5-minutes of Fame: Virginia Tech ePortfolio Initiatives

1. 5-minutes of Fame:Virginia Tech ePortfolio Initiatives ePortfolio Day of Planning MERLOT 2009 Marc Zaldivar, Ph.D. Teggin Summers, Ph.D. Director, VT ePI Assistant Director, VT ePI Learning Technologies

2. Overview of Virginia Tech • Comprehensive, Research I Institution • Land grant • 60 bachelor's degree programs • 140 master's and doctoral degree programs • ~28,000 total FTE • ~1,700 full-time teaching faculty

3. History of ePortfolios @ VT • 2002, Open Source Portfolio, version 1 • Student-Centered system • Faculty-development-led initiative • Early Adopters: Communications, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Business, scattered faculty and students • 2005, Open Source Portfolio, version 2 • Merged with Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment • Included new assessment and reporting tools • Emerging new focus, combining student learning with larger academic assessments – English, Human Development • 2008, VT ePortfolio Initiatives office opened • Includes 2 full-time faculty and 1 graduate student • Focused on extending adoption to mid- and late-adopters • Working closely with campus groups – Office of Assessment, FDI, GEDI, First-year experience – to further mission of a “culture of assessment” at VT • Central part of the SACS re-accreditation Quality Enhancement Plan of 2010.

4. VT ePortfolio Initiatives’ Foci • Assessment • All degree-granting programs need to declare learning outcomes and ePortfolio offered as a clear way to assess direct evidence of student learning. • Learning • Programs engaged in increasing reflection and synthesis across their curriculum. • Professional Development • Using ePortfolio as a way to self-assess professional development goals, to monitor progress towards degrees, and to prepare students to enter the job market. • An example of a student’s portfolio that hits all three: • http://www.tinyurl.com/cbeach-englishedeport

5. Current Programs using ePs Overview • Project Summary, August 2009 • 49 total projects in all 8 colleges • 8 projects in “production” for at least one semester, 10 more due to move to production this Fall • 5 programs involved in ePortfolio research for the International Coalition of ePortfolio Research, Cohort V, to be finished Spring 2011

6. Current Programs using ePs • Cross-College Programs • Center for Student Engagement • Corps of Cadets • Earth Sustainability • Office of Sponsored Programs • First-year experience • Residential Leadership Communities • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences • Agricultural & Extension Education • Agricultural and Life Sciences Online MS • Animal & Poultry Sciences • Biochemistry • Health, Nutrition, Food, and Exercise • Dietetics • Horticulture • Plant Pathologies and Weed Science • College of Architecture and Urban Studies • Landscape Architecture • Governmental and International Affairs • Urban Affairs and Planning • College of Natural Resources • Fisheries and Wildlife • College of Veterinary Medicine • Cohort Program • College of Engineering • Computer Science • Engineering Education • Engineering Science and Mechanics • Geospatial Engineering • Materials Science Engineering • College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences • Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management • Communications • Educational Leadership and Policy Studies • English • First-Year Writing • Human Development • Interdisciplinary Studies • Secondary English Education • Social Studies Education • Music Education • College of Sciences • Biological Sciences • Pamplin College of Business • Management • Master’s in Business Administration

7. Visit us… Thank you for your time! • More information at • http://eportfolio.vt.edu • A gallery of projects: • http://eportfolio.vt.edu/gallery.html • Say hello! • eportfolio@scholar.vt.edu