global leader in packaging education updated april 16, 2012 the packaging science eportfolio
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Global leader in packaging education
UpdatedApril 16, 2012
The Packaging ScienceePortfolio
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Discussion outline
What is an ePortfolio?GenEd ePortfolioPackaging Science ePortfolio
What? Why? When?
ReflectionsEmphasis areas and minorsWhat you should do
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What is an ePortfolio?
ePortfolio= electronic portfolio= digital portfolio Collection of electronic evidence Assembled and managed by a user May include:
Text (documents) Electronic files Images
Multimedia Blog entries Hyperlinks
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What is an ePortfolio?
Demonstration of user’s abilitiesPlatform for user expressionMaintained dynamically over timeVarying degrees of accessMultiple purposes for same
ePortfolioMore formal setting than Facebook
or Twitter
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ePortfolio benefits
Encourage independent and autonomous thinking
Take charge of your learningDemonstrate your proficiencyReflect on what you’ve learnedReflect on plans for building and
improving in the futureDevelop critical thinkingDevelop writing and multimedia skills
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GenEd ePortfolio
Required by Clemson from all undergraduates
Submitted in senior yearMust be approved prior to
graduationEvidence of GenEd competencieshttp://www.clemson.edu/academics/
programs/eportfolio/index.html
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Packaging Science ePortfolio
What is it? Collection of examples of your work
from each core Packaging Science course
Reflections on your courses and on key events and decisions
Updated resume Images and multimedia materials
documenting your UG years Hyperlink to your GenEd ePortfolio Anything else you want to include
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Packaging Science ePortfolio
Why? Encourage critical thinking
• Your coursework• Your UG experiences• Your decisions
Collect evidence for the faculty • Document achievement of learning
outcomes Document your UG experience Basis for a career ePortfolio
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Packaging Science ePortfolio
When? Start NOW Submit in your last UG semester
(PKGSC 403)
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Reflection
Active, conscious process
Make sense of an experience Examine it Explore it in
greater depth Not just live it
Learn through experience
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PKGSC ePortfolio content
AutobiographyReflection: my Clemson experienceReflection: business ethicsReflection: co-op and/or work
experienceReflection: choosing your majorReflection: choosing your
minor/emphasis area
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PKGSC ePortfolio content (continued)
Updated professional resumeAt least one artifact from each
required core Packaging Science course and a reflection on the artifact content
Reflection on each CI course (or sequence)
Hyperlink to complete GenEd ePortfolio
Still or video images/audio files
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PKGSC ePortfolio content (continued)
Course artifacts Suggested or required artifacts are
specified in each PKGSC core curriculum course syllabus
Course reflections Reflect on the artifact If you like, reflect on any part or all of
the course
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What should you do?
Familiarize yourself with Google Sites Google.com, click more, click Sites https://docs.google.com/a/g.clemson.e
du/file/d/0B-8zr68OP1G4Y2Y0YzZlNTUtNTdlMi00OGFhLWJkMGMtN2Y1OGYwZWQ2MzFj/edit?hl=en&pli=1
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What should you do?
Start collecting artifacts for both your GenEd and PKGSC ePortfolios NOW and every future semester
Write first drafts of appropriate documents and reflections for PKGSC ePortfolio
BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER OFTEN External hard drive Cloud site U-drive (lose access after graduation)
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Assistance or additional information:
Dr. KimmelPoole [email protected]