Marc Zaldivar, Director
Teggin Summers, Asst. Director
ePortfolio Initiatives, Learning
Technologies
Mary Ann Lewis, Director,
First-Year Experiences (and many others!)
June 10-15, 2012
Growing Community;
Growing Possibilities
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History of eP & FYE
Tool setup and variety
◦ Matrix range
◦ Template range
◦ Assessment setup(s)
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Looking to the future
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Comprehensive, Research I Institution
Land grant
60+ bachelor's degree programs
140 master's and doctoral degree programs
~28,000 total FTE
~1,700 full-time
teaching faculty
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SACS
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools
QEP
Quality Enhancement Plan
FYE
First Year Experience – Pathways to Success
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Ground in AAC&U Essential Learning
Outcomes
Develop Student Centered Paradigms
Design and Use Multi-faceted Assessment
Strategies
Base in Disciplines
Include Existing and Proposed Institutional
Commitments
Incorporate Technology to Enhance
Learning and Assessment -> ePortfolios
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Design Thinking: Defying Preconceptions
Architecture & Design Programs
Hokie Horizons
University Studies (undecided)
Introduction to a Research University
Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Life Sciences Foundations
Biological Sciences
Zip-Line to Success
College of Science Transfer Students
Agriculture and Life Sciences (2)
Architecture and Urban Studies (2)
Engineering (1)
Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (1)
Natural Resources and Environment (1)
Pamplin College of Business (1)
Science (3)
University Studies (1)
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Complex, Yes
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Comprehensive, Yes
Design
Thinking
ZipLine
CEED
CLAHS
Hokie
Horizons
Psychology
CNRE
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Business
Physics
Biochemistry
Building Construction
X-axis is matrix use, from low (left) to high (right)
Y-axis is presentation use, from low (down) to high (up).
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Evaluators
perform
assessment
Students submit
artifacts and
write reflections
Data is
communicated
openly to
facilitate
programmatic
improvement
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Galleries of images
Iteration
Process
Slowly
incorporating
reflection
Share Day
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Expansion of
programs requires
more new questions
of scale
Needs analysis for
ePortfolios:
◦ FYE – Connect-toLearning
◦ ePortfolio Innovation
Committee
◦ Learning Technologies’
on-going assessment
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Developing tool
complexity
◦ Reporting of matrixbased data in Summer
2012
◦ Blogging initiative
◦ Incorporating more
cloud-based
technologies alongside
Sakai-based tools.
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Focus on long-term
growth and evolution
of portfolio programs
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Many partners
involved...
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Faculty of the FYE
programs
Students
◦ First-Year Experiences
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◦ ePortfolio Initiatives (LT)
◦ Office of Assessment and
and…
Evaluation
◦ CIDER (CTL)
 Thanks to Sakai
◦ VP of Undergraduate
Education
Foundation and the
OSP community!
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