The Portfolio Cycle: How We Use ePortfolios at Virginia Tech

The Portfolio Cycle: How We Use ePortfolios at Virginia Tech

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1. THE PORTFOLIO CYCLE: HOW WE USE PORTFOLIOS AT VIRGINIA TECH Teggin Summers, PhD, Associate Director, ePortfolio Initiatives, Virginia Tech Will Fox, Graduate Assistant, PhD student, Virginia Tech June 1, 2013 1
2. June 1, 2013 2 Overview §  Background of Virginia Tech §  eP philosophy and pedagogy §  2 Tools: Matrices & Templates §  Example §  New Development!
3. June 1, 2013 3 Virginia Tech §  Comprehensive, Research I Institution §  Land grant §  60+ bachelor's degree programs §  140 master's and doctoral degree programs §  ~31,520 total FTE §  ~1,700 full-time teaching faculty
4. June 1, 2013 4 eP Philosophy/Pedagogy All about Balance! Balancing process and product Balancing goals and functionality Always maintain that ePortfolio is a PROCESS, signifying Folio Thinking §  student self-assessment §  growth over time §  re ection on learning This is what the Sakai tools do very well: balance.
5. June 1, 2013 5 Two Tools: Matrix and Templates Matrix Templates
6. June 1, 2013 eP@VT 6 Balancing Learning, Assessment, and Professional Development Kelly  Anne  Stahl  
7. June 1, 2013 eP@VT 7 New Development: eP Composer Design principles: §  User-centered §  Highly customizable, but minimum customization required §  Minimum duplication of code and les
8. June 1, 2013 eP@VT 8 New Development: eP Composer Design model: System  xslt   JS  lib   Theme  lib   Form   renderer   Presenta3on   renderer   XML  schema   Theme  list   Por:olio   composer   Por:olio   presenta3on   User   banner/logo  
9. June 1, 2013 eP@VT 9 New Development: eP Composer Key features (with live demo): §  Intuitive UI §  Customizable page type, title, order §  Customizable theme (banner, logo, and header text) §  2 matrix display styles §  Photo gallery You’re  invited  to  try  the  eP  Composer  out!  Contact  us  now!  
10. June 1, 2013 eP@VT 10 New Development: eP Composer Technological framework: §  xml/xlst §  jQuery, jQuery UI §  Lightbox §  Spectrum
11. June 1, 2013 eP@VT 11 Contact us Marc Zaldivar, PhD, Director mzaldiva@vt.edu Teggin Summers, PhD, Assistant Director teggin@vt.edu Will Fox, PhD Student, Graduate Assistant willfox@vt.edu ePortfolio Initiatives Learning Technologies 2210 Torgersen Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0292 (540)231-8994 http://eportfolio.vt.edu  
12. June 1, 2013 eP@VT 12 History of VT ePortfolio §  OSP tools integrated into our instance of Sakai (“Scholar”) since 2003 §  Virginia Tech OSP system based on the University of Michigan Scaffolding Portfolio –  However, we have extended the schemes, layouts, navigation capability, and functions of the UMSCP to satisfy our local needs