FrogFolio and First-Year Seminar Pilot
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FrogFolio, folio thinking, and first-year
seminar
What is an ePortfolio, anyway?An electronic collection of evidence (a website) that represents learning over time and makes learning visible to self and others.
Capture and represent learning across contexts via artifacts • collect artifacts • select artifacts for display • reflect on meaning and relationship of artifacts
Learning Artifacts
Artifacts
Writing Samples
Presentations
Projects
Photos
Video FilesAudio Files
Blog Entries
Students tell their learning story - what they know - why it’s important - what it all means
ePortfolio as process and product
Process: INQUIRY REFLECTION INTEGRATION
Product: • development tool• record of learning artifacts• career preparation and planning
product• artifact showcase• tool for feedback
2 Sample FrogFolios
Emily Denney Senior, Strategic Communication/SpanishKansas City, MO*product-oriented/showcase
Mariah GreenSenior, Biology major (pre-med)Wichita, KS*process-oriented/reflective
Reflection: the “heart and soul” of a
portfolio
Meaningful Reflection: 4 Principles
• Reflection as Connection
• Reflection as Systematic & Disciplined
• Reflection as Social Pedagogy (remember the pigeons??)
• Reflection as an Attitude and Stance toward Change
(Rodgers, 2002)
“The function of reflection is to make meaning: to formulate the ‘relationships and continuities’ among the elements of an experience, between that experience and other experiences, between that experience and the knowledge that one carries, and between that knowledge and the knowledge produced by thinkers other than oneself.”
--Carol Rodgers (2002)
Why ePortfolios?
• Integrate discrete learning experiences
• Enhance self-understanding and self-authorship
(Magolda)
• Promote taking responsibility for one’s learning
• Support developing an intellectual identity
• Foster digital literacy and digital storytelling skills
• Facilitate coherence between curriculum and co-
curriculum
• Cultivate learning that is life-long and life-wide
From folio thinking to FrogFolio
As a digital learning tool, FrogFolio will be:
• student-directed • learning-centered • mentor-assisted
Vision Mission• To create a community
of connections with reflective, integrative, and intentional learners who take responsibility for their education by assessing their learning experiences and monitoring their progress and goals by making their work visible through the use of Frogfolios.
• TCU’s ePortfolio program exemplifies student-directed, learning-centered, mentor-assisted education.
History of project• Integrative learning QEP proposal 2011-2012• Combined with ePortfolio proposal• This synergy kickstarted some interdisciplinary
and interdepartmental information gathering and research that led to current small pilot
• Next step will be a larger pilot in fall 2014 for first-year students
205 students in current pilot
• 12-15 faculty mentors and staff mentors• 3 Honors Colloquium Courses (48 students)• First-Year Chancellor’s Scholars (44)• Student Athlete Advisory Council (16)• First-Year Experience/Connections (42)• Chancellor Leadership Program (40)• 1 Strategic Communication Writing course (15)
What’s inside?• Home page with photo and introduction• Goals and progress, set by student• My learning experiences• Habits of mind, based on TCU mission• Resume• Contact info• Plus, students may add sections
Larger pilots aheadSpring 2014 Fall 2014
• Current mentors will continue working with 205 students from fall 2013 pilot
• January gathering and April showcase
• SUMMER: Professional development
• Rollout for up to one-half of entering first-year class
• Rollout and discussion for other programs around campus
Fall 2014• 20-25 UNPR 10110 sections (team-taught by
faculty and staff mentors)• 16-20 OCO Basic Speech Communication courses
with mentor for each section• Plus embedding it into other upper level courses
or programming• Plus small pilot through ENGL first-year writing
class to prepare for spring 2015