e-Portfolios @ UBC – Archive of Projects

Over the three years, this project developed a proof of concept for e-portfolio implementation at UBC and simultaneously cultivated and nurtured a networked community that was instrumental in the growth and sustainability of the innovative practice, or folio thinking, associated with integrating e-portfolios into teaching and learning. The main focus of staff and instructor efforts in the project was on the pedagogy associated with incorporating e-portfolios into teaching and learning, rather than on a particular technology or tool. The core project objectives over the three years were:

Year 1 – 2003/04 – Community Building and Pilot Projects

Project Goals:

– To develop the process workflow and online environment for creating e-portfolios.
– To support the educational goals of five e-portfolio pilot projects undertaken in Agricultural Sciences, Education, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science, and TAG.
– To create a UBC e-Portfolio Community of Practice that provides an avenue for needs analysis, scholarly dialogue, information exchange, and peer support related to e-portfolio design and use.

Year 2 – 2004/05 – Deepening Community and Expanding Use

Project Goals:

– To provide support for the five ongoing pilots, expanding each in alignment with their stated goals.
– To expand the scope of e-portfolio use by initiating four new pilots focused on unique applications of the e-portfolio: selection of non-traditional learners, e-learning professional staff competency, clinical practice (Interprofessional Rural Program), and a graduate level Masters program (Education).
– To develop and more deeply engage the e-Port CoP through workshops, seminars, and best practice exchange opportunities.
– To increase the research component by partnering with the Faculty of Education.
– To complete an evaluation of e-portfolio software choices, and select a campus-wide solution.

Year 3 – 2005/06 – Moving From Project to Program

Project Goals:

– Deepen student involvement through peer mentoring, student-led workshops, and a student-organized event.
– Support the ongoing and new pilots, expanding each in alignment with their stated goals.
– Develop and more deeply engage the e-Port CoP through workshops, seminars, and best practice exchange opportunities, and align it with other course technology communities on campus (WebCT).
– Link ongoing research with the campus efforts of the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL).
– Identify the issues of e-portfolio software interoperability with other campus enterprise systems (SIS, WebCT, Faculty CV), and, if the maturity of the market allows, select a campus-wide e-portfolio solution.
– Work with faculty-based and centrally positioned units to construct a long-term technology support model.