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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

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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

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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

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Surplus of Digital Content, Assignments, projects, reports, essays, posters Personal Ownership Creativity Documenting learning Use..? Re-use? Re-usable learning objects Add dimension to CV, Demonstrate Graduate Attributes Professional Profile Reflective of learning achieved in a module/course

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Presentation Overview

Different types of eportfolio used at undergraduate and

postgraduate level

At undergraduate level use of eportfolios in a 1st year course

(Group Portfolio), 3rd 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

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My interest

In 2009, as a 1st 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 1st year experience Gave insight into their challenges and difficulties ePrePP Symposium-Future Professional Practice-A Step in the right direction

Challenge… REFLECTION "Follow effective action with

quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."

• Peter Drucker

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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

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The Undergraduate Experience 1st Year Biomedical Science Students

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Build Relationships Promote Creativity Promote Innovation Team Building Exercise Measure 1st Year Experience Development of Presentation Skills Experience “research”

• 1. Creativity,

Innovation and Teamwork

• 2. Human Biology

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Preparing biomedical scientists for their future career

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Challenges

Promote Innovativeness Promote Creativity “Experience Research” Team Building Exercise

Newsletters-whats in the news, interviews with Biomedical Scientists, interviews with mentors Promotion of Group work Activities Blogs Podcasting Presentations Presentation of E portfolios

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Newsletters

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Mind Mind Mind Mind Mapping Mapping Mapping Mapping

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Digestive Skeleton Brain Nervous Urinary

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Dropbox and Blogger

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E portfolio software

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http://mahara.org/user/view.php?id=14099

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Blogs Reflective Journals

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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)

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von_Willebrand_Disease Wiki

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