Remake / remodel: Using eportfolios and a system of gates to improve student assessment and program evaluation

Patrick R. Lowenthal, Boise State University
John W. White, University of North Florida
Karen Cooley, Regis University

Abstract

Electronic portfolios have become increasingly popular. The value of a portfolio, though, depends on how, when, and why students create, submit, and have their portfolios evaluated. In the following paper, we describe how we redesigned a program's assessment and evaluation plan around the use of electronic portfolios and a system of gates focusing on the larger assessment/evaluation framework first and the technology second.