 | Bridgett Piernik-Yoder Assistant Professor University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Topic: Using Electronic Course Portfolios to Support the Scholarship of Teaching Date: November 9, 2009 Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT (12:00 p.m. CDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT) International participants: You may wish to visit this external time-conversion website to calculate the event's start time in your time zone. Duration: 1 hour |
Malcolm Brown, director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, moderates this web seminar with Bridgett Piernik-Yoder. As discourse regarding the evaluation of teaching has evolved, an established definition of the standards of scholarship of teaching has emerged. In adhering to these standards, it becomes imperative to document teaching practices and investigate methods that support the examination and sharing of teaching practices. Whereas the concept of scholarship of teaching has been defined, little information is available regarding specific tools and processes to support scholarship of teaching.
The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate how course portfolios are one effective tool in documenting teaching practices to support reflective technique and invite peer review. The use of an electronic course portfolio as a flexible tool to support scholarship of teaching will be highlighted. Additionally, the challenges and benefits of developing electronic course portfolios will be presented, as well as suggestions to facilitate the development process.
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Trent Batson
An interesting report from ETS and a comprehensive literature review on feedback, particularly formative feedback on student learning:
Focus on Formative Feedback
By Valerie J. Shute
Available at www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf
From the POD listserv
Electronic collections help show the range of students' work, but are not standardized or scalable enough to be used for broad assessment purposes, write Richard Shavelson, Stephen Klein and Roger Benjamin.
A provoking perspective...thoughts, comments, reactions? The comments to the article are also worth reading as are AAC&U President's Carol Schneider's response here: http://blog.aacu.org/index.php/2009/10/19/the-proof-is-in-the-portfolio/ and Dr. Helen Barrett's blog posting here: http://electronicportfolios.org/blog/2009/10/limitations-of-portfolios.html
From the Regional Support Centres "Midlands Eportfolio Group" listserv (10/09)
NOTE: This document is in German -- skip to the matrix (pg 25)
http://www.bildungstechnologie.net/blog/evaluation-von-e-portfolio-software-abschlussbericht
