The Navigation and Sailing Report #10

 

Port name: ETEC 590

Port Section: 65A

Website: http://met.ubc.ca/etec-590 

Port Time Frame: (Jan-Apr 2015)

Port specialty: Graduating Project (elective course)

Port Director: Dr. Franc Feng

Port administrator: David Roy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

ETEC 590 is an elective in the MET program, designed for students who wish to meet the requirements of the Teacher Qualification Services in the Province of British Columbia for a "capstone research experience" in their program. This is a requirement for BC teachers who wish to qualify for salary category six.

While this course is required for BC K-12 teachers seeking to meet TQS requirements, ETEC 590 is open to any student in the MET program.

Students do not register for ETEC590 in the same manner as other ETEC courses. Instead, please send an email to David Roy requesting registration in this course. He will register you in it as soon as he has determined that you are eligible for it. More information will be posted about this course as it becomes available.

Since this is intended to be a culminating project or experience in the MET Program, it should be completed toward the end of the program after you have completed 8 courses, including the 4 core courses. ETEC 500 must be completed before enrolling in ETEC 590.

The Graduating Project should take the form of an e-portfolio. It should synthesize and apply knowledge and theories gained from courses taken in the MET program. It should meet the following criteria:

• Be integrative, through requiring generation/application of ideas across courses.

• Generate research findings and/or link theory/research to practice.

• Demonstrate an individual’s learning.

• Result in a concrete product that demonstrates linkages and applications.

• Be of personal use to the student and considered educationally valuable by an audience of professional peers.

 

Procedure

1. The student in consultation with the ETEC 590 instructor will decide on an appropriate project. While taking the form of an e-portfolio, the project may be:

• A program portfolio that synthesizes what has been learned in the MET program and demonstrates the way learnings have informed practice. It should consist of approximately 5 folders/categories, for example, philosophy about technology in your practice, strategies for using technology in your practice, examples of technology projects and creations, etc.

• A synthesis and critical analysis of literature and technology resources relevant to an issue or problem of practice in educational technology.

• The reporting on a small research project in educational technology.

• The production of multi-media materials to be used in an educational context.

2. Prepare a proposal not exceeding 1000 words and include: a statement of purpose or problem and why it is important, objectives or questions, key references or resources to be used, the procedure to be followed in achieving objectives or exploring questions, expected outcomes of project, time plan for completion, description of form in which project will be presented for assessment. The proposal will be read and approved by two faculty members who will also read and/or review and grade the final submission or product in the course.

3. Once the proposal is approved, proceed to carry out the plan. The project is assessed using criteria that are typical in university graduate programs: e.g., how well the stated purpose is achieved, clarity and organization, depth and quality of analysis, use of appropriate source materials, creativity and original contribution. Grading is pass/fail.

 

 

Artifact #1: My ePortfolio Proposal (draft)

 

To construct my ePortfolio,I needed to first and foremost determine the purpose and audience. I also had to make decisions about how to frame and organize the various components of my ePortfolio. Framing of my ePortfolio was done through a specific navigation and sailing theme or metaphor that interweave all the artifacts and create a virtual meta-analysis structure that shapes my ePortfolio.

So, I prepared the ePortfolio proposal draft not exceeding 1000 words.

My eP proposal included:

• a statement of purpose or problem and why it is important

• objective(s) or question(s) that relate to the statement of purpose and problem defined above

• key references or resources to be used

• the procedure to be followed in achieving objective(s) or exploring question(s),

• expected outcomes of project

• time plan for completion an assessment rubric

The proposal also answered to the following questions:

• What is the purpose of the ePortfolio?

• What / Who is the audience?

• What is the evidence? What will be included?

• How are the media / tools chosen used to effectively enhance the purpose?

• What is the significance in constructing the ePortfolio?

• What can you learn in this process?

 

Artifact #2: The Instructor Formative Fedback on eP Proposal

 

I am very glad that I navigated well and was on the right sailing track, and that my eP Proposal draft satisfied the ETEC 590 port Director by including the basic and advanced navigational requirements, essential for decent navigation and safe sailing on the wavy waters of the ETEC 590 harbour.

Below is the capture of the Port Director (instructor) feedback on my ePortfolio proposal:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artifact #2: My ePortfolio Proposal (improved)

 

I put some time and effort to improve my eP proposal based on the peer and instructor review, so here it is. I improved the metaphor elements, the artifact list, the rubric and other important eP proposal elements, as suggested by the reviewers.

 

Artifact #3: My ePortfolio Assessment Rubric (final)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really welcome this formative assessment and valuable feedback as a friendly help toward the perfecting of this ePortfolio.

 

Thank you in advance for your time, support and consideration invested into the assessment of this ePortfolio. 

 

 

The Final MET Sea Journey Toward the Graduation  

 

Finally, after three and half years from application to graduation, the time has come to finish my MET jorney. The final navigation and sailing journey will include sailing from the ETEC 590 Port toward the GRADUATION Check Point in the UBC Strait. I am scheduled for final approval in May and for Graduation ceremony on May 21st at the main UBC Campus in Vancouver. After the graduation and celebration of our (my and other navigators) academic achievements in mastering the art of navigation and sailing on the wavy waters of educational technology, I will turn th engine of my quite loaded cruiser ship, turn on all the lights and quite loudly sound all the ship horns, producing a series of prolonged blasts to say GOODBYE to the MET Sea Port Directors, Administrators, and other ships and fellow navigators, then slowly and proudly sail back to the UBC Ocean and continue cruising toward the other seas and oceans for the new navigational and sailing adventures and journeys. The next navigational and sailing journey I am looking forward is a leading edge doctoral navigation and sailing journey. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

***BON VOYAGE!***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Captain's Log:

 

Thanks to the peacefull and friendly MET Sea waves, blue spring skies, good weather, and the high excitement about the last round of navigational training in the ETEC 590 Port docs, navigating and sailing into the last port on my MET journey was a long awaited opportunity to learn new things about the ePortfolios, look back and meta-cognitively reflect on everything learned in the previous 9 ports, check, re-organize and inventory the cargo, and happily work on the last navigational and sailing project, the capstone navigation and sailing experience. Even though I knew that it is going to take an enormous amount of time and effort, I started building my capstone research ePortfolio project from the scratch, did not use any templates, but enjoyed constructing every detail of this exemplary ePortfolio website, to prove myself and the world that i really mastered everything related to the leading edge navigation and sailing on the wavy waters of the MET Sea and fast changing educational technology landscape.

Thanks God for guarding my ship and my voyage and giving me the patience and the strength needed to carry on, achieve academic excellence and happily reach the finish line of my extraordinary MET journey.

  

 

Artifact References:

 

Alexander, B., & Levine, A. (2008). Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emerging of a New Genre. Educause Review, 43(6), 40-56.

 

Bates, A. W., & Poole, G. (2003). A framework for selecting and using technology. In A. W. Bates & G. Poole (Eds.), Effective teaching with technology in higher education (pp. 75-108). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Barrett, Helen. (2010). Social Networks and Interactive Portfolios: Blurring the Boundaries [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcSegrwjkA

 

Barrett, Helen. (2005, March 9). Retrieved from http://electronicportfolios.org/blog/index.html