Workshop at the EPIC conference 2013

1. Using "Free" Online Tools
for ePortfolio Development:
Web 2.0 and social
networking tools
(plus mobiles)
Dr. Helen Barrett
ePIC 2013
July 8, 2013
electronicportfolios.org/
slideshare.net/eportfolios/
Hashtag: #eportfolios
Account: @eportfolios

2. Key Concepts in Workshop
• What? Context & Definitions
• Why? Purpose
– Reflection
– Identity Development
– Online Branding
• How? Tools
– Web 2.0 Tools
– Mobile Devices
• Q & A

3. WHAT ARE INTERACTIVE PORTFOLIOS?
Portfolios using Web 2.0 tools to:
• reflect on learning in multiple formats
• showcase work online to multiple audiences
• dialogue about learning artifacts/reflections
• provide feedback to improve learning

4. Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle
4
motivation
process
product

5. WHAT?

6. Portfolio
One Word,
Many Meanings
Specialty Case Responsibilities
InvestmentsArt Work
Collection of Artifacts
Workspace
Showcase

7. DEFINITIONS
Who was the
first famous
“folio” keeper?

8. Leonardo da Vinci’s Folio

9. What is a Portfolio?
• Dictionary definition:
a flat, portable case
for carrying loose
papers, drawings, etc.
• Financial portfolio: document
accumulation of fiscal capital
• Educational portfolio: document
development of human capital

10. +Electronic
• digital artifacts organized online
combining various media
(audio/video/text/images)
• interactivity/conversation/feedba
ck

11. Electronic Portfolios
• almost two decades (since 1991)
• used primarily in education to
–store documents
–reflect on learning
–feedback for improvement
–showcase achievements for
accountability or employment

12. Social networks
• last five years
–store documents and share
experiences,
–showcase accomplishments,
–communicate and collaborate
– facilitate employment searches

13. Boundaries Blurring
(between e-portfolios & social networks)
• Structured
Accountability
Systems? or…
• Lifelong interactive portfolios
Mash-ups Flickr
YouTubeblogs
wikis Twitter
Picasa
Facebook
Ning

14. Process/Product
 ePortfolio is both process and product”
Process: A series of events
(time and effort) to produce a result
- From Old French proces
Journey
Product: the outcome/results or
“thinginess” of an activity/process
Destination
 Wiktionary
Portfolio as
Workspace
Portfolio as
Showcase

15. 15
Processes
Portfolio
Collection
Selection
Reflection
Direction/Goals
Presentation
Feedback
Technology
Archiving
Linking/Thinking
Digital Storytelling
Collaborating
Publishing
Social
Networking
Connect
(“Friending”)
Listen
(Reading)
Respond
(Commenting)
Share
(linking/tagging)

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/damienbasile/3629544077/

17. Discuss!
What are the
Engagement
Factors in Social
networks?
How can we build
those factors into
e-portfolios?

18. E-Portfolio Components
< Multiple Portfolios for
Multiple Purposes
-Celebrating Learning
-Personal Planning
-Transition/entry to courses
-Employment applications
-Accountability/Assessment
< Multiple Tools to Support
Processes
-Capturing & storing evidence
-Reflecting
-Giving & receiving feedback
-Planning & setting goals
-Collaborating
-Presenting to an audience
< Digital Repository
(Becta, 2007; JISC, 2008)

19. WHY?

20. Lifelong Context for ePortfolios

21. Multiple Purposes
from Hidden Assumptions
What are yours?
• Showcase • Assessment • Learning
•
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/acl/eMagArchive/RSCeMag2008/choosing%20an%20eportfolio/cool-cartoon-
346082.png

22. Digital Identity
• Creating a positive digital footprint

23. Purpose
• The overarching purpose
of portfolios is to create a
sense of personal
ownership over one’s
accomplishments,
because ownership
engenders feelings of
pride, responsibility, and
dedication. (p.10)
• Paris, S & Ayres, L. (1994) Becoming Reflective
Students and Teachers. American Psychological
Association

24. “Know Thyself”
Temple at Delphi

25. Managing Oneself
• “Success in the
knowledge economy
comes to those who
know themselves –
their strengths, their
values, and how best
they perform.”
• Purpose: Use
ePortfolios for
managing knowledge
workers' career
development
• What are my strengths?
• How do I perform?
• What are my values?
• Where do I belong?
• What should I contribute?
• Responsibility for
Relationships
• The Second Half of your
Life
Peter Drucker, (2005) Harvard Business Review

