ePort at IUPUI

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ePort at IUPUI

• Presentation to the Executive Committee of the
  Faculty Council
• Sharon J. Hamilton

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What is ePort

• ePort is a tool for students to collect,
  organize, and reflect on their work.
• ePort is built into the Oncourse environment for
  ease of access and resource building.
• The primary goal of ePort is to document and
  enhance student learning at IUPUI.

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Current definition of ePort

• A collection of purposefully organized artifacts
  that support retrospective and prospective
  reflection and which document, augment, and
  assess student learning over time.

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ePort Goals

• Empower students
• Access all learning resources anywhere, anyplace,
  anytime
• Work smarter and more efficiently
• Discover and demonstrate logical pathways to
  academic success
• Enable faculty
• Partner in students progress
• Provide rich content w/ greater ease
• Enrich learning experiences
• Through learning across courses and co-curricular
  activities and meaningful connections in the
  community and work.

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Reflection in ePort

• Our definition Reflecting involves connecting
  evidence of learning to expectations for learning
  to discover and describe intellectual change.
• Elements of reflection
• Evidence
• Connections
• Intellectual growth

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Multi-dimensional Assessment Model
Objects
Aggregate (Reports)
Criteria
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Multi-dimensional Assessment Model
interact
interact
interact
interact
Objects
assess
assess
assess
assess
Crs grade
Crs grade
Crs grade
Crs grade
reflect
reflect
reflect
reflect
Aggregate (Reports)
Artifact
Artifact
Artifact
Artifact
Communication Skills Critical Thinking Integrati
on Application of Knowledge Understanding Soci
ety Culture Values Ethics Etc .
Intro
Intermed
Adv.
Exper
Intro
Intermed
Adv.
Exper
Criteria
Intro
Exper
Intermed
Adv.
Exper
Intro
Adv.
Intermed
Intro
Exper
Intermed
Adv.

All reflections for each criterion on a specific
level
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User Interface
Workspace
Management Core
Services Core
Educational Services
Access Repository Admin Profile
Presentation Scaffolding Transaction Reports
Logging
Authn
Authz
Index/Search
Messaging
Assessment
Common Services(OKI)
Gl Actions
Workflow
Calendaring
Group tools
Digital Repository
DBMS
LS
DB
ETC
Security
Storage
Directory
FMS Financial Management System SIS
Student Information System HRMS Human Resource
Management System
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ePort Timeline

• Fall 04 - limited beta to IUPUI TLC community
• Spring 05 - limited release to select IU groups
• Summer/Fall 05 - Full release of existing
  software
• For more information, please visit
  http//eport.iu.edu