How does the Dropbox process work? 1. Student downloads feedback form from Learning Room content area and fills in their request details

How does the Dropbox process work? 2. They upload it to the Dropbox folder (already created by the Administrator) for feedback. Guidance on this process is available at the point of submission as well as from the learning room

3. The Supervisor downloads the documents from the Dropbox for feedback. They complete their feedback, attaching any additional resources to the marked script as needed.

4. The Supervisor returns the form, complete with feedback, to the Dropbox

How does the Dropbox process work? 5. Student collects feedback

Introduction to the ePortfolio tool – and thinking about how it might be used to support the MA programme

ePortfolio is a personal portfolio tool for storing, organising, reflecting on and sharing items that represent your learning. You can include: Documents (PowerPoint, Word etc.) Images Audio Video Items can be at any stage of completion, so e-Portfolio can be a tool for: Collaborating on, or getting feedback on, the creation of items Showcasing finished items How is e-Portfolio typically used in H.E.? To support reflective activity To build an evidence base for achievement of competencies or learning outcomes To enable peer-peer and student-tutor dialogue around e-P items To organise and present material… For assessment purposes For an external audience, e.g. potential employers

What are the main bits of an e-Portfolio? Artefacts, Collections, Reflections and Presentations

ePortfolio stores digital artefacts that representyour learning. An artefact might be: A file A new page of content (HTML page) created in ePortfolio An internet reference (URL) Imported results from a learning room: assessment results, dropbox feedback, grades…

ePortfolio stores digital artefacts that representyour learning. An artefact might be: A file A new page of content (HTML page) created in ePortfolio An internet reference (URL) Imported results from a learning room: assessment results, dropbox feedback, grades…

Collections are groups of artefacts, reflections and presentations. They are like folders, except an item can belong to multiple collections at the same time. For example, you can add a short story you wrote to a collection called 'Fiction' as well as a collection called 'Creative Writing 1a'.

Tags are keywords or descriptive labels that you can add to items to help organise and categorise them. You can search both your own portfolio and others' shared items by tags.

A reflection can be: An independent portfolio item Associated with an existing artefact, collection or presentation. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later.

A reflection can be: An independent portfolio item Associated with an existing artefact, collection or presentation. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later.

Presentations let you compile a number of portfolio items into a web project that showcases your achievements. They can be shared with anyone inside or outside NTU. Someone might want to create a presentation to: Showcase their portfolio items to a potential employer Gather a number of items together into a single presentation and submit the whole thing to NOW’s dropbox for marking

ePortfolios are most effective when you can guide the way in which they are shared with others. How can you facilitate sharing? How best might sharing occur?

Discussion activity What about: Hosting: when a student leaves NTU, what happens to their eP? Capacity: how much storage space does each student have? Interoperability: can eP items be transferred from one eP system to another? Anything else?...

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Feedback: Introducing Dropbox and ePortfolio Sarah Horrigan, Senior eLearning Developer Laura Skelton, eLearning Developer

What will we cover today? Background and process Using online tools for feedback Using Dropbox Using ePortfolio

What’s a Dropbox and how can it help with feedback? Source: Ilmungo, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilmungo/115943573/

How does the Dropbox process work? Source: David H-W, http://www.flickr.com/photos/extrajection/3921030260//

1 Student downloads feedback form … and completes details

Uploads to Dropbox for feedback 2

… and gives feedback 3 Supervisor downloads form

Form returned to Dropbox 4

Student collects feedback 5

Hands-on… Source: Kaptain Kobold, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/3203311346/

How might ePortfolios support your MA? Source: TheAilieness GiselaGiardino, http://www.flickr.com/photos/gi/127555697/

What is an ePortfolio and what is it used for?

Artefacts Collections Reflections Presentations Some key concepts…

What are artefacts?

What are artefacts?

More hands-on… Source: Wili_Hybrid, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wili/242259195/

How do you manage all of this stuff?

Don’t just collect it… tag it… Mug

Why is tagging important?

Why is tagging important?

Why is tagging important? needle Search:

Where do Reflections fit in?

PS… What do we mean by reflection anyway??

Ways to share an ePortfolio…

ePortfolios were made for sharing! Source: Jeff Bauche, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeff-bauche/2230236391/

e-Portfolios in practice – what do we need to think about?