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EPAC November Webcast: eportfolio learning for 21st century readiness with University of Oregon


Monday, November 15, 2010
11 a.m. PT/12 p.m. MT/1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET
http://epac.pbworks.com

This event is free to all interested individuals although pre-registration is required: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHB4Y3dfZWhJRE9GSmpCckVjZ3RROWc6MA

If you cannot attend but would like to be notified when the archived recording of the session is available, please go ahead and register as well.

Description:
This webinar will present University of Oregon eportfolios in three professional programs:  Architecture, Business, and Arts Administration. The history of eportfolios at UO will be presented along with the unique implementation challenges and successes in each program.  Discoveries related to changes in student learning and teacher pedagogy will be addressed.  The UO eportfolio program (Ufolio) is part of the 5th cohort of the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (INCEPR). Ufolio is in its 3rd year, and UO has had an eportfolio program since 2006.
http://ufolio.uoregon.edu
http://aaablogs.uoregon.edu/aad


Presenters:
Ron Bramhall has been on the faculty of the Leadership and Communication Center at the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business since 2003, and is the Director of the Lundquist College of Business Honors Program since 2006.  In those roles, Ron works with students, faculty and organizations to develop leadership, communication and collaboration skills. Ron’s interest in eportfolios revolves around their potential for the development of cross-curricular “professional” skills through experiential and reflective learning. Prior to his work at the UO, Ron consulted with organizations on leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.  His clients have included Home Depot, Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett-Packard, among others. Ron holds an MBA from the University of Oregon and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Nancy Yen-wen Cheng researches how digital media can enrich the design process at University of Oregon where she directs the Architecture Deparment’s Portland Program.  She began using the Internet for design collaboration and architectural education in 1993.  She is the 2009-2011 President of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Architecture (ACADIA) and an editor for the International Journal of Architectural Computing. As 2004 chair of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architectural Practice group, she organized an AIA-ACADIA conference on digital fabrication. Prior to teaching architectural design and digital media in Oregon, she taught at University of Hong Kong and practiced in Boston. http://eportfolio.uoregon.edu/Members/nyc

Lori Hager is an assistant professor in the Arts and Administration Program at the University of Oregon.  She teaches graduate courses and conducts research in the areas of arts education policy and practice, community youth arts, and community arts development. She coordinates co-curricular learning for undergraduate and graduate students in community arts and arts management, and as Associate Director of Community Arts for the Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, she founded and directs the eportfolio project, which focuses on student-centered assessment,  digital documentation, and connecting curricular and co-curricular learning in the graduate curriculum. She is a founding member of UO’s ufolio group, which is part of the fifth cohort of the Inter/National Coalition of Electronic Portfolio Research (INCEPR).

November Portfolio CoP Meeting

November 29th Topic:
Dr. John Egan, PhD, Senior Manager, Curriculum Consulting at the Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology will present on his experience implementing and assessing ePortfolios using the WordPress platform in ETEC 565 a course offered in the Masters of Educational Technology Program at UBC.

Who? Open to all faculty, instructors, staff, students and community members engaged and interested in Portfolios.

Why? To provide regular opportunities for presentations, discussion, resource sharing, and networking for the Portfolio community at UBC.

When? Monday, November 29th, 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Where? Irving K Barber Learning Centre – Fraser River Room 2.27

Registration Link:
http://www.events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/1121

Portfolio CoP Meeting November 1st

Hi everyone, The first Portfolio Community of Practice meeting for the academic year was held on Monday, November 1st and we had some engaging discussion and came up with some directions and plans for this year. I have added a brief meeting summary below and included a list of resources that came up during the meeting.

Meeting Summary:
During the meeting we shared the progress of the various ePortfolio/portfolio projects we were involved in and discussed the context of ePortfolios at the University of British Columbia. We shared ideas about the upcoming year for the community and mentioned some areas/topics that we are interested in pursuing for the 2010/2011 academic year. We also introduced the updated Portfolio CoP website and discussed ways that members can contribute to it.

SCOPE ePortfolio Session May 2010
http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=6751

Palloff, Rena M., & Pratt, Keith (2007).  Building online learning communities: Effective strategies for the virtual classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Thinking Out of the Box: How the University of British Columbia School of Nursing Created a Practice e-Portfolio
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/421/thinking-out-of-the-box-how-the-university-of-british-columbia-school-of-nursing-created-a-practice-e-portfolio

UBC Portfolio Community of Practice webspace
https://blogs.ubc.ca/portfolios/

Teacher Education UBC: ePortfolio Support/Resources
http://teach.educ.ubc.ca/resources/faculty-resources/ePortfolio/index.html

Workshop: Evaluating Teaching Portfolios Translating Feedback into Practice

Facilitator: Gary Poole

Nov 2, 2010
1:30pm – 4:30pm

It is not uncommon for there to be a disconnection between the faculty members who are skilled in creating teaching portfolios and those charged with the responsibility of evaluating them. In this session, we will work to develop our evaluation skills by considering the elements of a good portfolio and how those elements are manifest. We will use examples to discover where to look within a portfolio for evidence of effectiveness, growth, constructive reflection, and correspondence between stated philosophy and action.

Event Registration

Portfolio/ePortfolio CoP November Meeting

Portfolio/ePortfolio CoP November Meeting

Nov 1, 2010
10:30am – 12:00pm
Irving K Barber Learning Centre – Fraser River Room 2.27

This is the first Portfolio CoP meeting of the academic year and it will be a chance to connect with other members of the community, share projects/challenges we are working on and plan the next year. At the meeting we will ask you for feedback on resources, events and themes that are important to you and will help guide the upcoming year.

Register here:
http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/1114

April 27th CoP Meeting

Come join us on April 27th when Dr. Karen Gardner will share how Dentistry is using ePortfolios to encourage reflective practice and connect students with their peers.   Come out for this interactive discussion about their approach and experience.

Please register online to give us an idea of numbers: http://events.tag.ubc.ca/events/view/682

Who? Open to all faculty, instructors, staff, students and community members engaged and interested in Portfolios.

Why? To provide regular opportunities for presentations, discussion, resource sharing, and networking for the Portfolio community at UBC.

When? Tuesday, April 27th, 1:30 – 3pm

Where? At the new TAG space! Ike Barber Learning Centre, Fraser River Room 2.27

Coffee and cookies provided.

Highlights from the March CoP meeting include:

  • Having a presentation by Joanne Nakonechny and Shona Ellis about the use of “folio” thinking in Biology 321 (Check out their powerpoint presentation and an information processing sheet that is used in the course)

March 18th, 2010 CoP meeting

Please join us for our upcoming March meeting!  We look forward to seeing you!

March 18th topic:
Shona Ellis and Joanne
Nakonechny will share their use of  ePortfolios and “folio thinking” in Biology 321.   Come out for this interactive discussion about their approach and experience.

Please register online to give us an idea of numbers:
http://events.tag.ubc.ca/events/view/681

Who? Open to all faculty, instructors, staff, students and community members engaged and interested in Portfolios.

Why? To provide regular opportunities for presentations, discussion, resource sharing, and networking for the Portfolio community at UBC.

When? Thursday, March 18th, 11am – noon

Where? At the new TAG space! Ike Barber Learning Centre, Fraser River Room 2.27

Coffee and cookies provided.

All the best,
Catherine and Roselynn