eportfolios: three implementations
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ePortfolios:Three Implementation
Scenarios
Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D.
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
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
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?
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
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
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