High-Impact ePortfolio Practice: A Catalyst for Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning

At a moment when over half of US colleges are employing ePortfolios, the time is ripe to develop their full potential to advance integrative learning and broad institutional change. The authors outline how to deploy the ePortfolio as a high-impact practice and describe widely-applicable models of effective ePortfolio pedagogy and implementation that demonstrably improve student learning across multiple settings. Drawing on the campus ePortfolio projects developed by a constellation of institutions that participated in the Connect to Learning network, Eynon and Gambino present a wealth of data and revealing case studies. Their broad-based evidence demonstrates that, implemented with a purposeful framework, ePortfolios correlate strongly with increased retention and graduation rates, broadened student engagement in deep learning processes, and advanced faculty and institutional learning. The core of the book presents a comprehensive research-based framework, along with practical examples and strategies for implementation, and identifies the key considerations that need to be addressed in the areas of Pedagogy, Professional Development, Outcomes Assessment, Technology and Scaling Up. The authors identify how the ePortfolio experience enhances other high-impact practices (HIPs) by creating unique opportunities for connection and synthesis across courses, semesters and co-curricular experiences. Using ePortfolio to integrate learning across multiple HIPs enables students reflect and construct a cohesive signature learning experience. This is an invaluable resource for classroom faculty and educational leaders interested in transformative education for 21st century learners. A Co-Publication with AAC&U

Table of Contents:
Foreword. And Now There Are 11 by George D. Kuh Part One. High-Impact ePortfolio Practice and the Connect to Learning Project 1. ePortfolio. A High-Impact Practice Part Two. ePortfolio Done Well. The Catalyst Framework 2. The Catalyst Framework. An Evidence-Based Approach to ePortfolio Practice 3. Integrative ePortfolio Pedagogy Social Pedagogies in ePortfolio Practices. Principles for Design and Impact by Randall Bass 4. Professional Development for High-Impact ePortfolio Practice 5. Outcomes Assessment That Closes the Loop 6. The "e" in ePortfolio. ePortfolio as Technology 7. Scaling Up! Six Core Strategies for Effective ePortfolio Initiatives From Scaling to Transformation. ePortfolio and the Rebundling of Higher Education by Randall Bass Part Three. The Difference ePortfolio Makes 8. Why ePortfolio? The Impact of ePortfolio Done Well Part Four. ePortfolio as Connector and Catalyst 9. Joined at the HIP 10. Next-Generation ePortfolio Practice About the Contributors Index