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eFolio Application & Reporting Tools Santa Clara County Office of Education 8.19.09 John Whitmer California Virtual Campus Agenda 1. ePortfolio Introduction 2. eFolio Editing 3. eFolio Reporting Tools 4. Q&A Understanding ePortfolios Lorenzo & Ittelson (2005) Definition: Purposeful selection of artifacts together with reflections that represent some aspect of the owner’s learning Owner – Student – Faculty – Institutional Purpose – Learning or Development – Assessment – Employment – Retention, Promotion,Tenure – Certification, Accreditation Slide courtesy of Helen Chen, Stanford University Sample ePortfolios • East LA College Architecture Student Portfolio • Foothill College Dental Hygiene Demonstration Portfolio Identification Campus Environment Course/Program Information The benefit that is anticipated the most by using ePortfolios is “Promote 21st century skills.” Anticipated benefits 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Increase student engagement Improved assessment of student work Promote 21st century skills Make learning more visible Improve planning and organization Other Hosting and Licensing California Virtual Campus • Systemwide technology project, sponsored by CCC Chancellor’s Office Technology and Telecommunications Infrastructure Program • Provides services and applications to improve educational outcomes using network-enabled technologies. AB 1437 (Padilla) established CVC last year in Ed. Code as K-20 organization • Vendor neutral (tool agnostic) – provide educational technology to college/faculty/staff/student needs • Multiple projects - including ePortfolio California, Online Course Catalog, CAHSEE Steps, California Accelerated Pathways, CSU / CCC Enhanced Transfer Pilot Program, MERLOT Partnership, and more… • Housed at Butte College, distributed throughout state ePortfolio California • Goal: provide an ePortfolio solution for California K-20 education • 3 year pilot program to evaluate benefits/requirements in: teaching & learning, functionality, operations, and business processes • 26 participating institutions, including K12, CSU, CCC and UC institutions • Partnership with Sul & Associates: provide K12 framework, assessment/pedagogical tools to integrate ePortfolios effectively ePortfolio California Principles • Student-owned portfolios driven by faculty/institutional-goals • Lifelong access enabled/provided • Low cost, easy to use and deploy • Meet best practices in programming and can be scaled to millions of users eFolio Application Overview • Created by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities in 2002 as an e-service for all citizens • Expanded to eFolioPA, eFolioworld as interest peaked • ePortfolio-only tool, includes Web 2.0 applications, institution-wide summary data • Released v2.0 5/09, CVC “sole distributor” for CA K-20 education • Accessible to users with disabilities (Section 508 / WCAG Compliant), both authoring and viewing ePortfolio Planning Questions • • • • What are your program goals? How can students demonstrate them? How will teachers/administrators assess them? How will you encourage participation by teachers and students? • How can you standardize formats for easy participation by teachers and students? eFolio Demonstration • Edit Sample Portfolio • Administration Tools Thank You! Contact info: John Whitmer, CVC (530.554.1528|[email protected])