ePortfolio Meets Peer Mentoring

ePortfolio Meets Peer MentoringMatt Lewis & Emma Shelefka

Mercy College

AAEEBL Conference - Thursday, July 31, 2014

New York metropolitan area minority-serving institution

11,000 students on four campus locations

90+ graduate and undergraduate programs (and Online)

Small Classes: 70% of classes have fewer than 22 students

Approximately 200 full-time faculty, 600 visiting, professional and adjunct faculty

Affordable, private, not-for-profit institution (~$16K/year)

Mission to “Provide motivated students the opportunity to transform their lives through higher education”

Mercy’s PACT (Personalized Achievement Contract) program mentors students to persistence and success.

Mercy College - Fast Facts

What isan ID?

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Title V Grant (3rd of 5 years)

S.T.E.M.

Peer Mentoring Activity (one of several in grant)

STEM students - transfer students & freshmen (all welcomed)

Last summer 11 peer mentors went to 3 trainings

Leadership, career services, communication, and basic tutoring “do’s and don’ts”

Created handbook on strengths in relation to their career goals

Total of 97 mentees

Step Up to STEM

“Being a mentor is great; you get to meet new people and help out

other students.”

- Peer Mentor Reflection

1. ePortfolio licenses

2. Stipends for being a peer mentor

Step Up to Stem – Funding:

Emma Shelefka - Transfer STEM Counselor and Peer Mentor Manager

The Peer Mentors…

Project Roles

11 peer mentors for 2013-2014

10 peer mentors for 2014-2015

Undergraduates studying:

Psychology

Computer Science

Physicians Assistants

Vet Tech

Biology

Health Science OT/PT

Who are the Peer Mentors?

Mentor Training - June 2014

Peer mentors complete bi-weekly ePortfolio tasks

Submitted for assessment to ensure compliance with the goals of the program

Wish to see students developing portfolios on their own

Peer mentors will share their work and articulate the benefits with mentees

Project Summary

Leadership Demonstrate greater leadership skills

Professional Development Exhibit greater knowledge of degree and career options

and share it with mentees

Personal Development Apply the interpersonal skills learned through their

training and interactions

Peer Mentor Program Learning Outcomes

Simple Rubric Created

Total3pts

1 pt 2 pts 3 pts

Design & Setup

Assessment & Support

Capturing artifacts & evidence of outcomes

Digication Assessment Group:

Assessment Grid

One student reflected about journaling in the folio:

“Writing in the efolio was helpful to me. By documenting what we [Mentor/Mentee] spoke about, I can quickly and easily use these references as a refresher to remember specific details… [to use for research or for our next meeting with mentee].”

Success & Challenges

“I liked how I could easily look at other mentors work and compare experiences. Then when we’d meet as a group I could ask them about it.”

“The Digication folio was great, it helped me to reflect on what I was doing. See progress over the year in how I was helping my mentees.”

“This is great, because I can use what I create for a folio to apply to Grad school or a job.”


Half the mentors created folios on their own

Biggest Challenge – TIME!

Full-time students, working full- part-time jobs

3 wrote about having children

How do we manage the work?


Revising the implementation to address:

Streamlining the entries

Move Away from “Wiki-Folio Hybrid”

More Creativity!

Future Steps

Mentor-Centered Folio

Mentors Already Customizing Folios!

Questions? Matt LewisSenior Instructional Designer

Mercy College555 BroadwayDobbs Ferry, NY 10522

(p) 914.674.7863

(e) [email protected]

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