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University of British Columbia (UBC) - Introduction to ePortfolios Catherine Paul, Community of Practice Facilitator – Office of Learning Technology Emily Renoe, Office of Learning Technology, UBC

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University of British Columbia (UBC)  - Introduction to ePortfolios

• Catherine Paul, Community of Practice Facilitator – Office of Learning Technology

• Emily Renoe, Office of Learning Technology, UBC

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    Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• History, Definitions and Hopes • Current UBC Portfolio project examples and

others• Discussion• Hands-on activites • Closing, feedback and follow-up

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    Objectives

• Give examples of how ePortfolios are being used at UTT, UBC, and around the world

• Create an ePortfolio space using a blogging platform

• Identify ways that portfolios can contribute to deeper learning and teaching

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Brief History of  UBC Portfolio Community of Practice

• Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.  ~ Etienne Wenger

• A 3-year campus-wide initiative 2003-2006

• TLEF funded (Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund)

• investigated the pedagogical benefits & resource implications of implementing e-portfolios for multiple purposes & contexts (course, program, personal)

• 13 projects from multiple disciplines - 2000 students, 91 instructors and 37 staff

• strong community of practice (CoP) in parallel

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Successes 

• cross-faculty collaboration• research component• engaged different areas of academic

environment• encouraged informal learning spaces for

students• deep learning

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ePortfolio Pilot @ UBC

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Challenges during pilot

• technology (no one size fits all!)• sustained support• add-on rather than integration• increased workload for instructors and students

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New directions

• currently reviving the Portfolio Community of Practice, a collaborative coordination effort (Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth & Office of Learning Technology)

• regular meetings; highlighting work members are doing

• collecting stories• collaborating on workshops• developing resources and a new online

space

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    Tools

• Social Networking Software (Facebook, Ning, Prezi) 

• Weblogs • Wikis

• Carnegie's KEEP Toolkit

• Google Sites

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    ePortfolio examples

Using WordPress:http://blogs.ubc.ca/egan/http://efolio.educ.ubc.ca/maribeth/ WordPress is an open source blog publishing application; it lets you create your own web space.Keep Toolkit UBC examples:http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/gallery_of_tl/effectively_representing_educational_experience.html

Keep Tool Kit:• http://www.cfkeep.org/html/stitch.php?

s=2814408673732&id=94404660812025The KEEP Toolkit is a set of web-based tools that help teachers, students and institutions quickly create compact and engaging knowledge representations on the Web

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    More examples

Use of a wiki:http://cis.apsc.ubc.ca/wiki/index.php/Jim_Sibley_Portfolio LaGuardia Community College gallery of examples: http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/advanced_gallery.html  San Francisco State University gallery: http://eportfolio.sfsu.edu•  http://rachelpoulain.sfsu.efolioworld.com/•  http://pedroarista.sfsu1.efolioworld.com/•  http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wwong21/

 Google Sites:http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolios/

Prezi:http://prezi.com/3835

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    Examples from UBC community

   oFaculty of Educationo slides to follow

oFaculty of Nursingo slides to follow

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    Examples from UBC communityo  

 Faculty of Dentistry:

At the University of British Columbia, we introduced an ePortfolio assignment in the operative dentistry clinical simulation module and conducted a pilot study to explore the usefulness of ePortfolios as a learning tool for dental students. Qualitative assessments included student self-reflections on the ePortfolio experience. In the quantitative evaluation, ePortfolio learning was hypothesized as a multidimensional experience with four dimensions:

o 1) an ePortfolio experience is valuable for learning operative dentistryo 2) an ePortfolio is time-consuming, but overall a useful experienceo 3) ePortfolio learning requires technical skills that are manageableo 4) ePortfolio experience may be beneficial for lifelong learning. Overall, both quantitative and

qualitative assessments demonstrated that students valued ePortfolio learning as a positive

experience. In multivariate analyses (confirmatory factor analysis), the four-dimensional model of ePortfolio learning was confirmed.

o Future studies are needed to validate or revise the four-factor model of ePortfolio learning in different student cohorts.

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ePortfolios…..• address graduates’ relationship to the Standards of the

profession

• establish a collection of artifacts & reflections as evidence of professional growth

• provide a digital record of one’s evolving identity as a teacher

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• Technological: WordPress was recommended by the Office of Learning Technology and e-coaches (who are also teacher candidates). We have provided several resources e.g. a support blog

• Conceptual: [e]portfolios as assessment tools for teaching/learning in schools also apply to teacher education. We try to model this and clarify the practice and process of demonstrating teacher identity/development with a “why & how” blog.

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•   Coordinator, Special ProjectsoAnne Scholefield

[email protected]

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A Practice E-portfolio (PeP) for Nursing:  What is the PeP?

• The PeP is an electronic replacement for the existing paper-based clinical evaluation system.

• The Practice e-Portfolio will provide a one stop resource to support and record clinical learning. The application will provide an environment to support clinical learning incorporating a Web-based interface to a Practice e-Portfolio.

• It is designed to be used by students and instructors throughout the program, and give a record clinical progress

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What does it contain?

• 21 Overall Thematic Competencies - incorporating all of the relevant (i.e. clinically focused) CRNBC, and CNA competencies, and CRNBC Standards

• Specific levelled Clinical Competencies for each level of the program and evaluations

• Clinical Journaling (reflective journals)• Clinical Skills logging (specific skills, e.g. catheterization)• Clinical Experience record (placement/instructor history)• Learning Plans/contracts• 128bit encryption of all data stored/transferred

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PeP Components

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Faculty Design Contacts

Undergraduate Nursing (BSN)• Dr Bernie Garrett [email protected]• Cathryn Jackson [email protected]• Dr Maura Macphee

Nurse Practitioner (MSN-NP)• Gloria Joachim• Barbara Boyle

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   Questions for roundtable discussion

• Introduce yourself: name & university campus

• What is a challenge/hurdle you are facing in your Institution/Department using portfolios?

• How do we encourage leadership within a community of practice?

• How do we embrace diversity within a community and engage people at different levels of expertise?

• How can we encourage interaction and learning around portfolios in an online environment?

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Sustaining community

• Figure: Cambridge, et al (2005) components that make up the iterative ‘rhythm’ of a community

• foster collaborative projects; • send people to events; builds

prestige and encourages these members to give back to community

• don’t forget the important role of coordinator

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Hands-on Activities

• Go to wordpress.com

• Create an account – use an email account you can access during this session.

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Resources

• Online tutorialshttp://blogs.ubc.ca/eportfolio02

More are here:http://tv.wordpress.com

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Resources

**New online presence currently under construction!• General UBC ePortfolio info

o https://www.elearning.ubc.ca - click on ePortfolio• WordPress support:

o http://blogs.ubc.ca/eportfolio02/• Examples in this session:

o Education Portfolio site: http://efolio.educ.ubc.ca/cpaul/efolio-support/

o General Context: http://efolio.educ.ubc.ca/whyandhow/• Teaching Portfolios:

o http://www.tag.ubc.ca/resources/teachingportfolios/

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    Objectives

• Give examples of how ePortfolios are being used at UTT, UBC, and around the world

• Create an ePortfolio space using a blogging platform

• Identify ways that portfolios can contribute to deeper learning and teaching

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Contact information

Catherine Paul, UBC [email protected] catherinepaul

Facebook: [email protected]

Emily Renoe, UBC [email protected]: emilyr

Facebook: emily renoe

http://wiki.ubc.ca/EmergingTech

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Contact information

Twitter: emilyr catherinepaul

Facebook: erenoe catherine.paul