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Enhanced Radio Lab Experience Using ePortfolios
(2020-05-14)
In the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at our university, there is a course unofficially referred to as the “radio lab”. This is a required 1 credit hour course for the Electrical Engineering program. ...
AAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles, Version 1
(2020-12-08)
As outward-facing ePortfolios become more common, students, educators, administrators, and staff need guiding principles to ground their practice. Indeed, members voiced this need during the 2018 AAEEBL Annual Meeting. In ...
Repurposing scientific writing in conservation biology
(2020-05-14)
Scientists and writing studies scholars agree that students need to be able to repurpose scientific knowledge across audiences, goals, and genres. This article offers a much-needed, practical example of an assignment that ...
Trouble and transformation in higher education: Identifying threshold concepts through faculty narratives about teaching writing
(2020-12-08)
The theory of threshold concepts has given faculty a powerful way to name foundational, but difficult, disciplinary concepts. However, there is no methodological consensus about the best ways to identify them. In this ...
Assessment Institute Insights: Preparing for the 2021 HIPs in The States Track at the Assessment Institute
(2022-01-21)
Joining the Assessment Institute and expanding the reach of HIPs in the States has provided opportunities to come together as a community and welcome colleagues from other tracks who are new to HIPs.
More Than Assessment: What ePortfolios Make Possible for Students, Faculty, and Curricula
(2019-11-20)
To disrupt the notion that ePortfolios are primarily an assessment tool, this article-as-ePortfolio invites readers to consider what is made possible when ePortfolio initiatives lead with student learning in their structure ...
Eleventh Annual Faculty Awards Ceremony
(2019-10-30)
A ceremony program documenting the 2017 recognition of the Ralph "Shug" Jordan Professor of Writing and the Gary Brown ePortfolio Project Faculty Cohort Award recipients.
Diverse Approaches to Teaching, Learning, and Writing Across the Curriculum: IWAC at 25
(2020-04-22)
Developed from presentations at the 2018 International Writing Across the Curriculum conference, this collection documents a key moment in the history of WAC, foregrounding connection and diversity as keys to the sustainability ...
Writing for Publication: Faculty Development Initiative Using Social Learning Theory
(2019-11-05)
Demonstrating scholarly competency is an expectation for nurse faculty. However, there is hesitancy among some faculty to fully engage in scholarly activities. To strengthen a school of nursing’s culture of scholarship, a ...
Introducing ePortfolios to Construction Management Undergraduate Students
(2020-05-15)
Effective communication is one of the essential skills for construction students. This paper describes an innovative model of a professional digital portfolio (ePortfolio) program in an ACCE accredited construction management ...
Digital ethics in ePortfolios: Version 2.0, resource development by the AAEEBL Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force in 2021
(2022-01-21)
The Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force for the Association for Authentic, Experiential, & Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) continued to bring together international ePortfolio scholars and practitioners to establish ...
Incorporating ePortfolios into Student Learning
(2019-11-01)
The Formation of a Professional Organization for Writing Across the Curriculum
(2020-04-22)
In this chapter, we describe the rationale for and development of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum (AWAC), which held its first meeting for members at the 2018 International Writing Across the Curriculum ...
Authentic Professional Learning: Creating Faculty Development Experiences through an Assessment Institute
(2023-06-16)
This case study analyzes experiences of participants in an Assessment Institute (AI) for faculty development on ePortfolio. In earlier research on the AI, findings showed that focused faculty development increased instructor ...
Digital Ethics in ePortfolios: Developing Principles, Strategies, and Scenarios
(2021-08-26)
In response to rising concerns about digital ethics in ePortfolio practice, the Association for Authentic, Experiential, Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) created a Digital Ethics Task Force charged with researching and ...