Late last week I heard back on a grant proposal I co-authored to develop e-portfolio at York College/CUNY.  $85,000 for the first year of the initiative, nearly all the money we had requested. The project is to be funded in part by CUNY’s Office of Undergraduate Education under it’s Coordinated Undergraduate Education Innovative Programs initiative. My hope is to use this grant as a springboard to additional support in coming years.

I’m quite excited, mostly because I’ve tried to do some e-portfolio in most of my classes for years.  In the absence of an institutional interest in the project, and real support, it’s been tough to give students good reasons to stick with their portfolios.

We’ve been laying the groundwork for this initiative for about 3 months now; it’s nice to see we’ll have some funds to encourage participation and to help support both faculty and students engaged in the effort.

The platform is decided, and it’s up and running in a minimalist way.  We’ve addressed some of the logistical issues, though not all of them. Now it’s time get really serious.

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