26. Reflection
• Source:
http://peterpappas.blogs.co
m/copy_paste/2010/01/tax
onomy-reflection-critical-
thinking-students-teachers-
principals-.html
• Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
(Revised)

27. Blog
Mobiles
Web Sites
Self-Regulated Learning
Abrami, P., et. al. (2008), Encouraging self-regulated learning through electronic portfolios. Canadian Journal of
Learning and Technology, V34(3) Fall 2008. http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/viewArticle/507/238
Blog Pages
Captions/Journals

28. Deep Learning
• involves reflection,
• is developmental,
• is integrative,
• is self-directive, and
• is lifelong
Cambridge (2004)

29. The Learning Cycle
David Kolb from Dewey, Piaget, Lewin, adapted by Zull

30. Experiential Learning Model
Lewin/Kolb with adaptations by Moon and Zull
Try out what you
have learned
Learn from the experience
Reflect on the experience
Have an experience
Practice
Metacognition

31. “metacognition lies at the
root of all learning”
“…self-knowledge, awareness of how and why
we think as we do, and the ability to adapt and
learn, are critical to our survival as
individuals…”
James Zull (2011) From Brain to Mind:
Using Neuroscience to Guide
Change in Education (Stylus Publishers)

32. Action -> Discovery ->
Joy
• Action and Exploration
lead to Discovery
• Discovery leads to Joy
“The ultimate outcome of the
journey is to understand our own
understanding.” (p.15)
(metacognition)
“Emotional links generate
motivation…
The brain rewards itself with joy.”
(p.17)
Zull (2011) From Brain to Mind:
Using Neuroscience to Guide
Change in Education. Stylus
Publishing

33. HOW?

34. Balancing the Two Faces of
E-Portfolios
Working Portfolio
Digital Archive
(Repository of Artifacts)
Collaboration Space
Reflective Journal
Portfolio as Process
Workspace
Presentation Portfolio(s)
The “Story” or Narrative
Multiple Views
(public/private)
Varied Audiences &
Purposes
Portfolio as Product
Showcase
Docs
Sites
Blog

36. Japanese

37. Structure of E-Portfolio Types
• Portfolio as Process/
Workspace
– Organization:
Chronological –
Documenting growth over
time for both internal and
external audiences
– Primary Purpose:
Learning or Reflection
– Reflection: immediate
focus on artifact or learning
experience
• Portfolio as Product/
Showcase
– Organization:
Thematic – Documenting
achievement of Standards, Goals
or Learning Outcomes for
primarily external audiences
– Primary Purpose:
Accountability or Employment or
Showcase
– Reflection: retrospective
focus on Standards, Goals or
Learning Outcomes (Themes)
blog
website
mobiles

38. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzon/4711241023/

39. Expressive vs.
Structured Models
Purpose Drives Choice

40. IS THE FUTURE
OF E-PORTFOLIO
DEVELOPMENT
IN YOUR
POCKET?
“Capture the Moment”
with iOS, Android devices

41. Categories of Tools
http://electronicportfolios.org/categories.html

42. Matching Portfolio Purpose to
Portfolio Tools
Purposes Strategies
Processes
Tools
Learning/Process
Projects
Collection
Reflection
Capture Experience
Journal/Blog
Productivity Tools
Mobile tools?
Showcase/
Employment/
College
Selection
Presentation
Website/Wiki/Soc
ial Network
Assessment/
Accountability
Evaluation (Self &
Teacher) Evidence
w/Rubrics
Database
Excel

43. Mobile Touch:
A Guide to Implementing Mobile E-learning in Your Organisation

44. Capture the Moment with Mobile Phones
• SMS messages
– Twitter posts
– Facebook updates
• Camera
– Still
– video

45. Posted on ePortfolio Conversations
Google Group:
• Question: How to collect evidence of
informal learning rather than formal
education.
• Response: "Start with SMS [on mobile
phones] - it’s the morse code
of the present
generation...
and it works.”

