[Portfolio] Narrative of Portfolio Setup

Thu Dec 2 12:39:08 PST 2010

Sure thing...

So....I wrote a bunch of stuff on confluence and made available
training materials about templates.
Maybe you can tell ME what you think would make that a more useful set
of documents for someone like YOU.

Sean Keesler
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sean.keesler at threecanoes.com

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Robin Hill <Hill at uwyo.edu> wrote:
> Thanks, Sean!  I see what you mean, and I have corrected the narrative document, and updated some other little things, and I hope that our portfolio colleagues will send me other editing suggestions.  Next thing-- more detail on the XSL portfolio presentation.
>
> --
>  Robin K. Hill, Ph. D.      Coordinator of Instructional Computing, University of Wyoming
>  http://www/uwyo.edu/ctl
>  [On professional leave, 2010-2011]
>  hill at uwyo.edu        307-760-8508   http://www.uwyo.edu/HILL
> ________________________________________
> From: sean at keesler.org [sean at keesler.org] On Behalf Of Sean Keesler [sean.keesler at threecanoes.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 12:41 PM
> To: Robin Hill
> Cc: portfolio at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Portfolio] Narrative of Portfolio Setup
>
> Robin,
>
> I see you have discussed the use of student authored content via a
> published form in the "Design-Your-Own" section. I don't mean to say
> that this is "incorrect", for you certainly could use them that
> way...but it isn't a technique I've heard discussed much  as you would
> need to "attach" the file to the page and then link to it
> somewhere...I think.
>
> A "typical" (hahaha!) scenario for using the Free Form style of
> portfolios would be to allow the student to author their content in
> the "regions" of their portfolio page, not to link to form-related
> content from their page...
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Robin Hill <Hill at uwyo.edu> wrote:
>> Not only does it not reflect model pedagogy, it does not reflect model development!  --As I say in the narrative itself, with some discomfiture (and apologies to my CS students).
>>
>> I propose that, before it becomes public, I add:
>> 1.  Even more warnings that this is not the recommended professional approach, but only meant for those who want a test drive that hits all the bumps in the road.
>> 2.  A note that much of the work can be done with dispatch and quality by contractors (such as ThreeCanoes!), to be invited to identify themselves on the page.
>>
>> After that, maybe Confluence.  After that, maybe OpenEdPractices.
>>
>>
>> --
>>  Robin K. Hill, Ph. D.      Coordinator of Instructional Computing, University of Wyoming
>>  http://www/uwyo.edu/ctl
>>  [On professional leave, 2010-2011]
>>  hill at uwyo.edu        307-760-8508   http://www.uwyo.edu/HILL
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Nate Angell [nangell at rsmart.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:31 AM
>> To: Sean Keesler
>> Cc: Robin Hill; portfolio at collab.sakaiproject.org; Jim Mezzanotte
>> Subject: Re: [Portfolio] Narrative of Portfolio Setup
>>
>> Even if it's not a "real" or "model" practice, it does seem like a
>> valuable example of how the technology can be used to support
>> practices. Maybe it's a resource then at OpenedPractices.org? Or maybe
>> we need to rethink the categories of what we offer on the site...
>>
>> I was just talking yesterday with Jim Mezzanote about finding or
>> creating an introductory overview of portfolios tools and this seems
>> like a valuable entry in that genre.
>>
>> - Nate
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Sean Keesler
>> <sean.keesler at threecanoes.com> wrote:
>>> I think it is useful, but not as a "practice".
>>> Robin mentions that "This example does not reflect model pedagogy" in
>>> her notes at the bottom.
>>> It is an interesting technical perspective that hits a lot of the
>>> functionality that might be used in a typical workflow.
>>> Should it be incorporated into the docs on confluence in some way?
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com> wrote:
>>>> Robin:
>>>>
>>>> This is amazing work and a great resource!
>>>>
>>>> Would you consider contributing it to the OpenedPractices.org website
>>>> so others might more easily find and benefit from your work?
>>>>
>>>> Such examples are now collected as Teaching and Learning Practices:
>>>> http://openedpractices.org/practices
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nate Angell
>>>> Client Evangelist
>>>> http://www.rsmart.com
>>>> http://twitter.com/xolotl
>>>> http://xolotl.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Robin Hill <Hill at uwyo.edu> wrote:
>>>>> Sakai Portfolio Group:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have gone through the entire portfolio creation, publication, completion,
>>>>> and evaluation process (playing all the roles), and kept a narrative of it,
>>>>> with screenshots, code, and so forth.  I hope that this might help new
>>>>> people who want to explore the possibilities.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can see it here:
>>>>> https://wyosakai.uwyo.edu/access/content/user/hill/FlatPattPort/FlatPatPortNarrative.html
>>>>>
>>>>> This document is not a help file, but rather a guide for a someone who wants
>>>>> get his or her hands dirty, as you will see.  We might want to consider its
>>>>> proper place.  Meanwhile, I would appreciate comments and corrections on
>>>>> this draft, especially toward the end, where it gets rough and sketchy.
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S.  Portfolio Reports Sub-Group:  I may be late to the conference call
>>>>> tomorrow, as my office space only opens at that time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>   Robin K. Hill, Ph. D.      Coordinator of Instructional Computing,
>>>>> University of Wyoming
>>>>>   http://www/uwyo.edu/ctl
>>>>>   [On professional leave, 2010-2011]
>>>>>   hill at uwyo.edu        307-760-8508   http://www.uwyo.edu/HILL
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