INTEGRATIVE LEARNING AND ePORTFOLIO NETWORKS

In the 2017 fall semester, the University at Buffalo (UB) began the UB Curriculum, replacing a program that had been running for more than 25 years and was sorely in need of updating. The UB Curriculum, like most general education programs, is designed to provide students with coursework across the curriculum. The issue of the public-private divide in ePortfolios also informs the capstone ePortfolio, which requires students to draw connections between academic experiences and experiences beyond the classroom as they project "a trajectory of ongoing learning that emerges from diverse past experiences and anticipates subsequent challenges". The capstone ePortfolio differs from other ePortfolio use in terms of scope, content, and purpose in the new curriculum, as indicated by its direct supervision by the director of curriculum and assessment instead of faculty in academic departments. The capstone course grade is determined by a combination of a rubric-based assessment of the final ePortfolio and student participation in online activities including peer review.