John Whitmer

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The CVC ePortfolio California Project

• John Whitmer
• April 2, 2009
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ePortfolio California Project

• _at_ONE Webinar4.2.2009 John Whitmer, California
  Virtual Campus

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Agenda

• ePortfolio Definition and Relevance (10 min)
• Demonstrations of eFolio and Epsilen Applications
  (20 min)
• ePortfolio California Project (15 min)
• Opportunities for Participation (5 min)
• Q A (15 min)

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ePortfolio Definition and Relevance
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Whats an ePortfolio?

• ePortfolios are a valuable learning and
  assessment tool. (Lorenzo/Ittelson, 2005)
• An ePortfolio is a digitized collection of
  artifacts including demonstrations, resources,
  and accomplishments that represent an individual,
  group, or institution. (Lorenzo/Ittelson, 2005)
• Called for in CCC System Strategic Plan

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Show me

• East LA College
• Foothill College Dental Hygiene
• San Francisco State University

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How can you use ePortfolios?

• Within Portfolios
• Presentation
• Self-Reflection
• Feedback
• Across Portfolios
• Evaluate course, program, institutional impact on
  student learning
• Create shared rubrics and measures for success

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Uses of ePortfolios Students
Collect, Reflect, Share and Evaluate

• Student Contexts
• Individual class requirements
• Graduation requirements
• standards compliance for certification
• Employment resumes
• etc, etc.

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Use of ePortfolios Faculty

• Faculty Contexts
• RTP process
• Job Search
• Teaching / Publishing Collaboration

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Use of ePortfolios Institutions

• Institutional Contexts
• Aggregate individual portfolios for program
  accreditation
• Institutional Assessment
• Institutional Planning

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2. Efolio v2.0 and Epsilen Demos
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Pilot Applications

• eFolio v2.0
• Academic tool created by MnSCU in 2002 as
  e-service for all citizens
• ePortfolio-only tool, includes Web 2.0
  applications, institution-wide summary data
• Releasing v2.0 (xFolio) 4/09, CVC sole
  distributor for CA education
• Demo Portfolio
• Epsilen
• Commercial application created by founder Angel
  (Ali Jafari), majority ownership by New York
  times
• swiss army knife with Web 2.0, groups, etc.,
  potential LCMS platform
• Released v2.0 1/09
• Demo Portfolio

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3. ePortfolio California Project
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CVC ePortfolio Project goals

• Teaching Learning Contribute to and support
  the community of practice on ePortfolios, to
  determine relative merits of ePortfolios and
  determine best practices for their deployment
• Functionality Develop common information
  standards for exchange of information between
  ePortfolio platforms and other CCC systemwide
  services
• Operations Evaluate merits of providing
  systemwide licensing, hosting, and support
  services for ePortfolio solutions
• Business Develop business plan and assess
  requirements for a statewide ePortfolio solution

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Program Components (or what well do for you)

• Licensing negotiated at bulk rate, applications
  centrally hosted, CVC handles Account
  Administration
• On Call support for students and teachers
• Professional Development
• Provide face to face group training,
• Shared online community of practice
• Contribute to / interact with CSUs EPAC and DTLC
  
• Evaluation and Assessment instruments provided.
  ePortfolio usage data tracked

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Brief Pilot Timeline

• TTAC TTAC TT

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Current Pilots

• Mount San Jacinto College (Epsilen)
• Riverside Community College District ( 3
  campuses)
• San Francisco State University
• University of California Irvine
• University of California Santa Barbara, School
  of Education, Joint Doctoral Program in
  Educational Leadership (Epsilen)
• CA Regional Migrant Education Programs (Sul
  Associates)

• College of the Sequoias (Epsilen)
• Foothill College
• Los Angeles Community College District,
  including
• Pierce College
• Los Angeles Mission College
• Los Angeles Valley College
• Los Angeles City College
• East Los Angeles College
• Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
• West Los Angeles College
• Los Angeles Southwest College
• Los Angeles Harbor College

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Pilot Requirements

• License Fees
• xFolio 5/account/year, min 200 accounts
• Epsilen 500/year, unlimited accounts
• Community Activities
• Participation in quarterly coordinator meetings
• Log into learning times site WEEKLY
• Upload materials created for PD and assessment to
  community of practice site in editable format
• Evaluation/Assessment
• Participation in evaluation activities, some
  standard questions
• Permission to access/use ePortfolio usage
  information

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4. Opportunities for Participation
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How to Participate

• Demo Accounts
• eFolio v2.0 http//tinyurl.com/cvc-xfolio
• Epsilen http//tinyurl.com/cvc-epsilen
• License eFolio (lt200 accounts)
• http//eportfolioca.org/sign-up
• Become a Pilot Campus with eFolio or Epsilen
• http//eportfolioca.org/sign-up

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5. Questions or Feedback?
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Thank You!

• Contact info
• John Whitmer, CVC (530.554.1528jwhitmer_at_cvc.edu)
  
• Jen Gednalske, CVC(530.879.4090
  jgednalske_at_cvc.edu)

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Discussion

• How could you use ePortfolios with your students?
• Could you use ePortfolios to evaluate program
  success?
• Are there any barriers to successful
  implementation with your students?

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Evaluation Survey Link

• http//tinyurl.com/ONEeval-09SpCVCePortfolio

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Thanks for Attending

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