"Making the Connections: Using web portfolios in introductory classes"
Wednesday, April 13
Maggie Odell, Religion and 2004-05 CILA Associate
What can be gained from using web portfolios in an introductory class? In other college settings, web portfolios have been used to encourage students to reflect on their learning, on the assumption that such reflection enhances student mastery. This CILA Associate project was launched in order to see what kind of impact web portfolios would have on student learning in Religion 121. This presentation is an interim report on an experiment still in progress.
Some of the questions I will address include:
What kinds of reflection come easily to students?
What are some of the pitfalls?
How does the introduction of a web portfolio change the focus of the class? Is that change in focus a good or bad thing?