Leveling the Playing Field: Using Development Research to Create an E-Portfolio Implementation Framework for Educators

• In Event: Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: Pedagogies and Strategies for Designing Meaningful Learning Experiences

Abstract

This development research project investigated the perspectives of faculty and administrators regarding their experiences of a university-wide electronic portfolio implementation initiative. Participants were fifty-two faculty and administrators at a large research university in the United States who were either continued users or abandoners of electronic portfolios. Survey and interview data were used to understand the electronic portfolio implementation process, including enablers and barriers to adoption of this instructional technology. Study findings and Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory informed the building of a six-component implementation framework that is under review by two external systemic change experts for refinement. The final framework, to be presented at this session, can be used by educational institutions to support the successful adoption of electronic portfolios.

Authors

• Samantha J. Blevins, Radford University

• Jennifer M. Brill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University