Course Description
This course fulfills the capstone requirement for the University of Georgia Writing Certificate Program. Students will work with the instructor and one another in a workshop setting to construct the portfolio by composing, revising, and editing selected work produced for courses in the certificate program.
Athena Title
ePortfolio Workshop
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Students will understand the different rhetorical purposes and educational/professional functions of electronic portfolios; 2. Students will understand the nature of reflection for formative assessment and personal/professional development in electronic portfolios; 3. Students will understand and practice good principles of electronic portfolio design; 4. Students will develop and publish electronically an electronic portfolio as an exit requirement for the Writing Certificate Program; 5. Students will understand and engage in composing, revision, and editing practices as they develop their electronic portfolios; 6. Students will understand and practice peer review with other members of the workshop as the class develops the electronic portfolios; 7. Students will present their portfolios to the class and other members of the Program;
Topical Outline
Week 1 Why ePortfolios? Week 2 Rhetorical Context: Genre and Purpose in the ePortfolio Week 3 Structure: Models and Metaphors for the ePortfolio Week 4 Invention: Collecting and Selecting Exhibits Week 5 Reflection: The ePortfolio as Learning Process Week 6 ePortfolio Workshop and Peer Review Week 7 Reflection: The ePortfolio and Program Assessment Week 8 ePortfolio Workshop and Peer Review Week 8 ePortfolio Workshop and Peer Review Week 9 Arrangement, or Structure Revisited: The Shape of Learning as Process and Product Week 10 ePortfolio Workshop and Peer Review: Reflective Introduction Week 11 Reflection: The ePortfolio as Professional Development Week 12 ePortfolio Workshop and Peer Review Week 13 ePortfolio Workshop and Peer Review Week 14 Looking Forward: ePortfolios and Global Networking, ePortfolios and Professional Development, ePortfolios and Lifelong Learning Week 15 Class Presentations
Syllabus
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