4. What scaffolding*(support) would the students need?
a. Technical
b. Academic
5. How would you like to give feedback on the portfolios?
You can provide:
6. How would you ensure buy-in for the portfolio?
a. By embedding portfolios into the curriculum
c. By making it part of classroom/curriculum activity.
7. What platform would you like to use?
a. Mahara (dedicated portfolio software)
b. My portfolio on Blackboard (Assignments on blackboard can be linked to the portfolio, no separate log-in required)
c. Social Networking sites (easy to use but not customizable, also too public?)
d. Google docs/sites (enable ownership & or collaboration)
e. WordPress/Weebly (same as Google but more private)
8. How would you survey students and collect data to revise the design?
a. Post-portfolio questionnaire
b. Focus group interviews
a. Technical
- introductory session
- technical helpline
- student workshops
- online support
- exemplars as practical examples
b. Academic
- guideline of what is expected in order to receive high grade
- show examples of grading by a rubric
- show example of alignment of artifact to expected outcome
- mentoring
5. How would you like to give feedback on the portfolios?
You can provide:
- an interactive communication platform to accommodate the feedback system of the portfolio (e.g. forum)
- built-in mechanisms for feedback (“Place feedback” in Mahara/class time) (Note: Personal feedback better than feedback platform)
- opportunity to peer-review
- feedback before or after submission
6. How would you ensure buy-in for the portfolio?
a. By embedding portfolios into the curriculum
- Embed the use of portfolio system as part of the curriculum and grade it
- Explain the added value to their learning/future career (See resources for examples)
c. By making it part of classroom/curriculum activity.
7. What platform would you like to use?
a. Mahara (dedicated portfolio software)
b. My portfolio on Blackboard (Assignments on blackboard can be linked to the portfolio, no separate log-in required)
c. Social Networking sites (easy to use but not customizable, also too public?)
d. Google docs/sites (enable ownership & or collaboration)
e. WordPress/Weebly (same as Google but more private)
8. How would you survey students and collect data to revise the design?
a. Post-portfolio questionnaire
b. Focus group interviews