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SM-F06-1
At its
meeting of
SENATE MANAGEMENT RESOLUTION
EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE E-PORTFOLIO TASK FORCE AND IMPLEMENTING
RECOMMENDATIONS
WHEREAS Senate Management Resolution (SM-SO5-4) created an ePortfolio Task
Force to identify the current efforts underway to enable students in some
programs to create e-Portfolios, what tools they will be using for the
ePortfolios, and the issues and opportunities they see with ePortfolios. It
further asked for a report to the Senate to explain the purposes of
ePortfolios, and the associated issues and opportunities including any policy
and resource implications;
WHEREAS The ePortfolio Task Force was formed in May 2005 with a membership
of Devin Elston (Student), Thalia Anagnos (Undergraduate Studies), Pat Backer
(Engineering), Robert Chun (Science), Robin Love (Education), Shishir Mathur
(Social Science), Laurie Morgan (Student Affairs), Kathryn Sucher (CASA) and
co-chaired by Malu Roldan, Associate Professor, College of Business and Mary Jo
Gorney-Moreno, Associate Vice-President, Academic Technology.
WHEREAS The committee respectfully submits the attached report to the
Senate; therefore be it
RESOLVED That the Task Force's recommendations be accepted and approved.
The
Task Force recommends that:
- The
university undertake several ePortfolio pilots in the next year, including
the following:
- An
integrative learning pilot in collaboration with MUSE and the Integrative
Learning Panel along with CSUMB and SFSU using AVnet (core to our
collaboration with the National Coalition on Electronic Portfolio
Research)
- A
server-based, storage only solution for the Communication Studies
Department
- A Health
Education pilot to assess the use of ePortfolios to support professional
reviews of student credentials as well as learning activities within
disciplines such as Nutrition & Food Science, Health Science,
Recreation & Leisure Studies.
- The
university continue to collaborate with other universities in the CSU
system – to conduct research into the learning impacts of ePortfolios (as
part of the National Coalition on Electronic Portfolio Research cohort)
and influence the development of an ePortfolio system that addresses our
unique requirements (in collaboration with a motivated ePortfolio provider
such as AVnet)
- The Senate
extend the term of the ePortfolio Task Force for another year, adding a
representative from the King Library to make sure that the task force
recommends a solution that is compatible with the library’s digital
repository solution. The task force
will meet quarterly to monitor and integrate findings from various
ePortfolio pilots and efforts. At
that point we expect to have research results that will potentially
convince most of the university community that ePortfolios are worth the
investment of effort and resources.
This critical mass of university users – along with other users
systemwide –stronger vendor relationships, and advances in ePortfolio
offerings will place us in a better position (vs. right now) to negotiate
an attractive pricing and support arrangement; and be it further
RESOLVED That the Task Force issue a second report to the Academic Senate in
April 2007.
Approved: 10-0-0
Present: Lessow-Hurley,
Kassing, Lee, Sigler, Najjar, Meldal, Van Selst, Veregge,
McClory, Bros
Absent: Phillips,
Gutierrez, David, Hebert,
Financial Impact: Unknown