This will be my final post for this project--because it also represents part of my "final report" on my sabbatical research adventures.
At the San Diego Conference (see below) I just gave a 90-minute presentation on "Using ePortfolios to Catalyze Student Learning." The catalog blurb for the conference read as follows: "What happens when students take control of their own personalized e-portfolios -- rather than being forced to use preset criteria developed by outside administrators, faculty, consortiums, or consultants?
"The catalog blurb for the conference read as follows: "What happens when students take control of their own personalized e-portfolios -- rather than being forced to use preset criteria developed by outside administrators, faculty, consortiums, or consultants? Recently a group of Honors Institute students at Foothill College were asked to design and build their own cusomized e-portfolios "from scratch." The surprising results revealed untapped reservoirs of student interest and energy -- especially when it comes to re-connnecting, re-integrating, and re-inventing links between diverse departments, disciplines, and degree programs. Employed as a tool for institutional renewal and self-reflection, e-portfolios can help foster true "deep learning" across-the-curriculum."
Rather than simply summarize my own presentation, let me quote from the email response of James Barr, Institutional Researcher for American River College near Sacramento.
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