e-Portfolios for digital identity development, career management and lifelong learning

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Speakers

Dr. Karen Caldwell and Jill Benedict

Brief Description

Jill and Karen will share processes and products of e-portfolio learning and assessment activities in an online, asynchronous course. Jill will share her communication strategy that identified an audience, format, goals, and intended audience response. Karen will share learning activities, assignments, and adult learning principles underpinning the design of the e-portfolio course work, including lessons learned and ongoing use cases.

Full Abstract

e-Portfolios are a student-centered, multi-dimensional and empowering learning activity and authentic assessment. When e-portfolios are embedded in a semester-long course and designed according to evidence-informed learning & assessment principles, students have the time, safe space, and learning community to plan, design, and craft their digital identity and connect their learning to both career management and lifelong learning. This student & faculty team will share the process and product of e-portfolios in a graduate business program where learners first make sense of course content, engage in the class learning community to connect course content to their lived experience and to authentic contexts including their own professional lives within the “safe space” of the learning management system (LMS). Students evaluate course content and display it in a digital form for a targeted audience, personalizing the format. With this engagement, feedback, and the opportunity to iterate, students then create public-facing materials in their own website or e-book for a designated audience and purpose.

Session Objectives

By the end of the session, participants will learn: (1) adult learning principles related to e-portfolios; (2) learning & assessment activities for embedding e-portfolios in course work, and (3) free apps and tools to support e-portfolio development

Biography

Dr. Karen Caldwell, Assistant Professor in the School of Education & Professional Studies is a training, development and adult learning specialist specializing in cognitive science and digital literacy. Karen collaborates with faculty and academic staff to design and develop applied learning experiences for students that are authentic, employ digital media, and connect course content to public-facing applications. Since completing her doctorate in Mind, Brain, & Teaching 2018, Karen has placed special emphasis in her courses on student agency, applied learning, and career readiness competencies and mindsets.  Karen’s TEDx Talk, Learning out Loud, touched on several of her passions & research related to teaching & learning.

Co-Presenter Bio

Jill Benedict is the Executive Director of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Gaming Commission and a member of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. At the age of 45, more than 20 years after obtaining her bachelor’s, Jill decided to pursue an MS in Management at SUNY Potsdam in the Organizational Leadership track. As a result, Jill has introduced new concepts to her organization and improved her leadership skills. This article better explains her journey.

Session Notes

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