WELLCOME TO Portfolio WORKSHOP

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WELLCOME TO Portfolio - WORKSHOP!

• Tuesday 25.10., Dipoli, Hall 13
• Wednesday 26.10., Dipoli, Hall 22 9.00
  12.00
• Workshop leaders
• Riikka RissanenTaru Jokinen

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Content of the Workshop

• 900 Introduction What and Why portfolio?
• 930 Aims for this workshop
• 940 Start working
• Alternative A, working in pairs
• Alternative B, working alone
• 1110 How to put things forward
• 1130 End of the workshop

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900 Introduction What and Why portfolio?

• Two roles of portfolio
• Vocabulary and concepts
• Portfolio and new salary system?
• Example Structure of university portfolio at
  University of Helsinki
• Source used f.ex. Tiina Kosunens (HY)
  presentation Akateemisen pätevyyden
• kokonaisarviointiin suunnattu portfolio TKK
  31.3.2005

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Two roles of portfolio

• Way of developing own work
• selfevaluation, reflection, planning
• description of issues to develop nad of strenghts
• clear direction to future
• personal headings, creativity
• recearching own work and reporting this research
• compare with making a research article

• Official documentation for filling of a vacant
  position
• structure, size, form are regulated
• headings given forehand
• pointed backwars, dokumentates
• makes it possible to compare merits between many
  personal poerfolios
• documentation of own work
• compare with publishing register

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2. Vocabulary and Concepts

• Portfoliowork collection of material and
  feedback, selection and evaluation and saving
  this information to basic portfolio
• Basic portfolio archive of own concrete
  knowledge (slides, lecture frame, columns,
  contracts of employement, feedback)
• Sampleportfolio information collected from basic
  portfolio for a certain need.
• Source used f.ex. Tiina Kosunens (HY)
  presentation Akateemisen pätevyyden
• kokonaisarviointiin suunnattu portfolio TKK
  31.3.2005

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3. Sample Structure of university portfolio at
University of Helsinki

• 1. Basic information
• Personal and contact information
• Education and degrees
• Other needed information
• 2. Research and scientific work
• Experience in research and scientific work
• Research philosophy and ethics, main lines of
  research work
• List of significant publish
• Evaluation and rewards of scientific work
• Work in academic community
• Vision and own development plans
• Other merits of scientific actions
• 3. Teaching
• Experience in teaching and guiding at basic and
  post graduate education
• Pedagogical thinking and own education

• Teaching materials and use of technology in
  teaching
• Development of own teaching and rewards from
  teaching
• Participation to evaluation and development of
  teaching
• Strengths, challenges of development and visions
  for own teaching activities
• Other professional actions
• 4. Administrative and other duties
• Administrative and leadership work
• Own working field assignments done outside
  university context
• Society based assignments and confidential posts
• Proceedings, presentations and other information
  based on science
• Other remarkable merit and work

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9.30 Aims of this workshop

• To understand what we mean with portfolio at this
  context, mainly the two different roles!
• Think about what teaching means for me? How can
  and I develop it? How do I want to develop it?
• Plan how to document own pedagogical thinking and
  development of teaching and how can I tell about
  it to others?
• Practice bringing your way of seeing teaching
  into wider discussion by explaining and writing
  about it.

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9.40 Working

• Alternative A, pair working
• choose pairs
• one interviews the other by reading through the
  list (given) questions and writes down given
  answers
• same interview vice versa
• at the end give the notes to the person
  interviewed and read the trough with time
• you may also have a short discussion so that both
  understand writings in a same way
• you can keep the notes and use those as a support
  when writing about your educational thinking
• Alternative B, working alone
• read through the list of questions by making
  notes at the same time. Try to make whole
  sentences instead of just listing things.
• when needed you can ask advice or commentary from
  the leaders if something seems to be unclear.

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Questions

• What is my opinion about good academic teaching?
• What teaching means to me?
• What are my expectations from the students, how
  do I see them?
• The aims that Im trying to reach by teaching?
• On what direction am I aiming and how am I
  developing my teaching?
• My understanding about good teaching and teacher?
• Things that have affected on the way that I have
  about good teaching and teacher?
• My own strengths in teaching?
• What makes me exhausted/helps me to able to
  continue teaching? Where do I get strength?

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1110 Aiming forward

• Think how you will proceed with interview notes
• writing notes once again?
• making a folder about all important documents on
  your conputer?
• asking comments about your own thoughts and
  writings (kolleagues, family..)?
• other thoughts, suggestions?
• Where you need help?
• making an evaluable universityportfolio?
• developing documentation and description about
  your teaching?
• by planning your own development?
• to concrete work?
• Basic- and sample portfolio
• Electronic and paper materials
• Place to save and publish (webpage, intranet, own
  computer..?)