RHET/CORE ePortfolio

ePortfolio Assignment Description

An outcomes-based ePortfolio is a platform that allows its creator to document their learning progress and reflect on their achievement of learning outcomes of a single course, multiple courses, or even an entire program, with the aim of informing their future choices and actions. The development of effective self-reflection skills are vital to the lifelong learning process that AUC aims to foster in all of its students, which is one of the main aims of this assignment.

For this assignment, you will create an ePortfolio using New Google Sites, within which you will create separate pages to reflect on your achievement of the Freshman Program learning outcomes. In addition to reflective writing, you will also include pieces of your work to act as evidence to support your reflections. At the end of the semester, you will give a 3-minute presentation of your ePortfolio to the class, sharing two pages that you are most proud of and/or found to be most meaningful, and reflecting on the ePortfolio assignment and what you gained from the experience.

Assignment Objectives:

1. To develop effective self-reflection skills
2. To connect to and reflect on achievement of Freshman Program learning outcomes
3. To critically review and select appropriate examples of your work that demonstrate achievement of Freshman Program learning outcomes
4. To document and reflect on your learning progress throughout the course
5. To develop technological and organizational skills
6. To practice your oral presentation skills

Expectations:

The ePortfolio will…

1. be created using New Google Sites
2. contain all the required items listed below
3. reflect depth of insight, demonstrating ability to analyze various aspects of your learning experience, identify areas of strength and weakness, and set meaningful goals for continued improvement in future
4. be coherent and well-written using appropriate academic English, demonstrating voice and audience awareness, and properly proofread

Required Content:

Your ePortfolio will consist of 8 pages: a home page and one page for each of the seven Freshman Program learning outcomes, listed below.

Critical Thinking: Students will explore, connect and evaluate issues, ideas, artifacts and events before accepting or formulating conclusions or informed opinions.

Oral Communication: Students will engage effectively and constructively in discussions, and present information orally in a stimulating manner.

Written Communication: Students will develop and express their ideas in writing in a variety of formal and informal styles depending upon the purpose and audience, and try to express their inferences and opinions in ways that are cogent, persuasive, and appropriate to the context.

Critical Reading: Students will extract meaning, analyze, interpret and make connections through interaction with a variety of written texts and other media.

Teamwork: Students will collaborate and contribute effectively to team goals in various roles.

Information Literacy: Students will know when there is a need to search for information, and be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information in terms of the issues at hand.

Ethics and Civic Engagement: Students will demonstrate an understanding of social and ethical issues; recognize and critically reflect on civic identity and responsibilities; and begin to engage with their communities.

Homepage requirements:

For your homepage, you need to include at minimum the following items. However, you are encouraged to add anything more that you would like to share about yourself.

1. A welcome that describes the purpose of your ePortfolio
2. A self-introduction (minimum 100 words)
3. At least one image that is personal and meaningful to you, with caption
4. At least one quote or video that is meaningful to you, with caption

Learning outcome page requirements:

For each of the seven learning outcome pages, you need to include at minimum the following two items:

1. A written reflection (minimum 250 words) that answers the following:
   1. What does this learning outcome mean to you and how is it personally important to you?
   2. Comment on your strengths and weaknesses related to this learning outcome and how you feel you have progressed over the semester in this learning outcome. Discuss any challenges you faced and how you tried to overcome them.
   3. How far do you feel you have achieved this learning outcome and why do you think so? Comment in detail on how your chosen artifact(s) demonstrates your progress in achieving this learning outcome.
   4. Describe one or more specific goals you would like to set for yourself to help yourself to continue to develop in this learning outcome going forward.
2. At least one artifact that you feel demonstrates your progress in and achievement of the learning outcome. Examples of artifacts might include:
   1. An image of an annotated text or notes on a film
   2. A video of a group presentation
   3. An essay or essay outline (embedded as a google doc)
   4. An image of you engaging in a campus event
   5. A ppt from a group project

Oral Presentation Requirements:

You will give a 3-minute presentation on your ePortfolio to the class at the end of the semester. Your presentation should cover the following:

1. Introduce yourself (using your homepage as a visual to help you)
2. Share one other page from your ePortfolio, focusing on your achievement of the learning outcome: challenges encountered, progress made, and goals you are setting for the future. Describe your artifact and why you chose it.
3. Share any insights gained from completing the ePortfolio assignment.

Grading:

Your ePortfolio will be graded based on the grading rubric below. It will count for 5% of your final RHET grade and 5% of your final CORE grade, divided as follows:

CORE pages (for grading purposes):

• About Me (homepage)
• Oral Communication
• Critical Reading
• Teamwork

RHET pages (for grading purposes):

• Critical Thinking
• Written Communication
• Information Literacy
• Ethics and Civic Engagement

Your oral presentation on your ePortfolio will be graded based on the grading criteria listed below. It will count for 5% of your final CORE grade.

ePortfolio Oral Presentation Grading Criteria:

To receive an A grade, you must:

• stick to the time limit of 2-3 minutes
• cover the two pages required and include the content listed above
• share meaningful insights into your learning experience
• speak with confidence and in an engaging manner, showing strong audience awareness