Digital Citizenship – GNED 1531

Assignment #3: Digital Citizenship E-Portfolio

Value: 30%

What is the Purpose of this Assignment?

The purpose of this assignment is for you to create an E-Portfolio that demonstrates your
mastery of the nine elements of digital citizenship. This assignment will provide you with an
opportunity to collect and select meaningful artifacts that provide evidence of your learning,
reflect on learning that has resulted from these experiences, and present this information in an
organized and meaningful way.

What is an E-Portfolio?

In general, an E-Portfolio can be defined as an electronic collection of evidence that is gathered

together to document a person's learning journey over time (Butler, 2006). E-Portfolios are
designed to showcase progress toward and achievement of specific institution, program, course,
or professional competencies. In the case of this course, you will be using your E-Portfolio to
demonstrate mastery of the nine elements of digital citizenship.

What are the components of an E-Portfolio?

E-Portfolios typically include two main elements: artifacts and reflections (Lorenzo and Ittelson,
2005). Artifacts are the pieces of evidence that are used to demonstrate mastery of the specific
competencies. The artifacts in your E-Portfolio can be from your academic, personal, or
professional experience, and may include, but are not limited to: assignments, certificates,
presentations, blogs, web pages, journal entries, summary of work experience, summary of
educational experience, photos or videos of skill demonstrations, feedback from peers, faculty,
or employers, etc. Artifacts can be produced in a number of formats including audio, video,
graphics, and text. If you want to use an artifact that is less tangible; for example, your work
experience, you can document the experience in a summary table, journal, story, photograph,
slideshow, or film.

Each artifact in an E-Portfolio is accompanied by a reflection which describes the artifact,

explains how it demonstrates mastery of the competency, and describes learning goals for the
future. For this assignment, the artifacts that you choose to include in your E-Portfolio will link
to the nine elements of digital citizenship and will demonstrate that you have knowledge, skills
and attitudes related to each element.

What does the E-Portfolio for this assignment need to include?

For the purpose of this assignment, you will provide one artifact for each element of digital
citizenship that demonstrates your progress in achieving this element. Your artifacts can
include any piece of evidence from your academic, personal, or professional experience that
showcases how you are developing each element of digital citizenship. You can include existing

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artifacts that you have produced, or you can also create your own customized artifacts to
document an important event or experience that you do not already have an artifact for. For
example, you could create a summary of your experience in a group activity, volunteer work, or
participation in an event. You should only include artifacts in your E-Portfolio that you have
created or developed. If you are including artifacts that were created by multiple people, then
you need to give appropriate credit.

For each artifact you will write a 250-300 word reflection which summarizes the artifact and
explains how it provides evidence of meeting the digital citizenship element. Each reflection
should include the following:

• Identification of Digital Citizenship Element - Identify the digital citizenship element

you are you reflecting on
• Self-Assessment – Explain at what level you have achieved the digital citizenship
element. For example, is it “emerging, "in development”, or are you “competent,”
• Description – Provide a brief explanation of the artifact (where, when, why, with whom,
and under what circumstances the artifact was produced)?
• Rationale – Explain why you chose the artifact as evidence of the digital citizenship
element and how it demonstrates your knowledge, skills and attitudes related to the
digital citizenship element.

How do I create an E-Portfolio for this Assignment?

1. Select an online application or tool to create your E-Portfolio. You may use any digital tool
you wish to create your E-Portfolio, although you may want to try one of the following sites
which are free and easy-to-use:
• Google Sites
• Weebly
• Wix
• WordPress

2. At a minimum, your E-Portfolio site should include a home page and a separate page for
each of the nine elements of digital citizenship (Digital Access, Digital Commerce, Digital
Communication, Digital Literacy, Digital Etiquette, Digital Law, Digital Rights and
Responsibilities, Digital Health and Wellness, and Digital Security).

3. You home page should include a personalized welcome to your E-Portfolio. You may wish
to highlight your program, and/or key goals or skills, and include a short overview of how
the E-Portfolio is organized.

