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W alk in my shoes

Promoting student ePortfolio usage through teacher

• wnership

Dr John Kertesz

W alk in my shoes: Key points

• Increased pressure for portfolio evidence
• f graduate capabilities
• ePortfolio integration unsuccessful
• Academic performance management

ePortfolios may stimulate engagement

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Government & stakeholder pressure

– Recommendation 27

• Pre-service teachers

develop a Portfolio of Evidence to demonstrate their achievement of the Graduate level of the Professional Standards.

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Negative or ill-informed attitudes

– no idea of how they are relevant – don't believe they are effective – Lack of familiarity – No real need – don't really look any different to a resume – a "useful repository" for students to CHOOSE to use

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Folio thinking culture

Successful ePortfolio systems built upon

a folio thinking culture are not dependent on the particular ePortfolio tool that is selected but on how the affordances of the tool….address the critical needs of the institution and various stakeholder groups (Light, Chen, & Ittelson,

2012)

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Common formula

Justification + evidence artifacts + standards + ePortfolio = Attainment

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Now I know how students must feel!

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Trojan ePortfolio!

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Research questions

• 1. Does the construction of a professional

ePortfolio improve lecturer engagement with, and ownership of, this medium?

• 2. Does lecturer personal use of ePortfolios

increase their use of this form of assessment in their own teaching units?

• 3. What is the impact on teaching and learning
• f lecturers and students paralleling

standards focused assessment of professional practice?

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Academic ePortfolio examples Academic 2 Academic 1

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