Using+ePortfolios+for+evidence-based+research

**Using ePortfolios for evidence-based research** Kristin Norris, Instructional Technology Specialist, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis [norriske@iupui.edu] Kathy Steinberg, Assessment Specialist, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis [ksteinbe@iupui.edu]



**Keywords:** ePortfolio, assessment, learning outcomes

**Track:** Civic learning outcomes for students in k-12 and higher education

**Format:** Interactive workshop on research methodologies


 * Date & time: **Friday 10:50-12:00
 * Location: **Salon 6

**Summary:** In this workshop we will introduce a theoretical framework for using ePortfolios for research and assessment, explore different types of ePortfolios, their purposes (as learning and for learning), kinds of evidence that can be gathered using ePortfolios to further your research (e.g. narratives, photos, videos, student products), and ways in which community partners can be involved in the process. E-portfolios are increasingly being used as a way to show authentic evidence of student learning outcomes. One of the most common elements of e-portfolios is student reflection, which makes ePortfolio a compatible tool to use with service learning and community engagement.

Workshop participants will practice evaluating student narratives using a variety of rubrics that are available for assessing student civic learning outcomes, and will discuss how this process can be facilitated using ePortfolios. Participants will explore how ePortfolios can be used for research purposes (e.g., gathering pre-post data, content analysis of narratives, longitudinal evidence/growth over time, etc.). Next, a discussion of issues related confidentiality (FERPA) and IRB implications will be discussed. Then, facilitators will present a research project currently underway using ePortfolios for program assessment of student civic-mindedness.

The goals of this session are to:
 * Generate a clearer understanding of the implications of ePortfolios to the field of service learning and civic engagement.
 * Demonstrate how assessment of civic learning on campuses can be realized with the use of ePortfolios. We will introduce our ePortfolio project, which was initially created to facilitate a process, but has moved into using ePortfolios as a way to facilitate reflection and demonstrate civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions attained while in college.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Identify ways in which ePortfolios can be used for research in student civic growth as well as community engagement.

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