Assessing Graduate Engineering Programs with ePortfolios: A Comprehensive Design Process

Autor/inn/en	Kajfez, Rachael L.; Mohammadi-Aragh, Mahnas J.; Brown, Philip R.; Mann, Katharine A.; Carrico, Cheryl A.; Cross, Kelly J.; Janeski, John A.; McNair, Lisa D.
Titel	Assessing Graduate Engineering Programs with ePortfolios: A Comprehensive Design Process
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, 3 (2013) 3, (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	Portfolios (Background Materials); Portfolio Assessment; Graduate Students; Engineering Education; Evaluation Methods; Electronic Publishing; Reflection; Motivation; Design; Communities of Practice; Program Development; Stakeholders; Research; Laboratories; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Portfoliobeurteilung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ingenieurausbildung; Elektronisches Publizieren; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Community; Programmplanung; Forschung; Laboratory; Laboratorium; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	ePortfolios (ePs) have been used in a variety of applications ranging from undergraduate assessment to graduate student work showcases. We hypothesize that the flexible, individualized nature of ePs makes them suitable assessment tools for graduate engineering programs, which are likewise flexible and individualized. Our investigation resulted in a systematic design process that can be used to create eP systems for graduate programmatic assessment. The process was used to develop eP assessment systems for three different engineering graduate programs. Results indicate that (1) the end products, the eP assessment systems, were directly affected by the graduate programs' culture and vision of graduate engineering assessment, and that (2) ePs are flexible based on departmental or program needs. Therefore, we conclude that ePs are appropriate for assessment in graduate engineering programs and that a systematic process of development can be used. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01