Crowdsourcing Your Way to a Better ePortfolio

Beth Gordon (Pace University) and Kristina Hoeppner (Catalyst IT)

Presentation: Creative Commons BY-­SA 3.0 AAEEBL Annual Conference ‧ Boston ‧ 30 July 2015

https://thenounproject.com/term/crowd/31671/

Recording

http://youtu.be/0dCpENOL0co

Feedback

https://thenounproject.com/term/chat/33496/

https://thenounproject.com/term/idea/26167/

Ideas

Ask questions

Answer questions

Report bugs and feature wishes

I would like to...

https://thenounproject.com/term/user/16838/

Surveys

https://thenounproject.com/term/bar-chart/128582

Student survey example

1. When were you first introduced to ePortfolio and by whom?

2. What was your first experience like with ePortfolio? What were your thoughts when you were first introduced?

3. Have your feelings about ePortfolio changed since first being introduced? Please explain.

4. How have you used ePortfolio in the classroom?

5. Describe a few ways that ePortfolio may benefit you academically?

6. Describe any ePortfolio features you believe would benefit you academically that aren’t being utilized by faculty?

7. Do you think ePortfolio helps you organize your academic work?

8. In what ways did ePortfolio help you organize your academic work?

9. ...

Faculty survey example

1. Rate your proficiency level with ePortfolio.

2. What kind of content have you uploaded to ePortfolio?

3. What tools have you used?

4. What community applications have you utilized?

5. What external media have you embedded?

6. What features of ePortfolio has been most useful / beneficial for you? Why?

7. Have you integrated ePortfolio into your classroom?

8. What features of ePortfolio have you had the most difficulty using? What specifically did you find challenging?

9. What features have you required your students to use? Why?

10. How has using ePortfolio in your courses impacted student behavior / performance?

https://thenounproject.com/term/interview/9712/

User interviews

Idea storming

https://thenounproject.com/term/brainstorm/43498/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/4nitsirk/17236681956

https://thenounproject.com/term/adventure/68979/

Pedagogical goals

1. How to use ePortfolios?
2. How to integrate them into the overall learning ecosystem?

https://thenounproject.com/term/network/103990/

User group meetings

Hackfest

https://thenounproject.com/term/working/76609/

https://thenounproject.com/term/idea/26167/

usability

work flows

user experience

conceptualization

What is your idea?

Beth Gordon

Pace University

bgordon@pace.edu

@bklingner

Kristina Hoeppner

Catalyst IT

kristina@catalyst.net.nz

@anitsirk