In the fall and spring of 2002-2003 eight student teachers each semester volunteered to participate in a pilot program of e-portfolio development to meet licensing standards for the state of Indiana. The University of Indianapolis Center for Instructional Technologies developed the framework for the portfolio using the template feature of DreamWeaver. Students converted elements of a traditional paper portfolio into a browser-based, interactive, hypertextual format that was later burned onto a CD. Students reflected more on their teaching and included samples of lesson plans, assessments, and student work. Richer work samples included movies, sound files, scanned material, hyperlinks to the school web site, and other offsite resources to make the portfolio more personal. Several student surveys indicated the pilot students believed they had learned more and had a more positive experience than their peers in a control group developing a traditional portfolio. Sample portfolios will be demonstrated and discussed in the session.
