Keynote SC 2012

Keynote SC 2012

• 1.
  ePortfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning Dr. Helen Barrett International Researcher & Consultant University of Alaska Anchorage (retired) Seattle Pacific University (adjunct) REAL ePortfolio Academy (founder) electronicportfolios.org Twitter: @eportfolios • Google+: Helen Barrett Electronic Portfolios and Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
• 2.
  Focus of Presentation •Reflection and multimedia strategies to support metacognition • "capturing the moment" with mobile devices • blogging/reflective journals for in-depth reflection • digital storytelling
• 3.
  Simon Sinek’sGolden Circle product process motivation 3
• 4.
  WHAT?
• 5.
  specialty case responsibilities Portfolio One Word, Many Meanings art work collection of artifacts investments
• 6.
  Who was the first famous “folio” keeper? Definitions
• 7.
  Leonardo da Vinci’sFolio
• 8.
  What is aPortfolio? • Dictionary definition: a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc. • Financial portfolio: document accumulation of fiscal capital • Educational portfolio: document development of human capital
• 9.
  +Electronic • digital artifactsorganized online combining various media (audio/video/text/images)
• 10.
  E-Portfolio Components < Multiple Portfolios for Multiple Purposes -Celebrating Learning -Personal Planning -Transition/entry to courses -Employment applications -Accountability/Assessment < Multiple Tools to Support Processes -Capturing & storing evidence -Reflecting -Giving & receiving feedback -Planning & setting goals -Collaborating -Presenting to an audience < Digital Repository (Becta, 2007; JISC, 2008)
• 11.
  WHY?
• 12.
  What is YourOnline Personal Brand? E-portfolios can help us build a positive online identity.
• 13.
  Digital Identity • Creatinga positive digital footprint
• 14.
  Lifelong Context forE- Portfolios
• 15.
  E-Portfolios in Generational Contexts 1. Family – Birth & up 2. Formal Education • K-12 - Schools • Adult/Post Secondary Education 3. Workplace – Professions 4. Retirement – Legacy
• 16.
  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201 Digital Birth: 01006006722/en/Digital-Birth-Online-World Welcome to the Online World • Mothers with children aged under two (N=2200) that have uploaded images of their child (2010) • Overall – 81% • USA – 92% • Canada - 84% • (EU5 - 73%) UK - 81%
France - 74%
Italy - 68%
Germany - 71%
Spain – 71% • Australia – 84% • New Zealand – 91% • Japan - 43% http://www.flickr.com/photos/sailbit/3329477282/ The research was conducted by Research Now among 2200 mothers with young (under two) children during the week of 27 September. Mothers in the EU5 (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain), Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan were polled.
• 17.
  5 Reasons WhyYour Online Presence Will Replace Your Resume in 10 years 1. Social networking use is skyrocketing while email is plummeting 2. You can’t find jobs traditionally anymore 3. People are managing their careers as entrepreneurs 4. The traditional resume is now virtual and easy to build 5. Job seeker passion has become the deciding factor in employment http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online- presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/
• 18.
  Dan Schawbel, Forbes “personal branding guru” “Your online presence communicates, or should communicate, what you’re truly and genuinely passionate about… I firmly believe that you won’t be able to obtain and sustain a job without passion anymore.” • http://blogs.forbes.com/danschawbel/2011/02/21/5-reasons-why-your-online- presence-will-replace-your-resume-in-10-years/
• 19.
  Four key pillarsof Lifelong Learning (Barbara Stäuble, Curtin University of Technology, Australia) http://lsn.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2005/refereed/stauble.html
• 20.
  Knowing the learner (Self-awareness) • Understanding prior knowledge • Motivation for and attitudes toward learning • Help learners understand themselves • See their growth over time
• 21.
  Planning for learning (Self management) • Setting goals • Develop a plan to achieve these goals
• 22.
  Understanding how tolearn (Meta-learning) • Awareness of learners to different approaches to learning • Deep vs. Surface Learning, Rote vs. Meaningful Learning • Different Learning Styles • Help learners recognize success • Accommodate approaches that are not successful
• 23.
  Evaluating learning (Self monitoring) • Systematic analysis of learners’ performance • Responsibility to construct meaning • Be reflective & think critically • Learners construct meaning, monitor learning, evaluate own outcomes
• 24.
  Reflection: The “Heartand Soul” of a Portfolio Metacognition = “thinking about thinking"
• 25.
  What is Reflection? • Major theoretical roots: • Dewey • Habermas • Kolb • Schön • Dewey: “We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”
• 26.
  Self-Regulated Learning Abrami, P.,et. al. (2008), Encouraging self-regulated learning through electronic portfolios. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, V34(3) Fall 2008. http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/viewArticle/507/238 Goals Captions/Journa ls Change over Time
• 27.
  Learning/Reflection Cycle blog Why? (double-loop learning) Now What? What? So What? website
• 28.
  Workshop 11:30-12:20
• 29.
  Portfolio Learning Experience Reviewing Feeling Publishing & Selecting Recording Sharing & Receiving Synthesizing Dialogue Organizing Planning Collaborating Feedback Understanding Conceptualizin Reflecting g & Constructing Meaning Figure 2 A model of e-portfolio-based learning, adapted from Kolb (1984) JISC, 2008, Effective Practice with e-Portfolios, p. 9
• 30.