46. What functions can be achieved with mobile
phones for each of these processes?
• Capturing & storing evidence - this evidence of learning can be in
the form of text, images, audio or video
• Reflecting - “the heart and soul of a portfolio” - this reflection could
be captured in real time in different formats: writing, voice capture
(and voice-to-text conversion), video capture and digital stories
• Giving & receiving feedback - one of the most effective uses of a
portfolio is to review a learner’s work and providing feedback for
improvement
• Planning & setting goals - a very important part of the portfolio
process is personal development planning and setting goals for
achievement
• Collaborating - learning is a social activity - technology provides
new forms of collaboration
• Presenting to an audience - at specific points in the learning
process, a learner may put together a presentation of their learning
outcomes for an audience, either real or virtual

47. Mobile Web is becoming the
Personal Learning Environment
of the “Net Generation”
Learning that is…
oSocial and Participatory
oLifelong and Life Wide
oIncreasingly Self-Directed
oMotivating and Engaging
o… and Online all the time!

49. Twitter
micro-blogging
“tiny bursts of learning”

50. Level 1 Workspace:
Collection in the Cloud

51. CAPTURE THE
MOMENT
With iOS
(iPod Touch,
iPhone, iPad)
Text
Images
Audio
Video

52. Integrate file storage
with computer and
website
Hyperlink to files in
Public folder!
Try it!

53. Dragon Dictation
• Voice recognition
• Share in many ways

54. Level 2 Workspace: Learning/Reflection

55. Blogging* by eMail
*the act of sharing yourself
• Set up account on website
• Send email to:
myaccount.tumblr.com
• iPhone and Android App
• Call in your posts for audio post to blog
• Cross-post to Facebook & Twitter

56. Reflection with WordPress App

57. Post to from Mobile
Phones
• Send email to pre-arranged email
address
• Use BlogPress iOS app ($2.99)
• Set up Blogger Mobile and
send SMS

58. Evernote
One Account, Many Devices
• Capture Anything
• Access Anywhere
• Find Things Fast
• Capture something in one
place -- access it from another
• Web page access
Emailing your memories
Email notes, snapshots, and audio directly into your account.
Emailed notes will go directly into your default notebook.

59. Level 3: Primary Purpose: Showcase/AccountabilityShowcase

60. Web Authoring Tools that can be
“branded” with your own domain (annually)
• Weebly.com ($40)
• Webs.com ($100)
• Yola.com ($100)
• Apps.google.com ($10+)
• Squarespace.com ($144+)
• WordPress.com ($12-$17)

61. Why?
• Integrated EcoSystem
• Single Sign-On
• Walled Garden
• Transferable

62. Creating an ePortfolio with
GoogleApps
1. Storage = Google Docs
2. Reflective Journal = Blogger or
Google Sites
Announcements page type
3. Presentation =
Google Sites

63. EXAMPLES
Online
Portfolios &
Blogs

64. Student examples
• Hunter Park Kindergarten & Abigail's E-
Profile (NZ) – Blogger
• Kim Cofino’s 6th graders (Japan) - Blogger
• Pt. England School (NZ) - Blogger
• Ryan’s Senior Project (US) – Google Sites
• My Google Sites Presentation Portfolio

65. E-portfolios should be
more Conversation
than Presentation
Because Conversation transforms!
Learning is a Conversation!

66. Help students find
their Purpose and Passion
through Reflection &
Goal-Setting in
E-Portfolio Development

67. 67
Social Learning
•Interactivity!

68. REAL*
ePortfolio
Academy
for K-12
Teachers
*Reflection
Engagement
Assessment for
Learning

69. Online Course Available
1. Intro to Student-Centered Electronic Portfolios in K-12
Education (tool-neutral – focus on “Portfolio”
Reflection Process & Feedback) – online NOW
2. Supplemental modules:
– Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using
Google Apps (Docs, Sites, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa,
Digication, Teacher Dashboard) (Focus on “Electronic”)
– Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using
Mobile Devices (iOS, Android)
– Create Your Professional Portfolio (tool neutral)

70. 70
My Final Wish…
Your e-portfolios become
dynamic celebrations &
stories of deep learning
across the lifespan.
Thank You!

71. DR. HELEN BARRETT
Researcher & Consultant
Electronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
Founding Faculty
REAL* ePortfolio Academy for K-12 Teachers
*Reflection, Engagement, Assessment for Learning
eportfolios@gmail.com
http://electronicportfolios.org/
Twitter: @eportfolios
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