Many academics are searching for new strategies to showcase evidence of student learning. At the same time, students increasingly desire coursework that reaches beyond the boundaries of their campus to showcase academic and personal growth. The use of blogging in ePortfolios is a perfect solution to meet assessment and student engagement needs.
Join us for a webcast as we examine seven key strategies for incorporating personalized learning into ePortfolios with the use of student blogging. Our expert instructor will walk you through the process of integrating blogging into the ePortfolios of both courses and programs. Further, we will examine the major challenges you stand to face, including:
Determining the appropriate hosting platform
Prompting quality student reflection
Providing efficient instructor feedback
Leveraging blogging to influence learning assessment
Agenda
7 Strategies for Integrating Blogging into ePortfolios
Communicating the benefits and value
Improved student engagement
Uses in assessment/accreditation
Career services
Exploring connections to completion and retention
Identification and selection of a blogging platform
Integrating blogging portfolios into curricula
Establishing guidelines for student engagement and interaction
Policies for guiding student interaction
Addressing privacy concerns
Mitigating “careless entries”
Prompting quality reflection and personal learning assessment
Building reflective assignments
Examples of effective reflection in ePortfolio blogs
Expanding to discipline-specific issues
Exhibiting uses in job search and career development
Strategies for efficient feedback
Creating a rubric for student self-review
Effective peer assessment
Faculty time management
Utilizing blogging for student learning assessment
