News and Announcements
September 2009: Announcing 15 VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) Rubrics Release! The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) has released the final versions of all 15 VALUE rubrics!!!
From the American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Web site
As part of the VALUE project, teams of faculty and other academic and student affairs professionals engaged in an iterative process over eighteen months wherein they gathered, analyzed, synthesized, and then drafted institutional level rubrics (and related materials) for 15 of the AAC&U Essential Learning Outcomes>> http://www.aacu.org/leap/vision.cfm The VALUE rubrics reflect faculty expectations for essential learning across the nation regardless of type of institution, mission, size or location. In several cases, outcomes that AAC&U paired in the Essential Learning Outcomes (e.g., written and oral communication) have been separated with the intent of developing individual VALUE rubrics for each. The VALUE initiative (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) was funded for two years and in that time fifteen rubrics were created, tested and revised extensively with the help of over 100 rubric development team volunteers and over 100 testing campuses. You can find pdfs of them at http://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/index.cfm where you will soon find word and online versions as well. The Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system was a VALUE Partner during the 2-year project. Several of our campuses were using AAC&U meta-rubrics to assess local undergraduate e-portfolios or other student work and providing general feedback on usefulness while facilitating rapid piloting and development of the rubrics. Additional information about the e-portfolio rubric project can be found online at http://www.aacu.org/value/project_description.cfm with related links to other significant resources. September 2009: Access 2009 eFolio Summit Proceedings and Photographs July 2009: Attend the eFolio Summit on August 6, 2009, and spend the day attending concurrent sessions focusing on best practices in eFolio software use. April 2009: Access the Systems Portfolio Submission Requirements April 2009: Training Part 3 is now offered on how to incorporate multi-media in your eFolio using LodeStar™ software. March 2009: The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Office of the Chancellor staff is pleased to announce that a chapter, "Moving eFolio Minnesota to the Next Generation: From Individual Portfolios to an Integrated Institutional Model, written by Lynette Olson, Lori Schroeder, and Paul Wasko," has been published in the book entitled, "Electronic Portfolios 2.0: Emergent Research on Implementation and Impact." For more information, visit the Stylus Publishing Web site:
http://www.styluspub.com/Books/SearchResults.aspx?str=Electronic+Portfolios+2.0 October 2008: LodeStar Learning has announced a new partnership with eFolioWorld to integrate its electronic learning authoring suite, LodeStar, with the eFolioWorld electronic portfolio system. Watch for trainings coming soon in January 2009. Read more... January 2008: The number of eFolio site owners has reached 80,000. July 2007: The number of eFolio site owners has reached 70,000.
May 2006: We have created a new FAQ tab housed in the eFolio Help Site section. As you email us with questions about eFolio navigation or site development, we will publish them along with our answers.
April 2006: New eFolio functionality is now available.
New features include: Feedback capability, Linkbuilder, and Custom Viewing. The "New eFolio Features" PowerPoint slides, housed in Features, illustrate how to use these great new tools.
January 2006: AQIP endorses Minnesota State Colleges and Universities work to support Systems Portfolio software. Read more about the eFolio Minnesota Institutional Electronic Portfolio Project and this endorsement in the 2006 January AQIP Newsletter.AQIP endorsesPortfolio ***Join the Web-based Systems Electronic Portfolio software discussion at this Higher Learning Commission-sponsored AQIP forum. Registration is easy, and membership is free. Use this Forum to share and trade with your peers ideas on using your Systems Portfolio to document systems that work, measure their performance, and foster improvement.
The first discussion item is raised by Stephen Spangehl: "We are working with the Minnesota State College and University system (MnSCU) to develop software that everyone can use to post and maintain their AQIP Systems Portfolios. We would like to involve anyone who is interested in this discussion -- what should software do? what should the resulting Portfolio look like on the web? are there technical limitations we should consider? has anyone already begun a similar project?"
Share your ideas and join the discussion!
November 2005: eFolio Minnesota is pleased to announce it has made the first round of the EduTools ePortfolio Research Project selection process that is comparing higher education ePortfolio systems.
About EduTools Review Process
eFolio Minnesota (www.efoliominnesota.com), along with a other higher education institutions around the nation, is participating in an ePortfolio Research Project with WCET, EduTools, and EPAC (the Electronic Portfolio Action Committee). This project is intended for those who will soon be deciding to select ePortfolio software. Should they build their own? How do some of the leading software products compare to each other? How can an institution be successful in implementing ePortfolios? Click on the document link below to read more!
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