A Changed World for ePortfolios: Opportunities for Design Justice*, Effective Implementation, and Assessment
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Meeting Themes
The inequities in higher education surfaced by the COVID-19 pandemic require an ongoing commitment to rethinking the ways that we design ePortfolio implementations so that they center those who are often marginalized unintentionally.
AAEEBL has a long history of, and commitment to, practices and pedagogies that enable learners to document and reflect on their learning. Indeed, ePortfolio pedagogies and research have demonstrated the importance of creating space for learners to share the ways that they connect and transfer learning between and among contexts. While these practices are often intended to be liberatory, how might we be inadvertently reinforcing systems and structures that are oppressive and/or marginalizing?
* Design Justice: “An approach to design that is led by marginalized communities and that aims to explicitly challenge, rather than reproduce, structural inequalities.” (Costanza-Chock, 2020)
The AAEEBL Annual Meeting 2022 will focus particular emphasis on three areas:
- the ways that ePortfolio designs can and should be justice-oriented and how those designs can improve and enhance higher education;
- how applying an effective implementation framework using a stakeholders approach for ePortfolios and other high-impact practices can sustain, heal, and empower all members of our community; and
- the ways that authentic assessment strategies can center marginalized voices for a variety of purposes (i.e. Institutional assessment and accreditation efforts, effective course and program design).
Meeting Highlights
- The 2022 Batson Lecture: “Tracing Learning in ePortfolios: Where We Have Been; Where We Might Go” with Kathleen Blake Yancey, Professor Emerita, Florida State University
- Engagement with the AAEEBL Digital Ethics Task Force
- Interactive workshops on Building YOUR Professional ePortfolio, Designing Equitable ePortfolio Assignments, ePortfolio Scoring Guides, and How to Get Started with Digital Ethics
- Panel with students speaking about their ePortfolio experiences
- Ignite Talks
- Our third AAEEBL Shark Tank (with a twist!)
Who should attend?
We welcome those who are new to ePortfolios to experienced practitioners and researchers who are interested in exploring the pedagogical and technical considerations surrounding the design and implementation of ePortfolios for assessment and evaluation, equity and social justice.
Registration Options
Register to attend the Annual Meeting. We have several options:
Full registration – Individual: US$199
- Access to all meeting activities and materials
- Access to all recordings
- An annual membership to AAEEBL and the opportunity to participate in AAEEBL committees and co-author resources (a $125 value).
Full registration – Teams (see options on the registration page)
- Access to all meeting activities and materials
- Access to all recordings
- Annual membership to AAEEBL for each attendee and the opportunity to participate in AAEEBL committees and co-author resources (a $125 value per person).
Full registration – Student (elementary, secondary, colleges and universities): Free
- Access to all meeting activities and materials
- Access to all recordings
Full registration – Part-time or Retired (part-time, contingent, faculty/staff without institutional support, emeriti and retired members of the field: US$99
- Access to all meeting activities and materials
- Access to all recordings
Single day – Individual: US$125
Access to all meeting activities and materials on the selected day
Scholarships are available. Please contact us for more information.
If you are a participant of the AAC&U Institute on ePortfolio, please register separately.
The Program
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This conference has been intentionally designed to accommodate participation across time zones and provide unique opportunities for learning and engagement through traditional presentations, Ignite talks, a student panel, interactive hands-on workshops, and opportunities for networking.