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Showcasing and Reflecting on Your Experiences 

Learn how to effectively write a reflection and provide artifacts for your experience

"We don't learn from experience; we learn from reflecting on experience"

-- Attributed to John Dewey 

Reflect on Experience

Reflecting on Your Experiences 

An important component of this course is the creation of an ePortfolio, which will allow you to showcase your experience and reflect on the learning and skills you have developed in the process.

For each experience, you will include the following:

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  1. Narrative/summary of the experience with a reflection

  2. ​An artifact to represent the experience/what you learned

Narrative with Reflection

When creating the narrative, think of telling the story of your journey. The format of your narrative can be written, video, podcast, etc. It should be reflective and professional and rely heavily on the framing of your evidence of learning and growth. Be sure to clarify who, what, where, when, and why in your reflections to give sufficient context to your audiences!

When writing your reflection and discussing your growth as a result of this experience, be sure to:

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  • Create meaning for that experience

  • Explain the importance of the experience and its influence on your future

  • Describe the impact it made on you

  • Discuss what you accomplished/contributed

  • Highlight what you learned

  • Outline the knowledge, values, skills, abilities you gained

Artifacts

Add an artifact to support both the narrative and reflection as evidence representing your journey. The artifact should help illustrate your experience. Possible examples include, but are not limited to:

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  • Posters

  • Presentations

  • Projects

  • Research papers

  • Course modules, activities, assignments

  • Evaluations

  • Thought leadership (blogs, social media)

  • Testimonials

  • Pictures/images

  • Videos

  • Quotes

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Criteria for Success:

  1. Create a well thought-out design and layout for your ePortfolio that represents your personality.

  2. Be sure to publish your ePortfolio and make certain that all entries, pictures, links/attachments, etc. are public.

  3. Include all required entries.

  4. For each entry include a summary, reflection, and artifact.

  5. Submit your ePortfolio URL.

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