Embedded Files
This is a space for you to document your ePortfolio Institute experience, from the initial proposal to your final report at the end of your semester integration.
2025-2026 ePORTFOLIO INSTITUTE
2025-2026 ePORTFOLIO INSTITUTE
ePortfolio Integration: Course and Curriculum Initiative
ePortfolio Integration: Course and Curriculum Initiative
Reflecting campus priorities to support equitable access to engaged learning for all IU Indianapolis students, the Institute for Engaged Learning (IEL) will focus the 2025-2026 academic year funding to support ePortfolio integration at the course level. The goal is to increase, improve, and sustain ePortfolios as part of the curricular structure assignments and activities in a course or series of courses. Given this priority, we seek new and veteran faculty dedicated to implementing ePortfolios in new ways or deepening/transforming their ePortfolio-engaged initiatives in credit-bearing experiences. For applications that meet these criteria, the IEL will offer support through additional funding streams, summer/faculty development session, communities of practice [CoP], and online resources.
My ePortfolio Institute Proposal Overview
My ePortfolio Institute Proposal Overview
In my elementary science methods course, I want ePortfolio learning to help preservice teachers make their design thinking visible as they co-create culturally responsive, inquiry-driven lessons with local elementary-aged learners and build/print 3D models that serve as central learning artifacts. Drawing on the ePortfolio taxonomy, my goals are to: (1) position the ePortfolio as central to course design, so students curate lesson plans, AI-assisted drafts, design iterations, and showcase evidence into a coherent learning story; (2) leverage ePortfolio pedagogies for integrative, self-directed learning and identity development, prompting candidates to connect community funds of knowledge to standards-based inquiry while articulating who they are becoming as equity-centered science teachers; and (3) implement holistic, process-aligned assessment, using reflective evidence to inform instructional decisions (and my course redesign) by tracking growth in culturally responsive practice, inquiry facilitation, and technology integration (AI, 3D printing, and VR).
In my elementary science methods course, I am committed to integrating two NACE career readiness competencies: Technology and Equity + Inclusion. First, Technology: candidates will learn to select, adapt, and leverage AI, 3D printing, and VR ethically to enhance learning not as “add-ons,” but as instructional tools that improve efficiency, support decision-making, and strengthen lesson quality. This matters because graduates are entering classrooms where technological choices shape access, rigor, and student voice; they need practice making principled, classroom-ready decisions under real constraints (time, materials, standards). Second, Equity + Inclusion: the capstone begins with co-creation conversations with elementary students to surface interests, cultural backgrounds, and funds of knowledge, then uses that input to design inquiry experiences anchored in students’ lived realities. This matters because culturally responsive, inquiry-based science requires teachers who can solicit and use multiple perspectives, identify barriers, and design learning that actively expands opportunity, especially when emerging technologies can either widen or disrupt inequities.
My goals as I implement ePortfolios in ---------name the course.
My goals as I implement ePortfolios in ---------name the course.
Explain why you chose to integrate ePortfolios? What questions will they address? How will they connect to SLOs and The Profiles?
What expectations did you have going into this experience?
What did you wish to gain from this experience?
Original Syllabus
Original Syllabus
Include your original syllabus from BEFORE implementing ePortfolios into your course.
NOTE: You may have to upload to Google Sites first, then try to add it into the 'placeholder'.
ePortfolio-Implemented Syllabus
ePortfolio-Implemented Syllabus
This is your PUBLIC FACING syllabus.
NOTE: You may have to upload to Google Sites first, then try to add it into the 'placeholder'.
My Role as Primary Investigator
My Role as Primary Investigator
Explain what you will do during this experience. If you have a Co-PI, introduce/explain that role as well. *If you have a Co-PI, you can share these Google tabs--no need to create a duplicate.
Later, you can return to this area to comment on obstacles, opportunities, and outcomes--then link to your December Progress report and Final Report.
Student Artifact 1
Student Artifact 1
Why this is a good sample from my class--which part is especially strong? Link to/feature THAT page.
Student Artifact 2
Student Artifact 2
Why this is a good sample from my class--which part is especially strong? Link to/feature THAT page.
Student Artifact 3
Student Artifact 3
Why this is a good sample from my class--which part is especially strong? Link to/feature THAT page.
Reflection on the experience
Reflection on the experience
Explain what you learned/valued during this experience. [This is a short version of what you describe in depth in the Progress Report and Final Report, which can be added to this page as PDFs -or- copied/pasted as subtabs: this is your area to manage.]
What did you learn during this experience? What do you think your students learned? How did this influence your ideas of ePortfolios as a pedagogy? ePortfolios as a tool for reflection? Did you improve on any current skills you have?
What can you take with you from this experience? Is there anything you learned that can be applied to other areas of your academic or professional life?
If you would like, you can share artifacts below. These might be assignments, rubrics, samples, classroom photos, survey results, your own ePortfolio, and more.
I circulated the pre course survey and the post course survey in my classes. Below are the results, compared to the entire cohort's results.
I circulated the pre course survey and the post course survey in my classes. Below are the results, compared to the entire cohort's results.
Fall 2025 Pre Survey Results
Fall 2025 Pre Survey Results
Class Specific Pre Survey Results
Class Specific Pre Survey Results
Fall 2025 Post Survey Results
Fall 2025 Post Survey Results
Class Specific Post Survey Results
Class Specific Post Survey Results
Dissemination
Dissemination
Institute recipients have been asked to...
Present at a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) or Community of Practice (COP) Zoom for the Institute
Share aspects of their work with peers [department chairs, program cohorts/faculty, department faculty meeting]
Response to a Call for Proposals (CFP) or Consider presenting or publishing locally, nationally, or internationally [optional]
Use the space below to highlight this.
COP Presentation
COP Presentation
Day/Date
Location
Audience
Department Peer Presentation
Department Peer Presentation
Day/Date
Location
Audience
Local, National, or International Presentation or Publishing [optional]
Local, National, or International Presentation or Publishing [optional]
Day/Date
Location
Audience
Faculty Annual Review Elements
Faculty Annual Review Elements
As you finalize your Faculty Annual Review, you are welcome to link to your Participant Page on the ePortfolio Institute website as verification of your involvement and integration of ePortfolios into your course.
You can list work you completed with ePortfolios in one area on Elements -or- you can divide your IEL experiences to cover the scope of your work in a more detailed/accurate way.
As part of the ePortfolio Institute you can document that:
AWARDED FUNDING: As a finalist/participant in the "When Done Well" ePortfolio Institute: You responded to a CPF [75% acceptance rate] and were awarded $2,500 in funding for integration of ePortfolios into your course
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: You participated in professional development as part of the "When Done Well" High-Impact Curricular Engagement workshop series
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: You participated in the ePortfolio Community of Practice
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: You participated in the ePortfolio Faculty Learning Community
SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING [SOTL]: You supported opportunities for your students to participate in a multi-year, ePortfolio study of student perceptions of ePortfolio curriculum and the benefits of ePortfolio integration into the curriculum
INVITED PRESENTATION: As an invited presenter, you presented your ePortfolio work in an IUI, Institute for Engaged Learning, COP: Zoom webinar
OPEN-SOURCE, COHORT PUBLICATION: You had the option to publish your work in an open-source ePortfolio pedagogy website which includes details of your ePortfolio integration experiences, samples of students' work, and reflection
You received an email verifying your completion of the Institute. If you need this for your annual review, a copy of this email is available on your Participant page.
If you need other information, documentation, or support related to your IEL Institute as you finish your annual review, feel free to email me.
Professional Development: Certificate of Workshop Completion
Professional Development: Certificate of Workshop Completion
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