Session II (11:40-12:30)
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E264
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Brooklyn College
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"Benchmarks for Success": SEEK ePortfolios at Brooklyn College
ePortfolios have transformed the program through careful integration of outcomes assessment, pedagogy, faculty development, program assessment, and CUNY and College technology initiatives. Cited by the Middle States Evaluation Team as one of the strengths of the College, the "Benchmarks for Success" model is adaptable to other campuses, program cultures, concerns, and populations.
• Martha J. Bell, Chair and Director, SEEK
• Carlos A. Cruz, Multimedia/Instruction Design & Blackboard Support, AIT
• Tracy Daraviras, SEEK Tutoring Coordinator
• Longfeng Gao, SEEK Technology Coordinator
• Sharona A. Levy, SEEK
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E255
Joint Session
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Arts & Society Learning Community, LaGuardia Community College
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ePortfolio as a “Digital Forum Theatre”
LaGuardia's "Arts & Society" learning community uses ePortfolio as a theatrical forum to “stage” scenes across media. By uniting artifacts they have both located and created in the same environment, students dialogue with their sources, manipulating and publishing unresolved “plots” for classmates to review. ePortfolio allows students to “rehearse” and “perform” solutions and test how they will be received by a potential community “audience.”
Kimberly Ramírez, Assistant Professor of English
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Liberal Arts Cluster, LaGuardia Community College
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ePortfolio as a Tool for Reflecting on Rhetoric across Disciplines
The Persuasive Note, a liberal arts cluster with a shared rhetorical approach, was launched at LaGuardia in 2008. It was grounded in the question: “Can we deepen students’ understanding of the formal power of rhetoric by making it our theme?” The primary instrument for eliciting student reflections on rhetoric vis-a-vis their coursework, education and lives, was a “Reflections” page on students’ ePortfolios. Our methodology and results will be presented.
• Gary Richmond, Lecturer
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E147
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Tunxis Community College
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From Culture Shock to Culture Shift: Implementing an ePortfolio Culture
How does an institution transition from culture shock to a sustained ePortfolio paradigm? At Tunxis, we are in the midst of this culture shift as we move to incorporate ePortfolio into our degree programs. Our presentation will focus on shifting the culture from teaching to learning, making learning visible, and integrating ePortfolio at the course and program level.
• Laura Gambino, Professor
• Rafaele Fierro, Assistant Professor
• George Sebastian-Coleman, Assistant Professor
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E150
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Nursing, LaGuardia Community College
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Holistic Assessment of Nursing Students with ePortfolio
By presenting examples of completed ePortfolios, templates, rubrics, and data, the nursing faculty will illustrate how ePortfolio can be a fruitful tool in assessing student work in terms of both college competencies and professional competencies as defined by agencies such as Middle States and the National League for Nursing (NLN), while also serving as a means of improving pedagogy.
• Philip Gimber, Associate Professor
• Deborah McMillan-Coddington, Assistant Professor
• Margaret Norris, Assistant Professor
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E252
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Empire State College
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From Baby Steps to Center-wide Initiatives: A Progress Report from a Non-Traditional College
The ePortfolio pilot at the Empire State College Metropolitan Center helps our nontraditional students develop and complete individualized curricula that incorporate their prior academic and experiential learning in the degree planning process. Our presentation describes three sequenced studies within an “entrance to exit” model of ePortfolio development. These studies illustrate the value of reflective ePortfolios for student retention and success, and for the college’s commitment to lifelong, integrative learning.
• Cathy Leaker, Associate Professor and Mentor (Cultural Studies)
• Margaret T. Evans, Director of Academic Review, Metropolitan Center
• Gohar Marikyan, Assistant Professor and Mentor
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E356
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Capstone, LaGuardia Community College
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"The Culminating Moment": Capstone ePortfolios in the Lives of Community College Students
This session will feature a carousel with ePortfolios from the Liberal Arts, Education, Accounting, and Engineering with a specific emphasis on how the ePortfolio helps students to integrate, reflect, and culminate their educational experiences at the college as they prepare to transition to a four year college or professional experience.
• Hendrick Delcham • Edna Boris • Angela Wu • Max Rodriguez • Carolyn Sterling-Deer • J. Elizabeth Clark • Janet Michello
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E144
Joint Session
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Lehman College
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Assessment and Technology: The Impact of ePortfolios in Graduate Education
Documenting academic development; archiving and showcasing work; and reflecting on and organizing learning artifacts in alignment with programmatic standards using ePortfolios with educational leadership graduate students. Instructor, students and technology coordinator offer different perspectives on the process. Topics: intersection between assessment and technology; instructor- versus student-driven assessments; impact on faculty and students’ perceptions of assessment; and implementation challenges.
• Janet R. DeSimone, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
• Leslie Lieman, Instructional Technology Coordinator
• Jaivelle A. Reed, Assistant Principal, Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School
• Virginia M. Soto-Lozano, Head Teacher, Central Park Early Learning Center
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St. John’s University
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Student Teaching with ePortfolios: Exploring Student Learning and Assessment
This presentation examines the complex nature of ePortfolio as a learning tool in the student teaching experience. Focusing on the results of a semester-long ePortfolio effort guiding students through the ePortfolio development and reflection, we will consider the impact of ePortfolios on student learning and formal assessment in higher education while offering suggestions to strengthen similar initiatives.
• Aliya Holmes, Associate Professor of Educational Technology
• Brenda Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Professor of Educational Technology
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E251
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Student Showcase
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Students from Rutgers University, Molloy College, and LaGuardia Community College present their ePortfolios and their transformative experiences.
• Rohan Thakkar, Communication and Cultural Anthropology, Rutgers University
• Melanie Werner, Graduate Education Student, Molloy College
• Layla Quinones, Liberal Arts math & Science Student, LaGuardia Community College
• Paola Dalmonech, Childhood Education, LaGuardia Community College
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