http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:20:20 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 07:20:20 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=687231 Drawing box is a creative and versatile drawing and painting app. The design and layout of this art education app is appealing to both children and adults. Tools include colored pencils, brushes, smudge tools, erasers, and more. You can import photos or take photos (iPad2 and higher). Video replay of your created drawings and paintings is a built-in feature. And you can publish your artwork directly to YouTube in mp4 format or share with others.This app costs $1.99 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=350418 Mahara is an open source e-portfolio, weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities. Mahara is designed to provide users with the tools to demonstrate their life-long learning, skills and development over time to selected audiences. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=330667 The final objective of this project is to create, or re-touch, a current art education digital portfolio depicting the most up to date personal/professional information and presenting it with a stylish sense of visual appeal. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=230891 For both students and teachers, portfolios offer many advantages over other forms of assessment. First--and probably most important, from the student’s point of view--writers gain more control over their writing and therefore over their grades. Instead of demonstrating your skill in a single essay, the final examination, you will create, select, revise and polish different pieces for the portfolio throughout the semester. Within boundaries established by the First-year Composition Program, you select the pieces to include in your portfolio; you will have opportunities to consult with your teacher and peers about the portfolio’s contents and to revise those pieces you choose to include; finally, you will have an opportunity to explain the merits of your portfolio as part of the assessment process. For the same reasons, teachers also like this method of evaluation: including portfolios in writing assessment allows them to focus on revision, on improvement, and on a process of collaboration among student, teacher, and peers. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=228642 E-portfolios are a valuable learning and assessment tool. An e-portfolio is a digitized collection of artifacts including demonstrations, resources, and accomplishments that represent an individual, group, or institution. This collection can be comprised of text-based, graphic, or multimedia elements archived on a Web site or on other electronic media such as a CD-ROM or DVD. An e-portfolio is more than a simple collection—it can also serve as an administrative tool to manage and organize work created with different applications and to control who can see the work. E-portfolios encourage personal reflection and often involve the exchange of ideas and feedback. Three types of e-portfolios are described in this report: student e-portfolios, teaching e-portfolios, and institutional e-portfolios. E-portfolios can support student advisement, career preparation, and credential documentation; the sharing of teaching philosophies and practices; department and program self-studies; and institutional and program accreditation processes. This report defines and categorizes e-portfolios, offers examples of higher education e-portfolio implementations, reviews e-portfolio technology, and addresses adoption issues.portfolios, portfolio, e-portfolios, e-portfolio, electronic portfolios, electronic portfolio, digital portfolios, digital portfolio, ePortfolio http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=350303 AAC&U Newsletter Nov. 2008 features this article on the evolution of portfolios at Spelman College. "The college first instituted a paper-based first-year writing portfolio requirement in 1993. Since then, Spelmans work with student portfolios has expanded into an institution-wide initiative to develop students ability to think critically about their lives, their learning, and their educational goals.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=373374 Assessment & Accountability: How are they different? What is the role od ePortfolios? Where do we see things moving for future programs and individuals? Kathryn Sucher, ScD, RD is a Professor at San Jose State University and is currently the ePortfolio coordinator for the campus as well as the Assessment Liaison for her college. For the past two years she has been using ePortfolios for: 1) a campus FYE project on integrated/intentional learning, 2) her department's evaluation of student learning outcomes and 3) developing presentations for dietetic interns' accomplishments. Penelope Swenson, Ph.D., is interim chair of the CSU Bakersfield Ed.D. program and coordinator of C&I programs. She teaches in Educational Administration and Curriculum and Instruction and uses various technologies as tools to support effective teaching and learning. She uses these tools in ePortfolios, assessments, distance learning, and within hybrids and face-to-face courses too. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=357610 From UIPUIs 2008 Assessment Institute conference and only available until 10/2009. Walvoord covers the definition of assessment of student learning; steps, purpose, goals for learning. She has great visuals to show the big picture, the ideal system, and tracing the flow of information, and some case studies. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=360619 From UIPUIs 2008 Assessment Institute conference and only available until 10/2009. This presentation shows the power of assessment for curricula change. The modeling of rubrics, reports, methodology, and curricular relationships may help other institutions working to establish an assessment program and use assessment results. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=360616 From UIPUIs 2008 Assessment Institute conference and only available until 10/2009. Colleges and universities are seeking readily available access to evidence of student learning vis-à-vis institutional and program goals. This presentation summarizes CSU, Chicos progress in leveraging assessment software and data warehousing functionality to integrate student data, provide rich analysis and reporting possibilities, and document the effectiveness of improvement initiatives.