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DANIELLE MIHRAM, DIRECTOR
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN
TEACHING
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
Overview
Fundamental features of academic portfolios
Four basic processes for the creation of an
academic portfolio
Example: The Teaching Portfolio as part of
your academic portfolio
Advantages of an academic portfolio
Interactive electronic portfolios: A new medium
for academic portfolios
Bibliography: Electronic portfolios.
What is Meta-cognition?
Awareness of a learners own thought processes
Conscious of self-awareness
Knowledge and understanding of ones intellectual approaches
and strategies used in learning and teaching
Awareness of how other learners approaches may differ
Level of insight that allows learners to give themselves feedback =
Dialogic reflection
Hughes, H. Woodrow Dialogic Reflection: A New Face on an Old Pedagogy
http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/~whughes/Journaling.html
MacLellan, Effie (1999). Reflective Commentaries: What do they say about learning?
Educational Action Research, Volume 7(3): 433-449. [pdf on CET web]
Metacognition: Implications
A highly personal process
Involves reflective judgment and informed choices
Focuses on the uniqueness of each individual
Fosters individuals ownership of his or her own learning
and career development
Increased understanding of
Sample Reflections
When one basic goal is improvement over time,
consider:
Documentation of steps (analogous to keeping a log
for lab research)
Commentaries (as for solutions to math problems)
Evolution of a course, of a speech, or of a paper
History of a piece of artwork
Johnson, Bil (1996), The Performance Assessment
Handbook, Vol. 1. Princeton: Eye on Education.
Selection
Why are you creating the portfolio? Who is reading it, and
why?
Reflection
Connections
Evaluate achievement of
intended outcomes
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Appendices
Greenberg, Gary (2004). The Digital Convergence: Extending the Portfolio Model,
Educause Review, July-August.
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0441.asp
Jafari, Ali (2004). The "Sticky" ePortfolio System: Tackling Challenges and
Identifying Attributes, Educause Review July-August 2004.
http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0442.asp
Love, Douglas, Gerry McKean, and Paul Gathercoal (2004). Portfolios to Webfolios
and Beyond: Levels of Maturation, Educause Quarterly Vol. 27(2). 2004.
(Descriptions of developmental stages offer institutions guidance about their place in the
process and how to move to the next level)
http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/eqm04/eqm0423.asp