Rebooting Community Colleges Through ePortfolios: A Key Strategy for the American Association of Community College’s 21ST Century Initiative

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Jonathan Wells (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
Elizabeth Carroll

Abstract: In an effort to increase completion rates among community colleges across the nation, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) released a report that provided a list of recommendations for community colleges to consider. These recommendations strive to redefine missions and roles of the community college system and improve institutions’ outcomes. In consideration of these recommendations, I suggest a tool that will recognize the tenets of each implementation strategy and achieve the changes proposed by the AACC’s report. The initiation of ePortfolio programs throughout community colleges can address these recommendations with evidence-based success. Through an analysis of community colleges that have successfully implemented ePortfolio programs into their curriculums, such as LaGuardia Community College, Salt Lake Community College, Tunxis Community College, and others, I offer evidence of ePortfolio programs’ useful applications. This evidence supports the notion that ePortfolio programs are flexible enough to enact the AACC’s recommendations, while providing students and faculty with an established practice capable of remodeling an institution’s outcomes.

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Publication
Thesis
Wells, J. (2015). Rebooting Community Colleges Through ePortfolios: A Key Strategy for the American Association of Community College’s 21ST Century Initiative. Unpublished master's thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 2015
Keywords
Electronic Portfolios, Community Colleges, Rhetoric and Composition, Technology and Pedagogy, Assessment in Composition Studies,

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