  QUOTE  The e-portfoliois the central and common point for the student learning experience… It is a reflection of the student as a person undergoing continuous personal development, not just a store of evidence. -Geoff Rebbeck, e-Learning Coordinator, Thanet College, quoted in JISC, 2008, Effective Practice with e-Portfolios
• 31.
  Deep Learning • involvesreflection, • is developmental, • is integrative, • is self-directive, and • is lifelong Cambridge (2004)
• 32.
  “metacognition lies at the root of all learning” “…self-knowledge, awareness of how and why we think as we do, and the ability to adapt and learn, are critical to our survival as individuals…” - James Zull (2011) From Brain to Mind: Using Neuroscience to Guide Change in Education
• 33.
  Temple at Delphi “KnowThyself”
• 34.
  Managing Oneself Peter Drucker, (2005) Harvard Business Review • What are my strengths? • “Success in the knowledge economy • How do I perform? comes to those who know themselves – • What are my values? their strengths, their • Where do I belong? values, and how best they perform.” • What should I contribute? • Purpose: Use e- • Responsibility for portfolios for Relationships managing knowledge • The Second Half of your Life workers' career
• 35.
  What about Motivation? Why would a student want to put all that work into developing an ePortfolio? How do we make it relevant?
• 36.
  Similarities in Process •Major differences: • extrinsic vs. • intrinsic motivation • Elements of True (Intrinsic) Motivation: • Autonomy • Mastery • Purpose
• 37.
  Help Students Find Purposeand Passion Through Reflection &Goal-Setting in E-Portfolio Development
• 38.
  HOW?
• 39.
  Balancing the TwoFaces of E-Portfolios Presentation Working Portfolio Portfolio(s) Digital Archive The “Story” or Narrative (Repository of Artifacts) Docs Multiple Views Sites (public/private) Collaboration Space Varied Audiences & Reflective Journal Blog Purposes Portfolio as Portfolio as Process Product Workspace Showcase
• 40.
  Teacher Portfolios Working Portfolio Showcase Portfolio • Keep a Reflective Journal • What is your purpose? (10 minutes every Friday!) Who is your audience? • Tweet with your PLN - • Select and reflect on Collaborate/Share with the highlights of your Colleagues year/career • Save everything in Google • Model for your Drive/Docs (digital students! archive)
• 41.
  Examples Collection (Google Drive/Docs) Reflection,Feedback (Blogger) Showcase (Google Sites)
• 42.
  Level 1 -Collection
• 43.
  Level 2: PrimaryPurpose: Learning/Reflection
• 44.
  Level 3: Level 3:Primary Purpose: Showcase/Accountability Showcase Portfolio
• 45.
  Is the Future of E-Portfolio Development in your Pocket? • “Capture the Moment” – Reflection in the Present Tense • What am I learning at this moment? • Using the tools in our pockets!
• 46.
  With iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) Text Image Capture the s Moment Audio “everydayness”
• 47.
  Learning is aConversation E-portfolios should be more Conversation than Presentation Because Conversation transforms!
• 48.
  Twitter micro-blogging “tiny burstsof learning
• 49.
  Post to from Mobile Phones • Send email to pre-arranged email address • Use BlogPressiOS app ($2.99) • Set up Blogger Mobile and send SMS
• 50.
  Blogging* by eMail *the act of sharing yourself Tumblr Posterous • Set up account on website • Just email to [email protected] • Send email to: myaccount.tumblr.com • iPhone App • iPhone App • Cross-post to Facebook& • Call in your posts for audio Twitter post to blog • Cross-post to Facebook& Twitter
• 51.
  Do Your E-Portfolioshave CHOICE and VOICE? • Individual Identity • Reflection • Meaning Making • 21st Century Literacy • Digital Story of Deep Learning
• 52.
  Portfolio as Story "Aportfolio tells a story. It is the story of knowing. Knowing about things... Knowing oneself... Knowing an audience... Portfolios are students' own stories of what they know, why they believe they know it, and why others should be of the same opinion.” (Paulson & Paulson, 1991, p.2)
• 53.
  Roger Schank, TellMe a Story “Telling stories and listening to other people's stories shape the memories we have of our experiences.” Stories help us organize our experience and define our sense of
• 54.
  Digital Storytelling Process • Create a 2-to-4 minute digital video clip • First person narrative [begins with a written script ~ 400 words] • Told in their own voice [record script] • Illustrated (mostly) by still images • Music track to add emotional tone
• 56.
  Convergence
• 57.
  Workshop 10:30-11:20 Digital Storytelling Process
• 59.
  A Reminder… Reflection &Relationships … the “Heart and Soul” of an e-portfolio… NOT the Technology! 59
• 60.
  My Final Wish… •dynamic celebrations • stories of deep learning • across the lifespan 60
• 61.
  My Story
• 62.
  Dr. Helen Barrett @eportfolios Researcher & Consultant Electronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning [email protected] http://electronicportfolios.org/ http://slideshare.net/eportfolios https://sites.google.com/site/mportfolios/