ePortfolio as Curriculum: Models and Practices for Developing Students' ePortfolio Literacy

This book provides faculty, staff, and administrators with frameworks and models for guiding students in designing and creating ePortfolios that communicate their purpose and effectively use the medium's affordances. It includes curricular models integrated within existing disciplinary courses and credit-bearing stand-alone courses. The chapters explain ways to engage students in understanding the potential purposes, structures, audiences, and designs of ePortfolios, developing reflective practices, and creating appropriate focus and coherence. The concluding chapter identifies six consistent features of an ePortfolio curriculum that support the development of students' ePortfolio literacy, and Kathleen Blake Yancey identifies and defines seven common ePortfolio curricular dimensions that contribute to it.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 252 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2019
Publisher: Stylus Publishing

At a time when the ePortfolio has been acknowledged as a highly impactful practice, recognized as a unique platform for hosting student integrative learning and as a potent genre for assessment, this book offers valuable insights to faculty, staff, and administrators. It provides a comprehensive set of frameworks and models that can guide students in designing and creating ePortfolios that effectively communicate their purpose and harness the full potential of the medium. In essence, this book serves as a valuable resource for educators, showcasing both illustrative examples and practical guidance on how to support the development of students' ePortfolio literacy.

The ePortfolio curricular models presented in ePortfolio as Curriculum encompass a range of approaches, including those integrated within existing disciplinary courses and those offered as credit-bearing stand-alone courses. By addressing questions centered around what students need to know and do to become proficient ePortfolio makers, the contributors to this volume, drawing from their course outcomes and institutional contexts, present diverse perspectives on developing an ePortfolio curriculum.

Through individual and collective chapters, the contributors elucidate various strategies for engaging students in understanding the potential purposes, structures, audiences, and designs of ePortfolios. They also emphasize the development of reflective practices for contextualizing and informing the selection and curation of artifacts, ensuring that ePortfolios reflect students' learning and development.

In the concluding chapter, the authors synthesize insights from the preceding chapters, identifying six consistent features of an ePortfolio curriculum that foster the development of students' ePortfolio literacy. Additionally, Kathleen Blake Yancey identifies and defines seven common ePortfolio curricular dimensions that contribute to students' ePortfolio literacy, including student agency, digital identity, and campus and global citizens.

By leveraging these frameworks and models, educators can effectively guide students in creating ePortfolios that serve as powerful tools for self-reflection, showcasing their achievements, and demonstrating their growth and development. The ePortfolio, as a versatile and dynamic medium, empowers students to articulate their learning outcomes, engage with diverse audiences, and cultivate a sense of ownership over their educational journey.

Weight: 400g
Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781620367605