The e-portfolio is a purposeful collection of work that demonstrates self-understanding via reflective writing. This session demonstrates practices to improve the narrative writing of first-year and advanced students and the use of digital storytelling. The "Invent the Sustainable Future" first-year experience incorporates reflective writing, e-portfolios, and peer mentors. One major challenge can be students' questioning about the value of writing activities. Storytelling, with its emphasis on values, emotions, and actions, helps students develop self-understanding and the motivation to act on their values.

Learning goals:

1. Create a storytelling exercise to test students' ability to apply course content to some aspect of their life.

2. Develop a collection of student works that may be used for assessment or personal student development in an e-portfolio.

3. Employ the essential elements of story to develop better storytelling and reflective writing prompts that encourage students to write about values, beliefs, emotions, and actions.

Presenter: Don Orth

*This workshop will be presented by 2014 Diggs Teaching Scholars award recipient Don Orth. For more information, visit http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/04/042114-facstaffaward-orthdiggs.html

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Location:	The Inn at Virginia Tech
Price:	Free - registration required
Sponsor:	Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research
Contact:	Tiffany Shoop tshoop@vt.edu 540-231-0785
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