Comments on: First Experience Asssessing E-Portfolios http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/first-experience-asssessing-e-portfolios/ Teaching and Learning in a Net-Centric World Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Hotrum http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/first-experience-asssessing-e-portfolios/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Michael Hotrum Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:50:53 +0000 http://terrya.edublogs.org/?p=119#comment-1519 As a graduate of the MEd. program at Athabasca and as someone who voiced criticism about the need for the two essays I'm gratified by this change. Writing two more essays was not the appropriate route. The Elgg space, however, is an appropriate route. A student can house progressively developed artefacts and self observations.These are research elements that a student can use to summarize their learning progression - and the online portfolio tool is the perfect vehicle for its transmission. Congratulations to Terry Anderson for his attention to student needs and continued search for alternative approaches to learning and research. As a graduate of the MEd. program at Athabasca and as someone who voiced criticism about the need for the two essays I’m gratified by this change. Writing two more essays was not the appropriate route. The Elgg space, however, is an appropriate route. A student can house progressively developed artefacts and self observations.These are research elements that a student can use to summarize their learning progression – and the online portfolio tool is the perfect vehicle for its transmission. Congratulations to Terry Anderson for his attention to student needs and continued search for alternative approaches to learning and research.

]]> By: Terry Anderson http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/first-experience-asssessing-e-portfolios/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Terry Anderson Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:09:08 +0000 http://terrya.edublogs.org/?p=119#comment-1498 Thanks Ray for your interest and questions. Brief replies as follows: First let me say that the e-portfolio option is new to our program, so we are working things on the fly! I wasn't involved with this student, as I was not her advisor, so was only involved in a summative assessment role. I am not sure what portions of the portfolio she shared with her advisory, during production, but she has that option. Yes, it might have been interesting for peer review and comment and may yet come, but it is a challenge getting a critical mass of users from our program to use this social software system. As her posts were restricted to us, she has received no external feedback to date, but again that was her choice and she said she intended to open them up. The student (not the faculty) decides who views what portions of the portfolio. Yes, the e-portfolio can link or embed a variety of multimedia artifacts. I hope they will want to share their e-portfolios with the world, but for now, students decide if they want them exposed, so I can't really give that permission to you or other educators. Thanks again for the comments and questions. Terry Thanks Ray for your interest and questions. Brief replies as follows:
First let me say that the e-portfolio option is new to our program, so we are working things on the fly! I wasn’t involved with this student, as I was not her advisor, so was only involved in a summative assessment role. I am not sure what portions of the portfolio she shared with her advisory, during production, but she has that option.

Yes, it might have been interesting for peer review and comment and may yet come, but it is a challenge getting a critical mass of users from our program to use this social software system. As her posts were restricted to us, she has received no external feedback to date, but again that was her choice and she said she intended to open them up.

The student (not the faculty) decides who views what portions of the portfolio.

Yes, the e-portfolio can link or embed a variety of multimedia artifacts.

I hope they will want to share their e-portfolios with the world, but for now, students decide if they want them exposed, so I can’t really give that permission to you or other educators.

Thanks again for the comments and questions.
Terry

]]> By: Ray Tolley http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/first-experience-asssessing-e-portfolios/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 Ray Tolley Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:10:19 +0000 http://terrya.edublogs.org/?p=119#comment-1496 Hi, Terry, Thanks for taking the trouble to publish your thoughts. There are, however, a few comments/questions that I would like to make: Firstly, do I assume that over the period of the course you have had opportunity to observe the essays 'grow' and that you have had opportunity to give formative feedback? I am sure that in watching a student's progress, it makes final assessments much easier. Secondly, I was surprised that the student had not made her work available to selected peers so that she could collaborate with others and thus build up even better final artifacts. Thirdly, out of interest, does your facility allow different tutors to see different parts or subjects of an individual's e-Portfolio or is this, as it appears, only viewable in its entirety by you as the one supervising tutor? Fourthly, apart from written essays, did your students have the opportunity to use other 'rich media' to support their work? Perhaps, with appropriate permissions, would it be possible to see and example of one of your students' e-Portfolios? Finally, in retrospect, I'd be interested in any advice that you have to other tutors/Principals in relation to the use of e-Portfolios as an assessment tool. Hi, Terry,

Thanks for taking the trouble to publish your thoughts.

There are, however, a few comments/questions that I would like to make:

Firstly, do I assume that over the period of the course you have had opportunity to observe the essays ‘grow’ and that you have had opportunity to give formative feedback? I am sure that in watching a student’s progress, it makes final assessments much easier.

Secondly, I was surprised that the student had not made her work available to selected peers so that she could collaborate with others and thus build up even better final artifacts.

Thirdly, out of interest, does your facility allow different tutors to see different parts or subjects of an individual’s e-Portfolio or is this, as it appears, only viewable in its entirety by you as the one supervising tutor?

Fourthly, apart from written essays, did your students have the opportunity to use other ‘rich media’ to support their work?

Perhaps, with appropriate permissions, would it be possible to see and example of one of your students’ e-Portfolios?

Finally, in retrospect, I’d be interested in any advice that you have to other tutors/Principals in relation to the use of e-Portfolios as an assessment tool.

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