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Exploring Electronic Portfolios: An IHE NCATE Assessment Journey
5/31/2005
Exploring Electronic Portfolios: An IHE NCATE Assessment JourneyBy Jerome Ammer, Ph.D. University of San Diego (ammer@sandiego.edu
Cheryl Getz, Ed.D. University of San Diego
Lea Hubbard, Ph.D. University of San Diego
With our first NCATE visitation two years away, the University of San Diego was in search of a viable mechanism for formal and summative assessment. Three key designs to implementation solutions seemed to create a roadblock. The three-dimensional lynchpin solution includes a grounded pedagogical frame, an integrated school wide assessment model, and a format for gathering and evaluating candidate performance. Bringing faculty from five different programs together to contemplate a major shift in instructional design and a fear of loss of academic freedom seemed insurmountable.
Hiring a statistician to lead the design of a comprehensive assessment system was our first moment of genius. The Assessment System provided the foundation for linking differing accreditation/licensure programs with flexibility for addressing a widely different set of state and national professional standards.
Pulling all these factors into a system that would be pliable by faculty, students, staff, administrators and the assessment accountability team seemed insurmountable. The Department of Learning and Teaching adapted a rubric based system portfolio system over a decade ago. However, the paper portfolio rubric evaluation process did not provide the types of measurable formative and summative accountability performance outcome required by recent revisions to the National Consortium of Teachers of Education Accreditation (NCATE) procedures. Converting to a standards grounded electronic portfolio evaluation system required long hours of discussion, explanation and convincing.
At the same time the university was engaged in a capital plan to enhance the technological capacity of the university for administrators, faculty and students. Moving away from a course specific introduction technology literacy model, the Department of Learning and Teaching was attempting to infuse technology literacy into all credential coursework. The Assessment Team brainstormed the idea that an electronic portfolio assessment model. This would expand upon the existing paper portfolio evaluation system and provide incentive to expand the technology literacy of faculty, staff, students and yes, administrators. Now the challenge was to figure out how to implement an electronic portfolio through which student performance outcomes could be aligned and evaluated in terms of standards based accountability and the rigor of NCATE self assessment to inform program decisions.
Simultaneously, the Dean of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences
(SOLES) established a Building Committee consisting of staff, faculty and a
student from each program of study. The charge was to be creative and envision
the design and resources for a modern era, pedagogy enhanced education facility.
Yes! A new, first time ever building on our campus solely dedicated to education
studies. Everyone agreed that innovative planning for the workforce of the 21st
century and nurturing a learning community of faculty and student scholars.
On the recommendation from a potential interior space designer that committee
members visit other innovative technology integration college sites including
:::::: NETWORK SECURITY :::::: CAMPUS SECURITY NEWS :::::: FOCUS :: Lyon's 1:1 Laptop Program Aims To 'Level the Playing Field' for Students :::::: IT NEWS :::::: EXECUTIVE VIEW :::::: WORTH NOTING :::::: VIEWPOINT :::::: NEWS and PRODUCT UPDATES :::::: NEWS :::::: CASE STUDY :: Job Scheduling Software Smooths Data Transfers at IUF :::::: IT NEWS
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