ProfessionalEngagements

Featured Presentations

Featured Presenter for a Chronicle of Higher Education Webinar with 1,700 Registered Participants, January 2013

Facilitated Follow-Up Q&A Session with TaskStream, March 2013

PresenterAAC&U MeetingStudent Success & the Quality AgendaMiami, April 2013

Session Title: Creating a Culture of E-Portfolios: A Model of Institutionalizing Integrative Learning

Session Abstract: This interactive session will demonstrate a developmental approach to building an e-portfolio program focused on integrative learning, including how to transition student academic portfolios into professional portfolios while maximizing opportunities for institutional reporting/assessment. Framed in the Center for Experiential Learning as a tool that fosters critical reflection on experience, our ePortfolio Program has established pathways for students to develop portfolios for courses, academic programs, assessment, and professional usage.

PresenterAAC&U Annual MeetingThe Quality of U.S. DegreesAtlanta, January 2013

Session Title: Connecting ePortfolios to a 4-Year Developmental Plan

Session Abstract: This session will provide an overview of Loyola University Chicago’s Four-Year Plan for Student Transformation. The Four-Year Plan was a collaborative project of student affairs and academic affairs, providing suggested curricular and co-curricular high-impact experiences and milestones for undergraduate students. The plan is currently being launched through the E-Portfolio program, utilizing the first-year seminar course as the gateway into the Four-Year Plan. Future plans will be featured, including initiatives to assess engaged learning outcomes through Loyola’s Center for Experiential Learning.

PresenterAssociation for Authentic, Experiential, Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) Annual ConferenceBoston, July 2012

Session Title: Connecting the Dots: ePortfolios & Integrative Leadership

Session Abstract: In this session, we will connect the dots and identify the ways in which eportfolios facilitate integrative leadership identity development, using the Leadership Identity Development (LID) model and integrative leadership theories as a framework.

Session Title: Building a Developmental ePortfolio Program Model: The Course, Program, Assessment and Professional ePortfolio Continuum

Session Abstract: This interactive session will demonstrate a developmental approach to building an eportfolio program, including how to transition academic portfolios into professional portfolios while maximizing opportunities for institutional reporting/assessment. Examples from Loyola University Chicago's ePortfolio Program will be featured as stages along the eportfolio continuum from students’ first-years through graduation.

PresenterHigher Learning Commission (HLC)Conference on Quality in Higher EducationChicago, April 2012

Session Title: How to Implement e-Portfolios on Your Campus, with TaskStream

Session Abstract: e-Portfolios are a popular way to showcase student work. Used correctly, they are also a powerful pedagogical and assessment tool. Topics include evaluating solutions, involving faculty and administration, and integrating e-portfolio systems with other campus technology.

PresenterAssociation for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)General Education and Assessment ConferenceNew Orleans, February 2012

Session Title: Assessment, ePortfolios, and Experiential Learning: Expanding the Model

Session Abstract: This session focuses on the collaboration between Loyola’s Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy (FCIP) and its Center for Experiential Learning (CEL), including a detailed look at the CEL assessment plan and the decision to incorporate ePortfolios. Facilitators will discuss the CEL’s development and use of assessment rubrics and its connection to a re-accreditation project with the Higher Learning Commission. Through smallgroup discussions, the session will engage participants with templates for assessment plans and potential ePortfolio projects applicable to their home campuses. After attending this session, participants will be able to:(1) articulate how examples may be applied to other projects; (2) identify programs at their own institutionswhere information presented could be applied; and (3) recognize the presented models' potential to integrateePortfolio and assessment planning on their own campuses.

PanelistLoyola University Chicago, Higher Education ProgramCurriculum Design CourseFall 2011 & Fall 2012

Panel Title: Fostering & Supporting Significant Learning Experiences

Recommendation from Panel Host:

“Ashley Kehoe is a creative and accomplished designer of high impact, learner-centered programs and workshops. Her knowledge of curriculum development, program evaluation, and assessment of student learning is robust. What sets Ashley apart from other curriculum and assessment experts, however, is her creative mindset. She is a designer at her core, and her passion is student learning. Ashley integrates these elements in ways that make her an outstanding program development and evaluation professional.”

- Jennifer Haworth, October 11, 2012Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

CommitteeExperience

Member, University Staff Council, Staff Development Committee, Elected 2012• Support opportunities for professional development, including a staff mentoring program• Review and select nominations for monthly and annual staff awards

At Loyola University Chicago

Member, Loyola Experience Implementation Committee, 2012 – Present• Provide feedback on implementation of a document designed collaboratively by Academic Affairs and Student

Development to facilitate transformative student learning

Member, Key Experiences Committee, Division of Student Development, 2011 – Present • Plan and implement the “Key Experiences Initiative” to encourage critical reflection on the university mission and

values of diversity, service, justice, faith, & knowledge

Broader Engagement

Member, AAEEBL Conference Planning Team, 2011-12 & 2012-13• Engage in strategic and operational planning for the annual AAEEBL conference, including soliciting and supporting session conveners• Review and rate proposals for conference presenters

Member, Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research, Cohort VII, 2012-15• Conduct research on the impact of student learning and educational outcomes in collaboration with institutions exploring the questions: “What learning is taking places as a function of electronic portfolios?” and “How do we know?”

Consulting Experience

Co-Facilitator, Faculty Development Workshop on ePortfolio ImplementationLinfield College, June 2012• Prepared materials for a 2-day faculty development seminar on effective use of ePortfolios for learning, assessment,

and professional development• Focused on understanding the “value-added” for students when using ePortfolios• Designed and facilitated interactive activities, responded to Q & A, and prepared a presentation on understanding 21st

century students

Panelist, Chicago State University Assessment Coordinators’ MeetingChicago State University, 2013• Served on a panel discussing experience with ePortfolios as a tool for teaching, learning, assessment, & professional

development• Actively engaged in Q&A on ePortfolio related topics