Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning

"Integrative learning is often seen as the Holy Grail for various learning contexts, such as general education and lifelong learning. It’s believed to exist, but it’s often unclear how to foster such learning in meaningful ways. Destined to be a seminal text, what Reynolds and Patton provide here is a map to integrative learning through ePortfolios with practical advice leading to real outcomes. I will be providing this book as a manual for those who teach using ePortfolios."

C. Edward Watson, Director, Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Georgia; and Executive Editor - , International Journal of ePortfolio

"Interspersed with thoughtful anecdotes and tested examples of activities and implementation strategies, Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning is a useful resource for those in the early stages of exploring ePortfolios as well as for more experienced practitioners. Reynolds and Patton highlight the affordances of ePortfolio pedagogy and practice that make ePortfolios uniquely suited to facilitate reflection on and document evidence of integrative learning for a wide range of audiences including, most importantly, the learners themselves."

Helen L. Chen, PhD, Research Scientist and Director of ePortfolio Initiatives, Office of the Registrar, Stanford University; and Co-Founder - , EPAC ePortfolio Community of Practice

"Candyce Reynolds and Judith Patton’s Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning is the most accessible book I have seen about using ePortfolios in higher education. They write this book as if it is their own ePortfolio, providing personal stories and many examples of faculty uses of ePortfolios. The book keeps you reading as if you are listening to the authors tell you all you want to hear about every aspect of defining your ePortfolio’s campus purpose to choosing a platform to the structure of a showcase ePortfolio to tips and cautions. I was impressed with their thoroughness and lucidity. Thanks to Reynolds and Patton for this significant contribution to the field of ePortfolio studies."

Trent Batson, Ph.D., President - , The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning

"When a piece of writing’s tone fits its message, that’s rhetorical savvy. Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning’s conversational style embodies a main message of the book: an ePortfolio is a “living document,” “an active agent in one’s life.” ePortfolios described in this book are vital, continually evolving, progressively more illustrative of the ways in which we can integrate all aspects of our lives. Integrative learning can characterize ePortfolio learners and readers of this helpful book."

Barbara Cambridge, Codirector, Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research; Professor of English, Emerita - , Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Foreword—Terry Rhodes
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: Key Concepts

1. ePortfolios as a Tool for Integrative Learning

2. Integrating Knowledge: The Crux of an Education

3. Retooling Your Syllabus and Teaching: Integrating Integrative Learning and ePortfolios Into Your Course

Part Two: Teaching for Integrative Learning

4. Fostering Reflective Practice

5. Making Connections or Integrating Knowledge

6. Making Connections for Lifelong Learning

7. Communicating Effectively in ePortfolios: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

Part Three: Creating the ePortfolio

8. Designing an ePortfolio System

9. Making an ePortfolio Using Free Web-Based Software

Part Four: At the End

10. Assessment of ePortfolios: Using Rubrics to Assess

11. Parting Thoughts

References
Index

Candyce Reynolds

Candyce Reynolds is Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy, at Portland State University.

Judith Patton

Judith Patton is Professor, Professor of Dance, Department of Theater and Film, at Portland State University.