4. For each of the nine elements of digital citizenship, you will create a separate page that
describes the element and includes one artifact that you feel best represents your progress

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in achieving this element. You will also include a reflection on each page that relates to the
artifact and includes the elements described above.

How do I Submit the Assignment?

You will create your E-Portfolio in Week 4 and will add to it each week as we explore the nine
elements of digital citizenship. You will submit the Assignment in Week 8 and Week 13 for
evaluation.

An Assignment Dropbox called Assignment #3 – Digital Citizenship E-Portfolio Part 1, has been
created which will evaluate the Digital Access, Digital Commerce, Digital Communication, and
Digital Literacy elements of your E-Portfolio.

A second Assignment Dropbox called Assignment #3 – Digital Citizenship E-Portfolio Part 2, has
also been created which will evaluate the Digital Etiquette, Digital Law, Digital Rights and
Responsibilities, Digital Health and Wellness, and Digital Security elements of your E-Portfolio.

You will submit the link to your E-Portfolio to both the Part 1 and Part 2 Dropboxes.

When is the Assignment Due?

Assignment #3 – Digital Citizenship E-Portfolio Part 1 (Digital Access, Digital Commerce, Digital
Communication, and Digital Literacy) is due at the end of Week 8, and Assignment #3 – Digital
Citizenship E-Portfolio Part 2 (Digital Etiquette, Digital Law, Digital Rights and Responsibilities,
Digital Health and Wellness, and Digital Security) is due at the end of Week 13.

How will the Assignment be Graded?

Part 1 and Part 2 of the assignment will be graded according to the following rubric:

Objective/Criteria Meets All Meets Most Approaches Does Not Meet

Expectations (4) Expectations (3) Expectations (2) Expectations (1)
Artifacts (5%) All artifacts are Most artifacts Some of the The artifacts do
clearly and directly and are related artifacts are not relate to the
related to each to the elements related to the elements of
element of Digital of Digital elements of Digital
Citizenship. A Citizenship. Digital Citizenship.
wide variety of Explains most Citizenship. Does not explain
artifacts are artifacts’ Explains some artifacts’
included. Explains relevance to the artifacts’ relevance to the
each artifacts’ to the Digital relevance to the Digital
relevance to the Citizenship to the Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship element. Citizenship element.
element. element.

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Reflection (5%) All reflections Most of the A few of the The reflections
clearly explain how reflections reflections do not explain
the artifact explain how the explain how the how the artifact
artifact provides
provides evidence artifact provides provides
evidence of
of meeting the meeting the evidence of evidence of
digital citizenship digital meeting the meeting the
element. citizenship digital digital
element. citizenship citizenship
element. element.

Design (5%) The various parts The navigation The navigation The navigation
of the E-Portfolio links generally links are links are
are labeled, clearly function well, somewhat confusing, and it
but it is not
organized and confusing, and it is difficult to
always clear
allow the reader to how to locate an is often unclear locate artifacts
easily locate an artifact or move how to locate an and move to
artifact and move to related pages artifact or move related pages or
to related pages or or different to related pages a different
a different section. section. The E- or a different section. The E-
The E-Portfolio is Portfolio is section. The Portfolio is
generally easy
easy to read. portfolio is often difficult to read.
to read. There
There are no errors are a few errors difficult to read. There are more
in grammar, in grammar, There are four than six errors in
capitalization, capitalization, or more errors grammar,
punctuation, and punctuation, in grammar, capitalization,
spelling. and spelling. capitalization, punctuation,
These require punctuation, and spelling
minor editing
and spelling requiring major
and revision.
requiring editing editing and
and revision. revision.

References

Butler, P. (2006). A Review of the Literature on Portfolios and Electronic Portfolios. Retrieved
from
https://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/176/1111/ePortfolio%20Project%20Research%20Repo
rt.pdf

Lorenzo, G., & Ittelson, J. (2005). An Overview of E-Portfolios. Educause Learning Initiative.
Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ELI/AnOverviewofEPortfolios/156761