J. Elizabeth Clark
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readings & resources

Delving into the field

 Thanks to the growing ePortfolio community, there are many resources, articles, books, & organizations available to help you get started.

I've organized the resources here into categories:

  • Highlighted Publications: What's New In EP?

  • Initial Explorations

  • EPortfolios & Integrative Learning

  • EPortfolios & Reflective Writing

  • EPortfolios & Project-Based Learning

  • Case Studies: What Do EPortfolios Look Like At Scale?

  • Deeper Readings & Resources

  • EPortfolio Organizations & Groups

  • Articles By Liz

  • Videos

  • Do you have additional suggestions? Have a publication you'd like me to highlight? Just let me know!

Highlighted Publications: What's New In EP?

AAEEBL’s “Digital Ethics Principles in ePortfolios”

About the Task Force, available on-line : https://aaeebl.org/2020/06/16/digital-ethics-taskforce/

Version 1: Full Principles, available on-line: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/aaeebl-digital-ethics-principlesversion-1/principle-summaries-and-table-of-contents

AAEEBL’s ePortfolio Review 6.1 (2022)

Available on-line: https://aaeebl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AePR_v6n1_FallWinter_2022.pdf

iJep’s Current Issue 12.1 (2022)

Available on-line: https://www.theijep.com/current.cfm

Dellinger, Mary Ann, & Hart, D. Alexis. ePortfolios@edu: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Everything In-between. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado, 2020. https://doi.org/10.37514/PRA-B.2020.1084

Available on-line: https://wac.colostate.edu/books/practice/portfolios/

Initial Explorations: Getting Started With ePortfolios

Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL); Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U); the International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP); and Electronic Portfolio Action and Communication (EPAC) Community of Practice. Field Guide to ePortfolio. 2017.

Available on-line at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8t_OY4denF1c0NLM3VoNUFhaU0/view

Special issue of Peer Review, 2014 (16.1) on ePortfolios for Reflection, Learning, and Assessment

              Available on-line at: https://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2014/winter

Batson, Trent. “ePortfolios, Finally!”  Campus Technology. 7 April 2010.

Available on-line: campustechnology.com/articles/2010/04/07/eportfolios-finally.aspx

Cambridge, Darren and Barbara Cambridge and Kathleen Blake Yancey.  Electronic Portfolios 2.0: Emergent Research on Implementation and Impact. Stylus Publishing, 2009.

Chen, Helen, Penny Light, Tracy, and John C. Ittelson. Documenting Learning with ePortfolios. Jossey-Bass, 2012.

Clark, J. Elizabeth and Bret Eynon.  “ePortfolio at 2.0—Surveying the Field.”  Peer Review.  11.1 (2009).

                  Available on-line: www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-wi09/pr-wi09_eportfolios.cfm

Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Principles and Practices in Electronic Portfolios.” NCTE Position Statements, 2015.

Available on-line: https://ncte.org/statement/electronicportfolios/

Eynon, Bret and Laura M. Gambino. Catalyst in Action: Case Studies of High-Impact ePortfolio Practice. Stylus Publishing, 2018. 

—-. High-Impact ePortfolio Practice: A Catalyst for Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning. Stylus Publishing, 2017. 

Kuh, George D., Laura M. Gambino, Marilee Bresciani Ludvik, and Ken O’Donnell. Using ePortfolio to Document and Deepen the Impact of HIPs on Learning Dispositions. (Occasional Paper No. 32). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). 

Available on-line: https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/documents/Occ%20paper%2032Final.pdf

Penny Light, Tracy. Documenting Learning with ePortfolios: A Guide for College Instructors. Jossey-Bass, 2011. 

Watson, C. Edward, Tracy Penny Light, George D. Kuh, Terrel Rhodes, Helen L. Chen. "ePortfolios – The Eleventh High Impact Practice." International Journal of ePortfolio. 6.2 (2016). 

Available on-line: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/IJEP254.pdf

Yancey, Kathleen Blake, Barbara Cambridge and Darren Cambridge. “Making Common Cause; Electronic Portfolios, Learning, and the Power of Community.” Academic Commons. 7 January 2009.

Available on-line: https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/vkp/files/2009/03/yancey.pdf

Yancey, Kathleen Blake. ePortfolio as Curriculum: Models and Practices for Developing Students’ ePortfolio Literacy. Stylus Publishing, 2019.

—-. “ePortfolios," curated entry for the MLA Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers (April 2020).

Available on-line: https://digitalpedagogy.hcommons.org/keyword/ePortfolio

ePortfolios & Integrative Learning

Cambridge, Darren. ePortfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. 

Ferren, Ann S. Ferren and David C. Paris. Faculty Leadership for Integrative Liberal Learning. AAC&U, 2015. 

