ePortfolio Assignments
In this course you will complete four ePortfolio Assignments reflecting on your thoughts before the trip, your experience during the trip, and your perspective after the trip. You will also showcase and discuss your community project on your ePortfolio.
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Prior to the Trip: did you have any preconceived notions or expectations? How did you feel before going on the trip?
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During the Trip: did you keep a journal, blog, or vlog? What did you talk about each day? Who did you interact and communicate with?
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After the Trip: what are your thoughts after participating in the study abroad program? What did you learn and what skills did you gain?
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Community Project: reflect on your experience completing your community project. Who did you work with? What did you accomplish? What did you learn?
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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Narrative/summary of the experience with a reflection
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​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.
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
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Explain the importance of the experience and its influence on your future
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Describe the impact it made on you
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Discuss what you accomplished/contributed
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Highlight what you learned
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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
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Presentations
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Projects
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Research papers
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Course modules, activities, assignments
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Evaluations
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Thought leadership (blogs, social media)
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Testimonials
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Pictures/images
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Videos
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Quotes
Criteria for Success:
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Create a well thought-out design and layout for your ePortfolio that represents your personality.
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Be sure to publish your ePortfolio and make certain that all entries, pictures, links/attachments, etc. are public.
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Include all required entries.
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For each entry include a summary, reflection, and artifact.
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Submit your ePortfolio URL.
