Author: Nancy O'Laughlin

Nancy O'Laughlin is LMS Support Manager in the IT Academic Technology Services organization at the University of Delaware. She has an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction specializing in Educational Technology. Nancy works with faculty to promote effective uses of technology in education. She has a strong interest in guiding faculty in their use of instructional design strategies in their courses. Some areas of interest include: hybrid or blended learning, distance learning, e-portfolios, clickers and learning analytics.

Field Guide to Eportfolio

Published on November 14, 2017 Author Nancy O'Laughlin

The new Field Guide to Eportfolio, Why It Matters for Learning. has been recently released. The guide was a two year collaborative project of AAEEBL, AAC&U, IJeP and EPAC. Designed for the novice as well as expert user, a large cohort of authors developed twelve short chapters on various topics related to eportfolios bringing together… Continue reading Field Guide to Eportfolio →

Eportfolio as a High-Impact Practice

Published on October 27, 2016 Author Nancy O'Laughlin

The following video shares a discussion George Kuh had at the Center for Engaged Learning’s Conference on “Excellent Practices in Mentoring Undergraduate Research.” In 2008, Kuh published a book defining a set of educational practices research demonstrated had a significant impact on student success. His ten high-impact practices have a tremendous impact on higher education.… Continue reading Eportfolio as a High-Impact Practice →

New issue of Peer Review is dedicated to Eportfolios

Published on October 27, 2016 Author Nancy O'Laughlin

The Association of American Colleges and Universities just released the latest issue of Peer Review. The Summer 2016 issue, titled Advancing Equity and Student Success through Eportfolios, is dedicated to Eportfolios. It “chronicles the current landscape of how colleges and universities are using eportfolios and will sketch out a vision for using eportfolios in the… Continue reading New issue of Peer Review is dedicated to Eportfolios →

Adding a LinkedIn™ public profile badge

Published on March 24, 2016 Author Nancy O'Laughlin

Following up on a previous post, “Adding your LinkedIn™ profile to your ePortfolio” LinkedIn has now made it very easy to add your public profile badge to a blog, online resume/e-portfolio or a website. Promote yourself by selecting one of their LinkedIn™ image buttons. It is very simple, check out Create a public profile badge.

Defining ePortfolio

Published on March 18, 2015 Author Nancy O'Laughlin

“Higher education still has not embraced the potential of eportfolios to serve as the basis for a re-thinking of an institution’s approach to learning.” Trent Batson Check out Trent Batson’s recent blog posting: Defining “ePortfolio”: Four Ways of Seeing an ePortfolio. He talks about the four contexts in which ePortfolio have significance. Learning Institutional assessment… Continue reading Defining ePortfolio →