This document summarizes an online course for pre-nursing and nursing students that uses various Sakai tools. It discusses the course background, including that it serves national, international, and rural students. It then outlines the various Sakai tools used: streaming for live lectures; modules for content organization; assignments; wiki for collaboration; forums for discussions; and ePortfolios for reflective practice and assessment. The document provides details on how ePortfolios support learning, reflection, and self-presentation. It discusses the value of reflection for developing understanding and self-assessment skills. Finally, it considers issues around teaching reflection and providing scaffolding to support students at different levels.
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3. Course Background
Traditional course for pre-Nursing &
Nursing students
National, international, and rural students
Issues: access to technology
Benefits to having this course online
Attendance/Live streaming element
Preparation for clinical experiences
10. What is an ePortfolio?
A selection of purposefully organized
artifacts that supports learning, reflective
practice, and self-presentation, as well as
documentation and assessment of student
learning over time and across varied
learning experiences.
11. How are ePortfolios Used?
reflection/metacognition
learning portfolio
learning integration
developmental portfolio
Teaching &
Learning skills mastery
Self-
identity development Assessment accreditation
Representation
showcase portfolio program
improvement
career portfolio
12. Folio thinking
Folio Thinking enables students to
become aware of, document, and
track their learning and develop an
integrated, coherent picture of their
personal learning experiences from
both inside and outside of the
classroom." (Helen Chen)
13. What is Reflection?
Metacognition
Re-processing ideas to support
understanding
Questioning assumptions
Seeing in multiple contexts
Self-examination
Integration
Self-assessment
14. Value of Reflection
Helps students make knowledge by
articulating connections
Introduces students to new kinds of self-
assessment that they carry into the rest of
their lives
Helps develop habits of reflective practice
supports deeper engagement in learning
Provides evidence of learning not
available by other means
15. Some Issues to Consider
How can we teach students to reflect?
What kinds of scaffolding/support do
students need at different levels and in
different contexts?
When and how often should students
reflect?
How can we assess reflection?
16. Development in Reflective Thinking
Self-assessment
Understanding of how knowledge is
created
Identity as a lifelong learner