Great news!
SF State has learned that we will be a part of a new cohort with the
"Connect to Learning: ePortfolio, Engagement, and Student Success," project. Funded by FIPSE, the US Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, Connect to Learning will bring together ePortfolio leadership teams from campuses nationwide to explore and strengthen best practices in ePortfolio pedagogy.

Here is our Connect to Learning ePortfolio tracking our work on this project:

https://c2l.digication.com/sfsu_project_portfolio/profile//

We are excited to be joining with 21 other campuses:

Boston University
U. of Delaware
Hunter College, CUNY
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Johnson & Wales University
LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
Lehman College, CUNY
Long Island University
Manhattanville College
Northwest Connecticut Community College
Norwalk Community College
Pace University
Queensborough Community College, CUNY
Rutgers University
Salt Lake Community College
San Francisco State University
School of Professional Studies, CUNY
St. John’s University
SUNY Empire State
Three Rivers Community College
Tunxis Community College
Virginia Tech

Building a nationwide network that links community colleges, private
colleges and research universities, the Connect to Learning project will
kick off at a January national ePortfolio Forum, held in San Francisco
and sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Over the next three years, participating campuses will use a structured
matrix model of ePortfolio development to plan and implement
campus-based innovations and evaluate the impact of ePortfolio
implementation on student learning. Over the course of the three year
project, Connect to Learning will advance the practice of hundreds of
faculty, benefit 20-25,000 students, and generate evidence-based
national models of ePortfolio implementation.

SF State is gearing up for the AACU conference to be held in our home city in January. We are offering two presentations that relate to our ePortfolio adventure. 

Friday, January 28, 10:30-11:45 am
E-Portfolios for Global Learning: Connecting High Impact Practices, General Education and Authentic Assessment within the Metro Academies Program
Enabling students to be successful citizens and create sustainable change in an increasingly global society rests on relevant curriculum, integrated instruction and a meaningful interaction with technology. This session is designed for administrators and faculty to develop a deeper understanding of how ePortfolios can be used in their institutions as well as the Metro Academies (partnerships of 2-year and 4-year institutions) model of utilizing high-impact practices to engage and challenge their students.

Kevin Kelly, Director of Online Teaching and Learning, Ruth Cox, ePortfolio Faculty Liaison, Academic Technology, Savita Malik, Curriculum Director, Metro Academies, and Mary Beth Love, Department Chair, Professor, Department of Health Education – all of San Francisco State University
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Saturday, Jan 29 2:00–3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Best Practices
Growing an ePorticulture: Steps to Planting and Sustaining Deeper Learning and Assessment with ePortfolios
This interactive workshop will share practical strategies for starting, sustaining, and harvesting evidence of student learning through an ePortfolio program. Drawing on six years of experience working “from the ground up” at San Francisco State University, we will share examples and resources from our ePortfolio projects. Themes with supporting case stories will include: Successful "planting" tips with getting-started steps and examples of discipline specific portfolios; maintaining and growing, with examples of "mapping" and "tagging" student work to learning outcomes at course, program, and institutional levels; harvesting student work through Capstone courses and strategies for the use of portfolios in program reviews.

Ruth Cox, ePortfolio Departmental / Faculty Liaison, Lecturer in Health Education, Kevin Kelly, Manager, Online Teaching & Learning / Media Distribution & Support, Tanya Augsburg, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies, Angie Portacio, Academic Technology Consultant, Maggie Beers, Director, Academic Technology – all of San Francisco State University