Pedagogy before Portfolios: Part One
Pedagogy before Portfolios: Part Two
It’s easy to be distracted by shiny new toys. Post-secondary instructors are no more immune to the latest and greatest in digital learning tools than their students are to the latest iPhone release or social media platform. But be warned – slick interfaces and pretty graphics are just fancy wrappings over an empty box if sound pedagogy is not contained within.
These two posts describe the experiences of two different areas within KPU when implementing PebblePad.
Gillian Sudlow and Dr Teresa Swan, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, USA
Themes: Implementation; pedagogy; portfolio thinking;
Source: BCcampus News
PebblePad at ECU: A symphony in three movements
"At Edith Cowan University (ECU) PebblePad is used as an integrative learning teaching tool, designed to support students’ learning and ability to articulate this learning to others from first year to graduation and beyond. In this case study, we will discuss how ECU has continued to support program-long, program-wide PebblePad use in multiple Schools via a central unit."
Heather Pate, Edith Cowan University, AU
Themes: Implementation strategy; Enterprise use
Source: PebbleBash case study (2020)
Reimagining assessment through PebblePad
"From sharing experiences and assessing the factors which shape the use of eportfolios, we have further confirmed that enabling discussions with colleagues need to focus on their specific context, experience, beliefs, and fears. Open, honest, and frank discussion is required to encourage lecturers and others who support learning to maximise the benefits of such a platform."
Professor Lydia Arnold, Harper Adams University, UK
Themes: Enterprise implementation; Authentic assessment; Feedback
Source: PebbleBash case study (2020)
Expansion, experience and excellence: Meeting the demand from academics wanting to use PebblePad. Stage 2 of University of Derby’s Implementation of PebblePad
"The aim was to initially explore how PebblePad could meet the varying needs of the academic programmes. The scope of the second stage of implementation was to build on the successes of stage one and further enhance teaching and learning through varying uses of eportfolios across the University."
Nicola Sparkes, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, University of Derby, UK
Themes: Implementation
Source: PebbleBash paper (2018)
Integrative learning portfolios across the curriculum and across levels: Best practices in undergraduate and graduate programs
"The eportfolio is used to help students explore their academic identity and provide a forum for them to explore and demonstrate their learning in the general education program outcomes. Students are guided through pedagogical practices in developing their year-long eportfolios."
Sonja Taylor1 & Dr Candyce Reynolds2, University Studies1, Educational Leadership and Policy2, Portland State University, US
Themes: Student Engagement, Whole-of-course approach, Reflection
PebblePad Features: portfolios
Source: PebbleBash paper (2018)
Blue sky innovation with pragmatic incrustation
"In order to future proof this decision, and for the application to realise anything near its demonstrated capability for staff and students, there needed to be created a cohesive strategy for communication, professional development and empowerment to and by staff to engage with the application and the culturally different thinking around a virtual learning space."
Dr Douglas Colbeck & Claire Tubman, University of Tasmania, AUS
Themes: Implementation
Source: PebbleBash paper (2018)
“The applicability of the Toolkit is not restricted to just those institutions who are new to implementation. It can be adapted to work where previous practice has developed organically and where original implementation has been less structured.”
Theme: Implementation
Proposing the use of Agile Project Methodology approaches to improve eportfolio design
Theme: Implementation
Towards an eportfolio culture: One institution’s journey
Candyce Reynolds, Educational Leadership and Policy, Portland State University, US and Melissa Pirie, School of Business Administration, Portland State University, US
Theme: Implementation
Implementation of an ePortfolio Early Adopter Phase: Processes and outcomes
Christine Slade & Keith Murfin, Centre for the Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast, AUS
Themes: Implementation, Student Engagement
"The student eportfolios presented in the competition showed how they had taken the key concepts of an assignment but incorporated a great deal of their own story and journey into it."
Jacqueline Patten, Centre for Learning and Development, Edith Cowan University, AUS
Themes: Student engagement
PebblePad Features: Portfolios
“The use of PebblePad offers staff the ability to provide meaningful, targeted feedback to students and to more closely engage with the key learning activities of their units. The ability to link meaningful study experiences to an eportfolio provides an additional dimension to the purpose of the activity such as research (with reflections), with the inherent benefit that the material extends beyond its initial purpose and serves as part of the student’s resume.”
Ross Yates, Centre for Learning and Development, Edith Cowan University, AUS
Theme: Implementation
The short and the long of it: Sustaining workbooks from three weeks to three years
"The atypical nature of the assessment workflow for an eportfolio demands close attention to administration. Students who are used to submitting completed assignments to the LMS have difficulty with the early, pre-completion submission of their templates and the resulting real-time ‘window’ on their portfolio development. The concept of submission before work has been completed is entirely foreign to students and they are reluctant to allow supervisory staff to see unfinished work."
Susan Atkinson, Mark Henderson, Jo Lockwood & Ruth Weeks, Sydney eLearning, University of Sydney, AUS
Themes: Implementation, Feedback, Reflection, Placement, Research Supervision
PebblePad features: Workbooks
Four fab ideas - including marking on iPads and the 'why?' question
Robert Chmielewski, University of Edinburgh, UK
Themes: eAssessment, Placement, Graduate Attributes
PebblePad features: Portfolios, Activity Logs
Empowering PebblePad users through a University wide support forum
"Students and staff working together in an online, asynchronous support forum can share the workload and support the different needs of students. Students acting as peer mentors learn again as they teach and extend their knowledge of PebblePad use."
Sandra J Stewart and Alissa Haddad, Charles Sturt University, AUS
Themes: Implementation, Student Engagement
Introducing PebblePad: Eight stories from tutors
"This document includes 8 stories of PebblePad implementations. Each story is different, each case was different and each time students produced different types of assets."
Robert Chmielewski, University of Edinburgh, UK
Theme: Implementation
To view this case study, access the Robert Chmielewski attachment at the bottom of this page
PebblePad implementation: You DO need to walk before you can run
"PebblePad offers an opportunity to positively transform the learning environment. As with any change, this requires the commitment, development and support of all stakeholders."
Margaret Faulkner, University of South Australia, AUS
Themes: Implementation, Graduate Attributes
To view this case study, access the Margaret Faulkner attachment at the bottom of this page
Developing an eportfolio pedagogy for small and medium-sized enterprises
"The pedagogy developed needs to take …into account the different and varied learning needs of employer and learner and also provide a cost-effective, sustainable and scalable learning opportunity."
Alison Felce and Emma Purnell, The Institute for Learning Enhancement, The University of Wolverhampton, UK
Themes: Implementation, Work Integrated Learning
To view this case study, access the Alison Felce attachment at the bottom of this page
Let every flower bloom – an organic approach to introducing PebblePad
Alan White, Northumbria University, UK
"As part of the roll-out, each school was invited to identify a champion or champions who would act as the focal point within the school for the initiative."
Theme: Implementation
To view this case study, access the Alan White attachment at the bottom of this page