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Southeast US Campus-Based ePortfolio Conference


Empowerment, Enrichment, Engagement: Reframing the "e" in ePortfolio

November 12-13, 2012 Clemson University, Madren Conference Center
Clemson, South Carolina
Co-Sponsored by Clemson University and Virginia Tech
Conference Overview

Creating an eportfolio is a dynamic way for a student to share thoughts and work with faculty, employers, and others.  Through the integration of diverse academic, professional and personal experiences incorporating 21st century technologies, an eportfolio can be transformed into an individualized learning environment.  At this conference we would like to explore the reframing of the "e" in eportfolio: not just in terms of technology, but also in terms of how eportfolio development can empower, enrich and engage our students.

We invite proposal submissions for 50-minute sessions or poster sessions in line with this theme of the reframed "e."  While the proposal need not specifically address the theme of the conference, preference will be given to those that relate.

Conference press release

Submit a proposal.

Conference Agenda

Monday, November 12

8:00 - 8:30

Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Digication

8:30 - 9:00

Welcome and Opening

Janice Murdoch, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate

Gail Ring, Conference Chair, Director of the ePortfolio Program

Trent Batson, President/CEO AAEEBL.

9:00 - 9:45

 

Keynote, Peter E. Doolittle, Virginia Tech

9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 11:00

All about ePortfolio, Trent Batson, AAEEBL

LiveText ePortfolios in the Citadel's School of Education, Alice Hambright, The Citadel

Two Peas in a Pod:  Digital Portfolios and Integrative Thinking, Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech

11:00 - 12:00

ePortfolios: An Innovative Approach to Evaluating Student Performance, Janice Lanham, Clemson University

ePortfolio and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, C. Edward Watson, University of Georgia

The ePortfolio Selection Committee: The Quest for the Perfect Platform, Tracey Richardson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

 

12:30 1:30

Lunch sponsored by ConnectEDU with

Birds of a Feather Discussions

2:00 - 3:00

Ut Prosim: SERVE and Engaged ePortfolios, Marc Zaldivar, Virginia Tech

Empowering Freshmen via ePortfolio, Jannette Alejandra Urciuoli and Susan Curtis, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York

 

Making it fail: A user guide to Screwing up ePortfolio Implementation, Shane Sutherland, PebblePad

3:00 - 4:00

Engaging Students in the ePortfolio Process, Bob Brackett with Clemson Undergraduates Candace Chapman, Janelle Cheung, and Jason Pierce

Cultural Considerations for Reframing ePortfolios, Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh and Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech

The College Senior ePortfolio: Building the Empowering Bridge to Life After College, Joan Dominick, Kennesaw State University

 

4:00 - 6:00

Reception with student eportfolio showcase

Sponsored by PebblePad

(Note: The folks from PebblePad will be running a free workshop on Tuesday afternoon for anybody interested in learning more about this award-winning system as well as those planning to participate in the free-pilot program.  Read more.)

 

Tuesday, November 13

8:00-8:30

Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Digication

8:30 - 9:30

Panel Discussion

  • Barbara Speziale, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies Clemson Univeristy
  • Lisa McNair, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
  • Teddi Fishman, Director of the International Center of Academic Integrity
  • Marc Zaldivar, Director, ePortfolio Initiatives, Virginia Tech
  • Student participant

9:30 – 10:30

Undergraduate Research, Service- Learning and Engagement: The Creative Inquiry Model, Barbara Speziale and Kathy Woodard, Clemson University

An ePortfolio Initiative from Three Perspectives, Laura Elmer, Margaret Marshall, Bonnie Sanderson, Auburn University

 

ePortfolios and/as Multimodal Practice, Christy Desmet, Deborah Miller and Elizabeth Davis, University of Georgia

10:30 - 11:30

Integrating Engagement Opportunities with ePortfolio, Neil Burton and Suzanne Price, Clemson University

 

Using ePortfolios to bring Assignments ALIVE in Teacher Education, Patricia Wilson, Otterbien Univerity

Achieving Outcomes: Innovative Implementation of the ePortfolio, Abby Zwier, John McLaughlin, Connect.edu

11:30 - 12:00

Conference Summation

Important Dates
  • Proposal submission deadline - October 10, 2012
  • Notification of proposal acceptance - October 15, 2012
  • Rooms are still available at the James F. Martin Inn adjacent to the Conference Center.
  • Early-Bird Registration ends - October 20, 2012
Call for Proposals
To submit a proposal, proposers will fill in an online form and may find it easier to compose in a word processing program then copy and paste text into the form cells. The proposal asks for:
  • Presenter biographical information along with co-presenter information and institutional emails for all involved in the session.
  • Session title
  • A 50-60 word description for your session or poster presentation -- This should be ready for conference organizers to copy and paste into the program. Please edit carefully.
  • A description about how your session will engage attendees and be interactive -- i.e. Q & A time or activities or table topics, etc.

 Note: Conference-related materials such as URLs, PowerPoints and handouts will ideally be shared in order to compile a post-conference resource on the AAEEBL Web site.  Presenters are asked to please keep this in mind and to email their session materials within one week after the conference to aaeebleportfolio@gmail.com with the subject header Southeast Conference Resources.
Travel and Lodging

Reservations for lodging may be made at Clemson's lovely James F. Martin Inn at Clemson's Marden Conference Center.  The discounted rate is $99 per night.  A block of rooms has been set aside for the conference.  It is necessary to mention AAEEBL to receive the discount.

