Transcript Epsilen and ePortfolios in California’s Community Colleges

Epsilen and ePortfolios in
California’s Community
Colleges
Epsilen launched in September 2007, after six
years of field testing and development.
From the print edition of The Chronicle: 9/14/2007
New York Times Develops Online Course Content
By JOSH FISCHMAN
(Information Technology )
...and continuing-education courses. The project
puts the newspaper's Knowledge Network on an
interactive Web platform called Epsilen
Environment, developed at Purdue and Indiana
Universities. Epsilen works like an academic
version of ...
Epsilen Features & Functionality
Epsilen is a comprehensive environment that
provides the wide-ranging tools and
services that meet the needs of students,
educators and administrators in their dayto-day learning, teaching, networking, and
professional growth.
Epsilen can take your
institution into the next
generation of eLearning
and networking
Epsilen Includes A Robust Suite of Tools
 ePortfolios
Lifelong professional and academic portfolios.
 Professional Networking
Identify others with similar teaching, research, and career interests.
 Collaboration Tools
Workgroups, document sharing, blogs, wikis, web sites, email and
messaging functionality.
 Peer Review
Share documents, research, rating system.
 Learning Matrix
Automated outcome assessment, for institutions, or departments.
 Global Learning System (GLS)
Course delivery across the campus, the state, the globe.
Epsilen is centrally hosted so
your college won’t have to
provide additional software
management
Epsilen provides the technical
support and let’s colleges do
what they do best
Teach!
Epsilen
Can Help Your College
Address the Goals of the
California Community
College Strategic Plan
Epsilen helps colleges:
• Provide for increased interaction between
teachers, students and counselors, both
inside and outside of class
• Increase opportunities for institutional and
instructional collaboration and coordination
• Provides students with a way to showcase
their skills and for potential employers to
see their work
• Support innovative instructional programs
and strategies
CA CC Strategic Plan
Increase Student Teacher Contact
Learning Matrix Can Be Used to
Monitor Student Progress
•Counselors can monitor the student’s progress
toward graduation – GE requirements and major
courses
•Matrix can be used for students to monitor their
progress in a class
•Matrix can be
used to measure
SLOs in a class,
program or major
Epsilen and Basic Skills
• ePortfolios allow students to see the real
world importance of improving their
reading, writing and English skills
• Teachers and students can interact
outside of class
• Students can work in groups on
projects and assignments
• Students can network with one another on
classroom assignments
e-Portfolio and Basic Skills
The first draft of
a student’s
ePortfolio may
be full of errors
ePortfolio and Basic Skills
Final Versions are Much
Improved
ePortfolio Tools and Resources
Share It, Showcase,
Resume, Learning Matrix,
Certifications, Peer
Review, Links, Blogs
Epsilen Resumes for Workforce
Development
Stephen Ruiz
__________________________________________________
Objective: Seeking a position where I could utilize my people skills
Experience:
Banquet Server 9/12/06 - 1/18/08
• Set up and break down meetings, parties, weddings.
• Serving and busing the events.
• Customer care and greeting
Blackjack/hold'em Dealer 5/19 /06 - 9/8/06
• Counting numbers extremely fast
• Customer care and greeting
• Handled Chips
Retail Store
5/13/05 - 11/17/05
• Customer Care and Greeting People
• Cashier
• Stocked Merchandise
Showcasing Student Work
Graffiti Art
By A. Lucas Russell
Cross-Campus Collaboration
Spring 2007
• 2 University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA)
Art Appreciation Classes (121 students)
collaborated on research projects with
• 3 University of Toledo (UT) English Writing
Classes (58 students)
• Over a four week period
• 4000 miles apart / 4 hours
time difference
Outcomes and Results
Project presentation
Peer review
Group leadership
Learning from each
other
Digital Identity
Form
Relationships
Meet Challenges
Learn by Example
Imagine How Collaborations Could
be Used With International
Education Programs
• Connect an on-campus class with a class
being taught in another country
• A class on your campus could connect
with students in another country to share
ideas and work on common projects
Learning by Example
Tomorrow’s ePortfolio,
Today