
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Your context – Increasing Urgency
Would/have
Set deadlinesBenchmarkCompare to othersCreate a causeMake it a solutionPreparation/organisationFocusMeet Key stakeholders – students, careers/ student groups/employers
Champions at executive levels
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Your context – Building the Guiding Team
Would/Have
Put on the shoulder for key peoplePeople of influenceThose that can make a decision for otherPeople across campusesIT peopleIdentifying discipline areas that use eportofolioKey students
Engage a luddite as part of the team
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Your context – Get the Right Vision
Would/Have
AccreditationKnowledge of system that is being used in their sector i.e. eportfolio system that is being used by Education Department used with pre-service teachers.Ability to access from remote areas with large chunks of material (Internet connections?)
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
University Level• Eportfolio newsletter• University broadsheet• Blackboard LMS Community Site• Engage with each Teaching and Learning Associate Dean for
each FacultySchool Level• Present to academics and professional staff at School Forum• Follow up with course meetings
Engaging and Enabling – Communicate for Buy-in
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Engaging and Enabling – Empower Action
1. Communicating with staff about the pedagogical benefits of the eportfolio system
2. Training staff on the capabilities of eportfolios – What and How
3. Time allocated for course coordinators and unit coordinators to map the use of eportfolios into relevant units
4. Training the student mentor team in the SOE to support students (and staff??)
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Early Childhood Primary1st year Communication unit1st year Oral Language unit2nd year pedagogy unit2nd year Visual Arts unit3rd year Pedagogy unit3rd year Diversity unit3rd year Arts unit4th year Capstone unit 4th year Practicum unit
1st year ICT unit2nd year Social Science unit 2nd year Maths unit2nd year Health and Phys Ed unit2nd year Art unit3rd year Art unit3rd year Diversity unit4th year Capstone unit
Secondary Grad Dip (Primary)
1st year Communication unit2nd year Pedagogy unit
Maths unitCapstone unit
School of Education
Engaging and Enabling – Empower ActionB
read
th
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
1st Year 2nd YearIdentifying Professional StandardsStorage of assets for portfolio
Interactive workbooksReflectionStorage of assets for portfolioWebfolios for content areas
School of Education
Engaging and Enabling – Empower Action
3rd Year 4th YearMapping Professional StandardsReflectionStorage of assets for portfolioDeveloping assets using templatesWebfolios for content areas
Interactive workbooksReflectionProfessional portfoliosD
epth
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Engaging and Enabling – Create Short Term Wins
• Workload acknowledgement for unit coordinators integrating eportfolios in their units
• Catering at training sessions!• Support person within the School • Acknowledgement of work in presentation at annual teaching
and learning conference within University
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Think about Kotter’s second series of three steps – engaging and enabling (the whole organization)For your institution, if you haven’t yet implemented eportfolios,
then consider what you would do to:(4) Communicate for Buy-in(5) Empower Action(6) Create Short-term WinsIf you have implemented eportfolios, consider your answers to
what you did:
Your Turn – Think/Pair/Share
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your context – Communicate for Buy-in
Would Have
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your context – Empower Action
Would Have
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your context – Create Short Term Wins
Would• Action Learning Cycle
Have
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
• Continue to disseminate information on eporfolio use across the university
• Volunteer Student Mentors to provide support for students
• Review use to date with unit coordinators
• Plan for use in 2014
• Support provided by Centre for Learning and Development
• In School support (?)
School of Education
Implementing and Sustaining Change – Don’t Let Up
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Implementing and Sustaining Change – Make it Stick
Keeping it at the forefront of discussions
• Grant applications
• Research possibilities
• Fully online units – use of Pebble identified as one of the preferred support tools for online learning
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your turn – Think/Pair/Share
Think about Kotter’s third series of two steps – implementing and sustaining changeFor your institution, if you haven’t yet implemented
eportfolios, then consider what you would do to:(7) Don’t Let Up(8) Make it StickIf you have implemented eportfolios, consider your answers
to what you did:
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your context – Don’t Let Up
Would Have
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
School of Education
Your context – Make it Stick
Would Have
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
What next?
Professional Accreditation
Focus on learning design
Demonstration of course learning outcomes to include standards and analytic reports, and qualitative data (TEQSA)
Employability and authentic learning, including postgraduate eportfolios
On-line delivery of group learning and peer assessment
School of Education
Your School or Centre name hereEdith Cowan University
Thank you for your attention!
Susan Main: [email protected]
School of Education