Date Started: Jun 16, 2008
Status:Pending

Project Description

Dedicated to the effective use of technology in the classroom and the promotion of best practices for teaching and learning, Seton Hall University has embraced the use of electronic portfolios as a university initiative since 2003.
A national trend, electronic portfolios represent a more holistic picture of student growth than grades on a transcript. Serving a multiple of uses from advisement, to accreditation, to representation of best work, electronic portfolios offer the student a vehicle to tell their own story, encouraging creative expression and identity. Students are given the opportunity, through electronic portfolios to take ownership of their educational path via the collection, reflection and celebration process.
 
Seton Hall University is currently implementing and researching the use of electronic portfolios in various educational capacities. Current projects include the development of student and faculty portfolios. Some examples of electronic portfolio at Seton Hall include the following:
 

1. The Teaching Portfolio Project is a vehicle for faculty in the English Department to develop professional electronic portfolios that highlight an individual faculty member's teaching philosophy as well as artifacts from current and recent courses, including assignments.
   
   
2. The Freshman Studies Portfolio Project utilizes the University Life course to provide students with the opportunity to create personalized, reflective accounts of their first year experiences.
   
   
3. The focus of the College of Education and Human Services Portfolio Project is to harness the power of the electronic portfolio system to meet the needs of their accrediting body, NCATE. A partnership between faculty and the Department of Information Technology has resulted in a sophisticated standards portfolio that allows for the necessary construction and reporting that are required as part of the accreditation process.