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Transitioning to E-Portfolios in a First-Year Writing Program

Cottrill, Brittany Barger
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1274816894

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, English (Rhetoric and Writing).
Building off the scholarship of paper-based portfolio systems, electronic portfolios have been a topic of scholarly conversation across the university, particularly in writing studies, education, and distance education. Much of current portfolio scholarship focuses on one of three areas. First, there is increased attention being paid to how instructors can use electronic portfolios in their professional development. Second, there is a focus on reflection of the use of electronic portfolios. And finally, research is being conducted about how electronic portfolios may lead to life-long learning for students. What seems to be missing, however, is a clear discussion of how programs are using electronic portfolios and how the use of such portfolios in a specific program may help other institutions implement new assessment standards. Guided by ethnographically-informed research, and through a combination of observations, interviews, and textual analyses, this dissertation examined a small, private liberal arts university as it transitioned to digital portfolios in their first-year writing program. Working with multiple stakeholders, including the Writing Program Administrator, instructors, students, and portfolio evaluators, this study generates a rich picture of the transition as a way to generate suggestions and implications for others to follow in a similar transition.
Kristine Blair, PhD (Committee Chair)
Paul Cesarini, PhD (Committee Member)
Richard Gebhardt, PhD (Committee Member)
Lee Nickoson, PhD (Committee Member)
171 p.
Composition; Rhetoric
Eportfolios; Multimodal Assessment; Transitioning to Eportfolios; Digital Portfolios; First-Year Writing; Communal Portfolio Review;

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  • Cottrill, B. B. (2010). Transitioning to E-Portfolios in a First-Year Writing Program [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1274816894

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cottrill, Brittany. Transitioning to E-Portfolios in a First-Year Writing Program. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1274816894.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cottrill, Brittany. "Transitioning to E-Portfolios in a First-Year Writing Program." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1274816894

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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