Available for purchase at AAC&U: https://secure.aacu.org/imis/ItemDetail?iProductCode=FACLEAD

Gale, Richard. “Fostering Integrative Learning Through Pedagogy." Carnegie Foundation for Teaching and Learning. Integrative Learning Project Public Report, 2006.

                  Available on-line:

https://oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/AIS/Fostering_Integrative_Learning_through_Pedagogy.pdf

Huber, Mary Taylor and Pat Hutchings. Mapping the Terrain. Carnegie Foundation for Teaching & Learning and AAC&U, 2004.

Available on-line: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED486247

Peet, Melissa, Steven Lonn, Patricia Gurin, K. Page Boyer, Malinda Matney, Tiffany Marra, Simone Himbeault Taylor, and Andrea Daley. "Fostering Integrative Knowledge through ePortfolios." International Journal of ePortfolio. 1.1 (2011).

Available on-line: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/IJEP39.pdf

Reynolds, Candyce and Judith Patton. Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning: A Faculty Guide to Classroom Practices for Transforming Student Learning. Stylus Publishing, 2014.

Richards-Schuster, Katie and Mary C. Ruffolo, Kerri Leyda, Nicoll Catherine Distelrath, and Joseph A. Galura. "Using ePortfolios to Assess Program Goals, Integrative Learning, and Civic Engagement: A Case Example."  International Journal of ePortfolio. 4.2 (2014). 

Available on-line: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/ijep127.pdf

ePortfolios & Reflective Writing

Hutchings, Pat. "Helping Students Develop Habits of Reflection: What We Can Learn from the NILOA Assignment Library." NILOA 2018.

Available on-line: https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Habits_Of_Reflection.pdf

Landis, Cynthia M., Susan B. Scott and Susan Kahn. "Examining the Role of Reflection in ePortfolios: A Case Study." International Journal of ePortfolio. 5.2 (2015)

Available on-line: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/IJEP168.pdf

Parkes, Kelly A., Katie S. Dredger and David Hicks. "ePortfolio as a Measure of Reflective Practice." International Journal of ePortfolio. 3.2 (2013).

Available on-line: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/ijep110.pdf

Rodgers, Carol.  “Defining Reflection: Another Look at John Dewey and Reflective Thinking.” Teachers College Record. 4.4 (2002): 842-866.

Schon, Donald. Educating the Reflective Practitioner. Jossey-Bass, 1987.

Schrand, Tom, Katharine Jones, and Valerie Hanson. “'Reflecting on Reflections:' Curating ePortfolios for Integrative Learning and Identity Development in a General Education Senior Capstone." International Journal of ePortfolio. 8.1 (2018).

Available on-line: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/IJEP296.pdf

Yancey, Kathleen Blake.  “Made Not Only in Words:  Composition in a New Key.” CCC 56.2 (2004):  297-328.  

---.“Postmodernism, Palimpsest, and Portfolios: Theoretical Issues in the Representation of Student Work.”  CCC  55.4 (2004):  738-761. 

---. Reflection in the Writing Classroom. All USU Press Publications. Book 120. 1998.

Available on-line: http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1119&context=usupress_pubs

---, ed. Rhetoric of Reflection. University Press of Colorado, 2016.

---.  Writing in the 21st Century. National Council of Teachers of English.  February 2009. 

        Available on-line: http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Press/Yancey_final.pdf

ePortfolios & Project-Based Learning

Chang, Chi-Cheng and Tseng, Kuo-Hung. "Using a Web-Based Portfolio Assessment System To Elevate Project-Based Learning Performances." Interactive Learning Environments. 19.3 (2011).

Chanpet, Punyapat. and Komkrit Chomsuwan. "Development and Design: E- Portfolio on Project-based Learning with Assessment System." International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research. 60.34 (2013).

Available on-line: http://www.ipedr.com/vol60/034-ICEMI2013-K10046.pdf

Gülbahar, Yasemin and Hasan Tinmaz. "Implementing Project-Based Learning And E-Portfolio Assessment In an Undergraduate Course." Journal of Research on Technology in Education. 38.3 (2006). 

Available on-line: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ728907.pdf

Lukitasari, M. , J Handhika, and W Murtafiah. "Higher Order Thinking Skills: Using ePortfolio in Project-Based Learning." Journal of Physics: Conference Series (2018). 

Available on-line: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/983/1/012047/pdf

 Niehoff, Michael. "Going Public and Going Pro: The Power of Portfolios, Publishing & Personal Branding."  Buck Institute for Education. 2017. 

Available on-line: 

https://www.bie.org/blog/going_public_and_going_pro_the_power_of_portfolios_publishing_personal_bran

Pisa, Katie. "Are These the Schools of the Future?" CNN.com. 28 September 2017.

Available on-line: https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/health/future-schools/index.html

Case Studies: What Do ePortfolios Look Like At Scale?

