For Faculty and Staff
ePortfolios allow students to reflect, connect, and integrate learning across courses, disciplines, and semesters. They can document activities (in and out of the classroom), upload work they are proud of, and reflect on who they are becoming as a scholar and a person. They can copy ePortfolios, tailoring them to specific audiences. They can create collaborative ePortfolios for group work, which can then be shared to the rest of the class or even the public. They can be creative, considering their ePortfolio a space for reflecting on what they are learning and skills they are building, for connecting ideas and interests from their academic and co-curricular activities, and for integrating them in their ePortfolio.
To learn more about how you might integrate ePortfolios into your class or program, please feel free to email Dr. Beverley McGuire ( mcguireb@uncw.edu). She can also provide you a free copy of Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning: A Faculty Guide to Classroom Practices for Transforming Student Learning by Candyce Reynolds and Judith Patton, which discusses best practices for incorporating ePortfolios into courses to encourage integrative learning.
Resources
Field Guide to ePortfolio (collaborative publication by the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL); the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U); the International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP); and Electronic Portfolio Action and Communication (EPAC) Community of Practice).
Portfolio to Professoriate - Online Training about ePortfolios
Catalyst for Learning: ePortfolio Resources and Research
Selected Scholarship on ePortfolios
AACU, Peer Review: Advancing Equity and Student Success Through EPortfolios (Summer 2016)
Bibliography of ePortfolio Scholarship and Resources (IUPUI)
Candyce Reynolds and Judith Little, Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning: A Faculty Guide to Classroom Practices for Transforming Student Learning (Stylus, 2014)
Bret Eynon and Laura Gambino, High-Impact ePortfolio Practice: A Catalyst for Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning (Stylus 2017)
Journals
International Journal of ePortfolio
Professional Organizations
The Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) website
Videos
George Kuh, "EPortfolio as a High-Impact Practice" (video, 3:41 mins)
Learn About ePortfolios
We would be happy to talk with you about ways you might integrate ePortfolios into your courses or program. Email Beverley McGuire at mcguireb@uncw.edu to discuss possibilities!
ePortfolio Programs at Other Universities
Appalachian State - Aportfolio
Boston University - ePortfolio
DePaul - Digital Writing Portfolios
Notre Dame - ePortfolio Engagement Program (nDeep)
Portland State University - ePortfolios
Stanford - Folio Thinking Initiative
Stony Brook University - ePortfolio Showcase