Description
Book SynopsisDocumenting Learning with ePortfolios
Documenting Learning with ePortfolios provides higher education instructors with a theory-to-practice approach to understanding the pedagogy behind ePortfolios and to helping students use them to record and reflect on their learning in multiple contexts. The authors outline a framework of six critical iterative tasks to undertake when implementing ePortfolios for student success. Filled with real-life models of successful ePortfolio projects, the book also includes guidance for faculty development to support the use of ePortfolios and covers the place of ePortfolios in institutional assessment efforts. Finally, the authors offer considerations for deciding on which technological tools to deploy in implementing a successful ePortfolio initiative.
These authors achieve the very rare accomplishment of combining their years of practical experience, broad conceptual and research underpinnings, and incredibly useful examples and
Table of Contents
List of Figures vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
About the Authors xix
Introduction 1
PART 1 Documenting Learning with ePortfolios 5
1 Why Document Learning? 7
2 A Stakeholder’s Approach to Documenting Learning 25
3 Designing Effective ePortfolio Learning Activities 41
PART 2 Creating and Implementing ePortfolios 67
4 Engaging Today’s Learners: Students and ePortfolios 69
5 ePortfolios Outside the Classroom: Involving Campus Partners 85
6 Using ePortfolios to Support Assessment 95
PART 3 Practical Considerations for Implementing ePortfolios 105
7 Faculty Development and ePortfolios 107
8 Selecting ePortfolio Technologies to Support Learning 121
9 Evaluating the Impact of ePortfolios 139
Conclusion 145
References 149
Index 155
