can an eportfolio catch on fire?
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Presentation given at AAEEBL on the adoption of Mahara by Plymouth State University.TRANSCRIPT
Can an ePortfolio catch fire: Implementing a Campus Wide use of
ePortfolios with Mahara
Ellen Marie Murphy, Plymouth State University
Plymouth State University is a comprehensive university with approx. 7,000 students. Our major programs are education, business, fine arts, and meteorology.
A bit of history
Institutional and Program Specific
Costly
Not intuitive
Low buy-in
Prior to Jan. 2010, Plymouth had an ePortfolio primarily for the education students. It was chosen specifically for the purpose of meeting accreditation. It was institutionally focused. Students needed to purchase a yearly license to use the program, and so the years they did not need it they did not pay for it. Plymouth piloted that system for 5 years and no one was happy with it.
What Plymouth wanted:
A workspace and support for teaching and learning
Authentic assessment
Integrated learning
To showcase the “whole person”
Career development
User-centered
In January of this year (2010) Plymouth rolled out Mahara. At the request of the Provost it was rolled out as a “from the ground up” approach—that is no official announcement was made. No officialannouncement has been made to this date, but the roll-out has been extremely successful!
Over 600 users
Over 30 groups
Lot and lots of templates
Grad schools
Public
Professor A
Advisor
Prospective Employer
Psychology Class
Hiking Club
Artifacts Views Access
Teaching and LearningCapstone Project
Teacher CertificationCourse Work
Career Preparation Service Learning
InternshipsTravel Abroad
Language Acquisition (
Students’ use of Mahara:
Authentic Assessment
Evidence-based Learning
Other uses of Mahara at Plymouth:
Teaching and Learning
Promotion and Tenure
Maintaining lifelong connections with alum
Performance Evaluations
Internal and external collaboration
These are just three examples of the groups that have been formed in Mahara. Groups allow for collaboration and social networking.
K -20 NH ePortfolio
On Oct 4th of this yearPSU is hosting our first annual focuson eportfolio day. K-12 representatives will be here to show us how they are using Mahara with their students, and we will answer questions about admissions. Mahara has an export feature that will allow students to take their eportfolios with them. In NH we will be able to offer K – life portfolios.
In NH all K-12 students are requiredto have an eportfolio. A number ofschool districts have chosen Maharaas their system, and have formed a statewide consortium which includesHigher Ed.
Features Open Source Multiple portfolio presentations (views)
including professional Comprehensive Blogging tools Allows for the creation of Templates Social networking component RSS File repository Import/Export Tagging Multiple access levels Student Centered (User Centered)
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