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ePortfolios

Interested in creating your own ePortfolio?

Students, faculty, departments, and institutions are increasingly using electronic portfolios. SFSU now offers support for students who would like to create and publish an electronic portfolio. To get started and learn more about ePortfolios, please visit the ePortfolio at SFSU site

Overview

Students, faculty, departments, and institutions are increasingly using electronic portfolios in higher education. The National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII, 2003) defines an electronic portfolio as

a collection of authentic and diverse evidence, drawn from a larger archive representing what a person or organization has learned over time on which the person or organization has reflected, and designed for presentation to one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical purpose.

Electronic portfolios provide new opportunities for assessing achievement and learning outcomes over time as well as presenting an evolution of work in response to interactions with instructors, mentors, and classmates. This student-centered, outcome-oriented approach is being seen to provide new models for improving student learning and achievement ( read more about portfolio development ).

There are generally three types of portfolios: Formative Portfolios, created on an ongoing basis supporting academic/professional development; Summative Portfolios, created within the context of a formal evaluation process; and Presentation Portfolios, which are used for culminating projects/competencies and seeking employment. ( overview of ePortfolios ).

Project Goals

Working with the assumption that several departments are utilizing electronic portfolios at SFSU, in the fall of 2005 Academic Resources sponsored a needs assessment review of campus-wide e-portfolio use.

The goals of this study (Phase 1) are to:

• Investigate and research a variety of portfolios required in different disciplines at SFSU;
• Improve the electronic portfolio development processes by building campus-wide knowledge of electronic portfolio use within SFSU and its broader CSU community ( read more about the CSU portfolio project ) through research, collaboration, experimentation, and sharing;
• Draft a report summarizing preliminary research findings and propose a process for a campus-wide longer-term approach to the creation of student electronic portfolios (Coming in 2006).

ePortfolio Community

An electronic portfolio interest group and Ilearn online portfolio community site have also been established, with specific examples, and a growing library of links related to e-portfolio use at SFSU and elsewhere. This iLearn online ePortfolio community is open to anyone interested in this topic. We welcome your involvement.

Project Contact

For further information on any aspect of the e-portfolio work, to request an informational presentation, or if you'd like to join the Ilearn group, please write to: [LINK..] ruthcox@sfsu.edu [..LINK]. You may also view an informational PowerPoint presentation on e-portfolios at: http://is.sfsu.edu/node/74 .

ePortfolio Projects at SFSU

Health Education Department

In the spring of 2004, the Health Education Department launched a pilot project requiring the MPH students to create their culminating portfolios using E-folio software (Avnet, Minn., www.avenetfolio.com ). There are now 70 Master of Public Health students utilizing e-folios to fulfill their portfolio requirements.

Here are some examples of MPH student "E-folios":

• http://donnawillmott.sfsu.myefolio.com
• http://rachelpoulain.sfsu.myefolio.com
• http://catherinemagee.sfsu.myefolio.com

College of Extended Learning

The College of Extended Learning's Multimedia Studies Program (MSP) has utilized electronic portfolios for several years. They offer a Portfolio Development class that all Certificate students take at the end of their studies. Students vary from Web Development to Print and Graphics Production to 3D Arts. Most students create a Web site (online portfolio) that includes work from their core discipline.

Here are a few specific examples:

Jose Versiani Martins Portfolio Links
• Jose Versiani Martins' portfolio
• http://www.versiani.com/

Elizabeth Paik Portfolio Links
• Elizabeth Paik's portfolio
• http://www.elizabethpaik.com/

Sandrine Lacorie Portfolio Links
• Sandrine Lacorie's portfolio
• http://www.lacorie.com/

View many examples of student ePortfolios in the full archive:
• View the full archive here

Other Departments

Other departments requiring electronic portfolios at SFSU include: The School of Education (Secondary Education, Internet based Candidate Assessment Portfolio (ICAP) program)

• Assessment Program (ICAP)
• Public Administration Program
• The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies

San Francisco State University in partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service offers undergraduate and graduate students internships in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Students construct and present portfolios of their projects: View the student portfolios here

We will be adding other departments and more information as the project evolves. Please check back!