Course Portfolio
P. Hutchings (Ed.) (1998). The Course Portfolio: How Faculty can Examine Their Teaching to Advance Practice and Improve Student Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
Center for Faculty Excellence, East Carolina University - Teaching Portfolio
No single definition is available for a Course Portfolio; however, according to Hutchings, a number of features can fairly describe it:
Center for Faculty Excellence, East Carolina University - Teaching Portfolio
No single definition is available for a Course Portfolio; however, according to Hutchings, a number of features can fairly describe it:
- Focus on the course. Unlike a teaching portfolio where the focus is documenting the range of teaching practices over time; a course portfolio defines the progression of a single course from conception to results.
- A spotlight on student learning. Most teaching portfolios contain samples of student work, but the "unit of analysis" is primarily the teacher and the individual teacher effectiveness. In a course portfolio, student learning is the organizing principle.
- A scholarly investigation. The course is a laboratory that starts with goals of student learning followed by adopting teaching practices that are likely to accomplish the goals, then observing if the goals get accomplished collecting evidence about effects and impact.