UAA ePortfolio Working Group Information Site

Updated: 5/4/2012

Links

Resources from Helen Barrett's 26 Jan 2012 UAA Presentation

Minutes & Agendas for EWG and Pilot Group Meetings

2011 UAA ePortfolio Summer Institute and Pilot Project

Information about UAA Anchorage Campus Computer Labs

This site is a reference site for the UAA ePortfolio Working Group (EWG, AY11 & AY12). As the EWG identifies potential ePortfolio information and resources, we'll stick them here. Membership, Agendas and Minutes for the the EWG can be found at www.uaa.alaska.edu/eportfolio. The work of the working group is now complete. You can download the reports using the links below.

Please contact Bart Quimby (786-1988, tbquimby@uaa.alaska.edu) if you have any questions regarding this site or wish to contribute something to the lists.

Mahara: eport.uaa.alaska.edu/mahara. Mahara is an open source ePortfolio system which we've installed on our servers as a test platform for experimentation. There is still a bit of administrative maintenance to do, but it is open to play with. We strongly recommend you visit the tutorials at mahara.org to get started. If you have trouble with setting up an account, email tbquimby@uaa.alaska.edu and I'll set one up for you.

Reports

First Year Report
Final Report & Recommendations

Key Organizations and References

Title	Link(s)	Comments
AAEEBL	http://www.aaeebl.org/	This group does a lot of research on ePortfolios as well as providing information about platforms through presentations by the various vendors. The "Exploring ePortfolio Technolgies Webinar Series" is discussed below.
EPAC Community of Practice	http://epac.pbworks.com	This group coordinates information about a lot of ePortfolio initiatives and their site has a wealth of information in addition to providing a forum for discussions related to ePortfolios.
International Journal of ePortfolio	http://www.theijep.com/current.cfm	This open access journal regularly publishes useful articles on ePorfolio research.

Eportfolio Platform Information

Name	Website	Comments
Exploring ePortfolio Technolgies Webinar Series	http://www.aaeebl.org/eport-webinar	During the Fall of 2011 and Spring of 2012 AAEEBL hosted a series of webinars on various ePortfolio plat forms. Each was recorded and made available on this site.
Mahara	http://mahara.org	An open source system developed in New Zeeland. It has gotten a fair amount of press at conferences. You can get a 60 trial account on their demo system and experiment with it. I'll try to install this system on this site over the holiday break.
Sakai	http://confluence.sakaiproject.org http://sakaiproject.org/	An open source system which is much more than a simple portfolio system. This system is reputed to be good for teaching & learning portfolios and assessment of learning. I'm still looking into what it'd take to install a version to experiment with.
Task Stream	https://www.taskstream.com/pub/	A large proprietary system popular with schools of education. Their system is exceptionally well adapted to assessment activities--allowing you to 'drill' down through aggregated data to specific examples.
Chalk & Wire	http://chalkandwire.com/index.php/product	This is the commercial platform used at Prince William Community College. Wes Lundberg (Dean of Instruction) reports that they are very pleased with it so far.
Avenet eFolio	http://avenet.net/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={DEA68D1E-F048-4E4B-A883-E471E10EAC76}	This commercial platform is fairly widely used. It is the basis of the much discussed Minnesota ePortfolio project.
Digication	http://www.digication.com/	This a commercial system which I've heard a fair amount about at conferences. It has grown out of the K-12 schools of Rhode Island and is spreading to other areas.
Pathway Builders	http://pathwaybuilder.com/	A system identified by Joe Hackenmueller. The site seemed to be down for maintenance when I followed the link. This is apparently the basis for a statewide project in Louisiana.

Eportfolio Projects of Note

Site	Website	Comments
Clemson University	http://www.clemson.edu/academics/programs/eportfolio/index.html http://epac.pbworks.com/w/page/31568757/2010_10-EPAC-Chat-Clemson	This is a custom portfolio system based on google sites and in-house produced software. It is used extensively for Gen Ed assessment and for some program assessment. The epac online presentation by Clemson's Gail Ring is VERY good to showing what it takes to implement an ePortfolio project.
San Francisco State Univ.	http://eportfolio.sfsu.edu/	SFSU has a highly acclaimed ePortfolio program. Their support site is well organized and easy to follow.
Washington State University	https://my.wsu.edu/portal/page?_pageid=177,301634&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL	WSU's system is highly evolved and is used for lots of different purposes.
LaGuardia Community College	http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/	The LaGuardia CC folks have really been at the forefront of ePortfolio development in recent years and have made may conference presentations on their experiences and lessons learned.
State of Minnesota	http://www.efoliominnesota.com/	The state of Minnesota is one of the first to offer ePortfolios to all residents. It uses a system called eFolio.
State of Louisiana	http://www.laeportal.com	This statewide system is based on pathways builders. It appears to cover life long learning.

Other References

Title	Link(s)	Comments
How to Create an Electronic Portfolio	http://www.printerinks.com/How-to-Create-an-Electronic-Portfolio.html	This is an example of instructions for creating an electronic portfolio. The site has links to quite a few other useful references.