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ePortfolios: Three Implementation Scenarios Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D.

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Page 1: Eportfolios: Three Implementations

ePortfolios:Three Implementation

Scenarios

Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D.

Page 2: Eportfolios: Three Implementations

About Simmons

• 100+ years old

• Private college located in Boston

• 5,000 students (1/2 grad, 1/2 undergrad)

• Women’s undergrad college and five co-educational grad schools

• Small university

Page 3: Eportfolios: Three Implementations

ePortfolios at Simmons

• 2003 – Guest Visit from Alverno• 2004 – NEeP Summit• 2005 – Award of PTRC Grants,

including instructional design support

• 2006-2009 – Initiatives– Honors College– School of Social Work– School of Health Sciences DNP

Page 4: Eportfolios: Three Implementations

ePortfolios: Factors for Success

• Support– Academic Technology– Academic Administration– Faculty– Students

• Impetus– Reflective pedagogy and/or

“Culture of Assessment”– Integrated learning (across

program, clinical/campus, etc.)

– Accreditation

Which factors are critical for success?

How do you define success?

Page 5: Eportfolios: Three Implementations

Honors College: Arts & Sciences

• Pedagogically-driven

• Structured according to curricular competencies

• Spearheaded by the Honors College Director (faculty)

• Some faculty ambivalence

• Dean ambivalence

• Not sustained after the pilot

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School of Social Work

• Thoughtfully planned, designed to integrate clinical experience with academic learning

• Spearheaded by Associate Dean, with Dean’s support

• Faculty either enthusiastic or adamantly opposed

• Course-based after the pilot

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School of Health Sciences: DNP

• Structured around AACN “Essentials” (competencies)

• Part of new program design, central to program accreditation

• Spearheaded by faculty, with Dean support

• No pilot phase needed, ongoing