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03/10/2016 Paper-based Portfolio to eportfolio; Substitution or Transformation? Dr Siobhán O’ Sullivan Curriculum Development Manager Teaching and Learning Unit Cork Institute of Technology Classic Portfolio versus eportfolio A flat portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc. Financial portfolio : document accumulation of fiscal capital Educational portfolio : document development of human capital The eportfolio is the central and common point for the student learning experience… It is a reflection of the student as a person undergoing continuous personal development, not just a store of evidence JISC, 2008 Effective Practice with e-portfolio ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 1

03/10/2016 The two faces of eportfolios; process and product Finding Balance in E-Portfolio Implementation � Strategies � Acknowledge the importance of both portfolio as workspace ( process ) & showcase � ( product ) Support student choice and voice in e-portfolios � Facilitate reflection for deep learning � Provide timely and effective feedback for improvement � Encourage student use of multimedia in portfolios for visual communication and � literacy Digital Storytelling & Podcasting � Picasa/Flickrslideshows � Acknowledge/Encourage students’ Web 2.0 digital identity � ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction Surplus of Digital Content, Use..? Re-use? Assignments, Re-usable projects, learning objects reports, essays, posters Reflective of learning achieved Add dimension to Personal in a CV, Demonstrate Ownership module/course Graduate Creativity Attributes Documenting Professional Profile ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction learning 2

03/10/2016 Presentation Overview � Different types of eportfolio used at undergraduate and postgraduate level � At undergraduate level use of eportfolios in a 1 st year course (Group Portfolio), 3 rd course with students preparing for work placement and a final year course (Group Portfolio) � At postgraduate level-use of eportfolio for documenting graduate attributes, documenting research journey, assignments, techniques bank � Different types of eportfolio software-Dropbox and Blogger, Mahara, Weebly and Pebblepad ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction " Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more My interest effective action." -Peter Drucker � In 2009, as a 1 st Year Coordinator and Lecturer in Biomedical Science teaching a module on Creativity, Innovation & Teamwork � Opportunity to get students to get to know each other, work in a team and produce valuable content which could be shared � Blogs served as a reflective tool � Students shared their experiences… the 1 st year experience � Gave insight into their challenges and difficulties Challenge… REFLECTION ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 3

03/10/2016 � Online personal space � Repository of digital items (not a dumping ground!) � Range of assets, which can be selected and presented to different audiences for different purposes � Captures learning and reflection on learning � Opportunity to engage in dialogue ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction The Undergraduate Experience 1 st Year Biomedical Science Students ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 4

03/10/2016 Build Relationships Experience Promote “research” Creativity 1. Creativity, Innovation and Teamwork Development of Promote 2. Human Biology Presentation Innovation Skills Measure 1 st Year Team Building Experience Exercise ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction Preparing biomedical scientists for their future career Promote Newsletters-whats in the news, Innovativeness Challenges interviews with Biomedical Promote Scientists, interviews with Creativity mentors Promotion of Group work “Experience Research” Activities Blogs Team Building Podcasting Exercise Presentations ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction Presentation of E portfolios 5

03/10/2016 Newsletters ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 6

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03/10/2016 ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction Mind Mind Mind Mind Mapping Mapping Mapping Mapping ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 10

03/10/2016 Urinary Nervous Digestive Brain Skeleton ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 11

03/10/2016 Dropbox and Blogger ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction E portfolio software ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 12

03/10/2016 ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction http://mahara.org/user/view.php?id=14099 Blogs Reflective Journals ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction 13

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03/10/2016 E portfolio � Produced using Dropbox � Components: Review of literature on a particular disease � Research papers � Mindmaps of papers � Mother mindmap encompassing all the individual mindmaps � Wiki (for review) � Presentation with voiceover (vodcast) ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction von_Willebrand_Disease Wiki 17

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