Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
To provide measurable, highly valuable Web design technology skills
to students in all disciplines. (“Technology Across the Curriculum.”)
To further validate the academic excellence provided by Long Island
University
by using Web portfolios to provide complementing existing
outcomes assessment data with a richer, more individualized portrait of
student learning.
To help the world better understand GENERIC University students,
their professors and their combined vast academic accomplishments
by incorporating many disciplines to support the growth of the “one
college” philosophy.
To further explore the meaning of diversity at GENERIC University
by considering the relationship of education to social and individual
identity.
To provide a platform for faculty growth and interdisciplinary
faculty development
,
linking curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and the
integration of new technologies into teaching and learning.
To develop a student and faculty Web portfolio portal hosted by the
GENERIC University Information Technology Department
which
will showcase exciting student work, providing opportunities for im-
proved recruitment, fund raising, and advancing the mission of the
University. The portal will serve as a global village of student and faculty
scholarship.
To publish an account of this project
as an effective model of innovation
to the academic community.
Curriculum Integration
(Describe how the e-portfolio initiative will fit adapt an existing course
description providing a vision of a credited course. Credit courses in Web
portfolio development already exist in some disciplines at some institutions so
make sure that you have researched existing programs at your school to see if
what you are proposing can be is unique and can be implemented campus-
wide.)
Coursework in e-portfolio design and development can be offered across
disciplines to students who want to create an e-portfolio before they
graduate.