Catalyst for Learning

Available on-line: http://c2l.mcnrc.org           

Created by 24 campuses in the Connect to Learning project, this site demonstrates and deepens the value of ePortfolio to higher education. It offers data, practices and strategies, showing how ePortfolio can advance learning, deepen pedagogy and assessment, and support institutional change. Case studies are arranged by topic and also by institution. This is a rich and detailed resource. Some of this material is also covered in the 2017 publication, High-Impact ePortfolio Practice: A Catalyst for Student, Faculty and Institutional Learning by Bret Eynon and Laura Gambino. 

Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (2003-2013)

Description of the project (now offline): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter/National_Coalition_for_Electronic_Portfolio_Research

Facilitated by Kathleen Blake Yancey, Barbara Cambridge, and Darren Cambridge, this multi-year research project brought together 6 cohorts of researchers in 3-year terms to study ePortfolio practices. Each cohort studied a key aspect of ePortfolio. All of the cohort findings were public and available on the web (no longer available).

Ring, Gail and Barbara Ramirez. "Implementing ePortfolios for the Assessment of General Education Competencies." International Journal of ePortfolio. 2.1 (2012).

Available on-line: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/ijep62.pdf

This article details the revision of general education at Clemson University using ePortfolios for reflection and assessment. 

Stanford University

Why this campus? Helen Chen, one of the leading ePortfolio researchers in the country, has been working with graduate students at Stanford University to create professional ePortfolios. She explains the project, "The Portfolio to Professional (P2P) program at Stanford University is designed to guide and support graduate students from a range of disciplines in creating a professional online portfolio. The P2P program represents a partnership between the Office of the Registrar and BEAM/Stanford Career Education with support from Professor Sheri Sheppard, Department of Mechanical Engineering."

Portfolio to Professional ePortfolio 2015 cohort: https://pathbrite.com/portfolio/PLTNlPin3/2015-portfolio-to-professional-eportfolio-collection

Portfolio to Professional ePortfolio 2016 cohort: https://pathbrite.com/portfolio/PLTNUPTJ6/p2p-spring-2016

Portfolio to Professional ePortfolio 2017 cohort: https://pathbrite.com/portfolio/PLTN1PVS6/2017-portfolio-to-professional-eportfolio-gallery

Portfolio to Professional ePortfolio 2019 cohort: https://pathbrite.com/portfolio/PLTNCPiT6/2019-p2p-eportfolio-gallery

Deeper Readings & Resources: Dig In!

Beetham, Helen, and Rhona Sharpe. Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing and Delivering eLearning. Routledge, 2007.

Clark, J. Elizabeth. "The Digital Imperative:  Making the Case for a 21st Century Pedagogy," Computers and Composition, 27.1 (2010): 27-35.

Lunsford, Andrea. “Writing, Technologies, and the Fifth Canon,” Computers and Composition 23.2 (2006):  169-177.

Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech. 

                  Available on-line: pewinternet.org/

ePortfolio Organizations & Groups

Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning

Available on-line: www.aaeebl.org

Electronic Portfolio Action and Communication (EPAC)

Available on-line: epac.pbworks.com or on Twitter at @epaccop

International Journal of ePortfolio (IJEP)

Available on-line: www.theijep.com/index.html 

Selected ePortfolio & Digital Pedagogy Articles By Liz

  • “What, Exactly, Are We Amplifying? A Decade of AAC&U’s ePortfolio Forum,” The International Journal of ePortfolio, 9.1 (2019).

  • "From Selfies to Self-Representation in Electronically Mediated Reflection," in Kathleen Blake Yancey, ed. A Rhetoric of Reflection, Utah State University Press, 2016.

  • "Measuring Progress with Student ePortfolios," co-authored with Bret Eynon. Peer Review, 13.4./14.1 (2011/2012).

  • "The Digital Imperative," Computers and Composition 27.1 (2010).

  • "ePortfolios @ 2.0: Surveying the Field," co-authored with Bret Eynon. Peer Review, 11.1 (2009).

  • "New Worlds of Error and Expectation: Basic Writers and Digital Assumptions," co-authored with Marisa A. Klages. Journal of Basic Writing. 28.1 (2009).

Videos

Auburn Writes. Auburn University. "What's an ePortfolio?"

Available on-line at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqBORISA5k

Kehoe, Ashley. "Thinking Outside of the ePortfolio."

Available on-line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-z-SjC2Jg

LaGuardia ePortfolio Videos

Available on-line: https://www.youtube.com/user/ePortfolioLAGCC/videos

See especially:

“Next Generation ePortfolio” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha9mxB_MgzQ

“The Value of the ePortfolio from FYS to Capstone” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjlhuA0t8I4

Penny Light, Tracy. "Documenting the Self: Integrative Learning and ePortfolios."

Available on-line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FXjyGp9l10

Salt Lake Community College. "What Is An ePortfolio?"

Available on-line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pn3AAts1-4