“ePortfolios, as a space for synthesis, with their multimodal composing abilities, with their portability, allow students to engage in reflective dialogue over time, meaning making across courses, curriculum, and experiences. Who students are now, in a given moment, is not who they will always be. Thus, engaging students in a habit and practice that they can apply long after they leave us suggests that ePortfolio is a pedagogy of integration, an evolving gestalt with space and time for growth, change, and meaning making.”
Clark, J. Elizabeth. “From Selfies to Self-Representation in Electronically Mediated Reflection: The Evolving Gestalt Effect in ePortfolios” in Kathleen Blake Yancey’s A Rhetoric of Reflection (2016).
Background
ePortfolio has been central to Clark's work since 2002, when she joined the founding team of what became LaGuardia Community College's nationally recognized ePortfolio program. Over more than two decades she has served as pilot faculty, Research Team member, Assessment Leadership Team member, and Interim ePortfolio Director. She co-led the ePortfolio Leadership Team and regularly facilitated year-long professional development seminars bringing faculty into ePortfolio practice across disciplines.
Her scholarly work on ePortfolio has appeared in the International Journal of ePortfolio, Computers & Composition, Peer Review, and edited collections including Kathleen Blake Yancey's A Rhetoric of Reflection. She serves as Associate Editor of the International Journal of ePortfolio (2018–present) and has been a reviewer since 2011.
Selected ePortfolio Publications
"What, Exactly, Are We Amplifying? A Decade of AAC&U's ePortfolio Forum." 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. University Press of Colorado (2016)
"Measuring Progress with Student ePortfolios," 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," with Bret Eynon. Peer Review 11.1 (2009)
Selected ePortfolio Keynotes & Presentations
"The Fragile Dream: ePortfolio, At-Risk Students, and College Success." Keynote Address, AAC&U ePortfolio Forum, San Francisco (2011)
"Make It Real: Learning, Assessment & ePortfolio at an Urban Community College." Keynote with Bret Eynon, AAC&U ePortfolio Symposium, Washington, DC (2010)
AAEEBL Digital Ethics Task Force Podcast, three-part conversation on ethics in ePortfolio technology with Jeffrey Yan, Megan Mize, Peter McLellan, and Sarah Zurhellen Part One — Part Two — Part Three
Consulting & Workshops
I have led workshops on ePortfolio, writing and technology, basic writing, assessment, and contemporary pedagogy at colleges and universities across the country, including:
Alvernia University, Bowie State University, Cambridge College, College of St. Elizabeth, Dixie State University, Dutchess County Community College, Fairfield University, Fresno City College, Guttman Community College, Hiram College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Long Island University, Manhattanville College, Muhlenberg College, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Old Dominion University, Otterbein College, Philadelphia University, San Mateo Community College, Spelman College, Sweet Briar College, University of New Haven, Wagner College, William Paterson University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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