Semester of Conferences

Its been a crazy semester with lots of travel (2 trips to Texas still to come).  Just yesterday I gave a presentation on the electronic portfolio projects that I have been involved with at work.  Thanks to the recommendation of a friend, I was asked to speak to a small group of representatives from various NJ colleges at Centenary College  – their efforts are funded by a UPS Venture grant supporting the investigation on student assessment.  Details about the projects outlined in the presentation can be found on the following site: http://tech.shu.edu/eportfolio/. 

It is interesting to hear the different perspectives on ePortfolios – the need for collecting products of student work sometimes lends itself to language that reminds me of the “mind as container” metaphor.  How can we create a portfolio that serves as a creative, reflective vehicle for students but also meets the needs of institutional assessment?  I hope to be able to explore other uses of electronic portfolios with our involvement in the National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (more to come).

While losing time looking at Flickr pics I stumbled upon pictures that were taken at the ELI Fall Focus Session – Supporting Learning with Techology: Assessment’s Role. I knew that pictures were being taken but to my surpise I found a couple of me (and even more of my Director – I have to tell him *smile*).  Cyprien must have edited out the bad ones – thanks!!