Other lodging options:
 Southwest Air is now flying directly into Greenville, South Carolina, making it easy to reach Clemson University. This is advantageous if you can get a direct flight to Greenville from your point of origin.  Another option is to fly into Charlotte, NC, and to drive to Clemson, a relatively easy drive that may take around 90 minutes.

View driving directions from Greenville-Spartanburg Airport and links to information about the airport shuttle, rental cars, Clemson University events and things to do in the Clemson area.
Registration

Conference rates:
  • Early-bird registration for AAEEBL members before October 20 -- $175
  • Early-bird registration for non-AAEEBL members before October 20 -- $250
  • Student registration -- $75 (This is for full-time students only.  Proof of full-time status along with a valid/active student ID must be presented at the conference registration desk.)
  • Registration after October 20 for AAEEBL members -- $210
  • Registration after October 20 for non-AAEEBL members -- $290

Check this list if you are not sure whether you are an AAEEBL member or not.  (An AAEEBL member is a person who is at an academic institution with a current membership in AAEEBL.)

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Keynote Speaker

Peter E. Doolittle, featured speakers at the AAEEBL Southeast US Regional ePortfolio Conference 2012Peter E. Doolittle is Director of the Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER), professor of Educational Psychology in the Department of Learning Sciences, and the Director of the Educational Psychology Research Program (EPRP) at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He is also the Executive Editor of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE), and the Co-Executive Editor of the International Journal of ePortfolio (IJep). His academic background includes 25 years teaching K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students, in public and private schools, using traditional and online formats, across several subject areas including mathematics, computer science, statistics, and educational psychology. His current research focus includes the investigation of working memory capacity and learning efficacy in multimedia learning environments.
Program Committee
Conference Chair: Gail Ring, Clemson University
Barbara Ramirez, Clemson University
Marc Zaldivar, Director of ePortoflio Initiatives, Virginia Tech
Eddie Watson, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Georgia
Teggin Summers, Associate Director, ePortfolio Initiatives, Virginia Tech
Judy Batson, Vice President, AAEEBL
Trent Batson, President/CEO, AAEEBL

Tuesday Afternoon -- FREE -- Event with PebblePad

From Shane Sutherland: "PebblePad enjoyed a very successful few days at AAEEBL 2012 with lots of individuals and organisations expressing strong interest in this award winning Personal Learning System. As a result we agreed that we would support a number of free pilots - after all, who can tell whether the leading system in the UK and Australia will suit the needs of learners and lecturers in North America!

Drawing upon the opportunity to engage with people again at the Clemson ePortfolio Conference we would like to offer a free afternoon workshop for people interested in learning more about PebblePad and for those who are running pilots with the software. The workshop will take place on Tuesday afternoon after the conference has closed.

Participants will be given free accounts on the system and will be whisked through the process of building assets, blogs, portfolios and learning templates. Sharing, publishing and tagging will be discussed and practiced and - most important of all - there will be a running commentary on how various tools and processes are used elsewhere to support learners and learning.

If you would like to join this fun, informative and highly participatory workshop please drop an email to shane@pebblelearning.co.uk"
 
Co-Host Links and Corporate Affiliate Participation
AAEEBL thanks Clemson University and Virginia Tech for serving as co-host institutions for this conference.  The leadership they provide is valuable to AAEEBL and to the whole eportfolio community.
 AAEEBL's Corporate Affiliates help make events such as this conference possible through their generous  support for the many services that AAEEBL provides to the global eportfolio community.  Their participation and engagement in all we do is greatly appreciated and welcomed.

 		 Link to PebblePad Web site
 
 Connect.edu logo on the AAEEBL eportfolio community Web site


Bedford/St. Martin's logo on the AAEEBL eportoflio community Web site
  • Digication -- Monday and Tuesday breakfast sponsor; AAEEBL founding Corporate Affiliate; Corporate Affiliate member in AAEEBL's Leadership Circle
  • PebblePad -- Monday reception sponsor and Tuesday afternoon workshop leader; Corporate Affiliate member in AAEEBL's Friendship Circle
  • Connect.EDU -- Session leader on Tuesday featuring Abby Zwier and John McLaughlin; Corporate Affiliate member in AAEEBL's Leadership Circle
  • FolioTek -- Corporate Affiliate member in AAEEBL's Friendship Circle
  • Bedford/St. Martin's -- Conference participant/attendee; Corporate Affiliate in AAEEBL's Leadership Circle. 
Download AAEEBL 2012 Southeast Regional Conference Flyer

AAEEBL Announcement and Call for Proposals-9-4-12.pdf
Opportunities for AAEEBL Corporate Affiliates

Please contact Trent Batson (trentbatson@mac.com) if you are an AAEEBL Corporate Affiliate and are interested in any of the following opportunities.
  • Breakfast sponsorship on Monday and/or Tuesday -- No longer available
  • Lunch sponsorship on Monday
  • Reception and poster/student showcase session sponsorship on Monday -- No longer available
  • Setting up a display table
If you are not already a Corporate Affiliate, or if you want to refresh your memory about opportunities extended in specific giving circles, refer to information about supporting AAEEBL as a Corporate Affiliate.
(10/27/12)
 
 
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