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 H216 Nutrition for First-Year Dental Hygienists, students learn to integrate nutritional concepts into patient care by connecting dietary intake to the oral environment. A central component of the course is a semester-long, project-based experience that would be strengthened through the implementation of an ePortfolio, offering students a meaningful tool they can carry into private practice.
Students develop as communicators by conducting patient nutrition interviews that require active listening, rapport-building, and clear, empathetic dialogue. They grow as problem solvers by analyzing dietary data, identifying risks to oral health, and synthesizing findings into actionable recommendations. This process challenges students to think critically and apply knowledge in clinically relevant ways.
As innovators, students must design realistic, patient-centered strategies that balance optimal nutritional guidance with achievable behavior change. The ePortfolio would showcase this progression, capturing their ability to reflect, adapt, and present their work in a professional format. Through this approach, communication, problem solving, and innovation are not only practiced but clearly demonstrated, preparing students to support improved oral health outcomes through thoughtful, evidence-based nutritional guidance.
Through the experience with ePortfolios, integrating “Technology” is the NACE Career Readiness Competency that I want to focus on. The foundational principle of what dental hygienists learn in this course is an integral part of patient education throughout their careers. Their ability to learn how to utilize ePortfolios and have this foundational information at their fingertips for their future careers is where I want to focus. This could become a valuable resource for students to carry into private practice, ensuring they are well prepared to educate patients, and analyze the implications of nutritional intake on overall oral health.
Connecting Dietary Intake to the Oral Environment
"My hope with ePortfolios is to bridge the gap for students between learning something for a course and having something useful for a career"
My goals as I implement ePortfolios
My goals as I implement ePortfolios
H216 Chemistry & Nutrition - First Years
H216 Chemistry & Nutrition - First Years
My Why:
I chose to integrate an ePortfolio into H216 Nutrition because I wanted students to see their work as more than a series of individual assignments. The ePortfolio provides a place for students to bring together the progression of their learning—from practicing a patient nutrition interview, to analyzing dietary intake, to identifying oral health implications, and ultimately developing patient-centered recommendations.
More importantly, I wanted students to create something they could continue to use. Nutrition concepts introduced in the first year of dental hygiene school will continue to be relevant as students move into their second year and eventually into clinical practice. The ePortfolio gives students a resource they can return to when they need to review concepts, prepare for patient education, or think through a patient's dietary concerns.
My Questions:
Can students recognize and demonstrate their growth across a semester-long project?
Can they connect nutritional concepts to the oral environment and patient care?
Can they use their work as a resource rather than viewing an assignment as something that ends when it is graded?
Will having this resource for future semesters and later private practice increase their confidence in applying these concepts?
My Connections:
The ePortfolio connects directly to the course learning outcomes by making students' ability to communicate, problem solve, and apply nutrition knowledge visible across multiple stages of the project. It further supports this by asking students to demonstrate this through authentic, clinically relevant work. Then it ends up with supporting these learning outcomes while giving them hands-on experience with technology!
My Expectations:
Students to think diffently about their coursework - not just assignments but connecting the pieces to a larger body of work
Learning curve - for myself and the students; students needing guidance yet promoting ownership of their projects
Value beyond this semester - a resource to revisit in their 2nd year and later into private practice
My Hopes:
For my students, I want them to see the connections between what they are learning now and what they will need in their clinical careers. I hope that the ePortfolio will become something they can return to in their 2nd year and in private practice and will be a useful resource to support them when they are on their own!
For myself, I want to learn how to design an ePortfolio that encourages reflection, application, and continued use! I also want to utilize technology to support students in creating something that has lasting professional value!
H216 Chemistry & Nutrition Syllabus 2025 Original Syllabus
Original Syllabus
H216 Chemistry & Nutrition Syllabus 2026 (ePortfolio)ePortfolio-Implemented Syllabus
ePortfolio-Implemented Syllabus
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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