University ePortfolio

Class Meeting 1
Introduction

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 Contact Details
(Supervisors to fill in contact details)
Supervisor’s name:
Supervisor’s office:
Supervisor’s email or phone:

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 Ice breaking and self introduction by
students (suggested)
• My name is …./You can call me ….
• I am studying ….
• I am in EdUHK because ….
• My best learning experience(s) in EdUHK is/are ….
• When I leave EdUHK, I want to ….
• I believe that ….
Ice Breaking Activity
If you were an animal, which one would you want to be?

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Course Schedule
Timeframe Content Important Event Remarks
1st Phase
Mass Awareness Briefing: 1-hour mass lecture by
- Course introduction UePortfolio Coordinator + a
Week 1 - Sharing on critical thinking seminar on critical thinking and
- Sharing on GILOs GILOs.
Week 2
Week 3 LTTC will offer a few ePortfolio
ePortfolio workshops workshops for students to join on
Week 4 5 class meetings a voluntary basis.
Week 5
Week 6 Submission of Submission through Moodle
Reflective Entry (20%)
2nd Phase

Week 7 Group consultation Interim Staff-Student Each group will meet their
sessions Consultative Meeting supervisor for a 1-hour
(A total of 5 sessions, Date: TBC
consultation
1/ group) Time: TBC
Week 8
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Course Schedule (cont’d)
3rd Phase

Week 9 Individual Presentations (25%)

(Each student will present his/her major Assessment criteria :
Week 10 reflections to the whole class, supported 1. Content of the presentation
by evidence drawn from GE courses and 2. Quality of presentation PowerPoint
Week 11 other university learning experiences) slides
*Video-taping one own Individual Presentation 3. Performance in presentation
Week 12 for later inclusion into UePortfolio as evidence.

• Course overview and reflections on

Week 13 Debriefing session with students
Individual consultation sessions
Week (At least ONE appointment per student
8-13 and the number of consultations per
student depends on a need basis)
Week 14 Submission of Individual UePortfolio
(55%)
Week 15 Focused Group Interview
Individual attendance
Attendance on a group basis
learning
• Course evaluation (SET questionnaire)
• Appointment for consultation to be
initiated by students
• At least one consultation per student
with the supervisor
Constructed on Mahara/Sway/Google Sites
and submitted through Moodle (via shared
link)
Details to be confirmed.
Individual attendance through appointment
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Dates for assignment submission
General Education Learning Outcomes
(GELOs)

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 GELO Framework
• These 6 GELOs provide a framework for
structuring reflection to construct UePortfolio.

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 GELO Framework
GELO 1: Knowledge
Demonstrate an understanding of how knowledge is acquired within
and across different disciplinary domains, and how it applies to
aspects of their own lives and experiences as a future professional
and citizen.

GELO 2: Application
Apply a broad range of attitudes and skills, including those relating
to the seven GILOs, different kinds of thinking and communication,
to inquire into various academic and practical issues.

GELO 3: Judgments
Make good judgements and ethical decisions, based on values and
standards which are sensible and reasonable.
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 GELO Framework
GELO 4: Expression
Express their own ideas clearly and confidently after critically
inquiring into and reflecting on various theories, perspectives,
stances and experiences.

GELO 5: Awareness
Show that they are aware of local, regional and global issues,
and construct informed and thoughtful responses to these
issues.

GELO 6: Engagement
Demonstrate intellectual and civic engagement through active
participation in and reflection on various co-curricular, service,
and experiential learning activities.
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 GELO 1: Knowledge
• What is knowledge?
- Different types of knowledge
- Its difference from information and opinion
• Knowledge could be seen as a set of criteria
(like a window/lens) for reflecting on what
we have studied.

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 GELO 2: Application
• How to apply what we have as knowledge
from the metaphysical world into the
material world?
• What/how could be applied amongst all we
have studied?

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 GELO 3: Judgments
• An example: Sport referees make informed
judgment based on their expertise.
- The target of judgment is a group of people.
- Why judging by experts but not the crowd?
• What is to be judged?
Targets and judging criteria

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 GELO 4: Expression
• What do we stand on and respond to
different scenarios given our prior knowledge
and judgment criteria?
• What are the most effective ways of
expression to convey your reflection and
judgment? How to find them?

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 GELO 5: Awareness
• Why do we approach our prior knowledge as
such?
• How to generalize our reflection and
judgment from the scope of personal to
social and global?

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 GELO 6: Engagement
⚫ Why is engagement important to personal,
social and professional development?

⚫ How to engage yourself in learning? Any

examples you can draw from your university
study?

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Assessments

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 Assessments
Reflective Entry (20%)
• Reflection on selected undergraduate
experiences with the following two elements in
the content of your entry:
1. Self-reflection on class sharing, discussions and
after-class self-contemplation; and
2. Critical feedback on peer study group sharing and
discussions.

e.g. through SWOT ANALYSIS, Toulmin

Argumentation, FRISCO, OPV Approaches.

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 Assessments
Reflective Entry (20%) (cont’d)
• Word limit:
600 words (minimum)
• This entry serves as one of the artefacts in students’
UePortfolio, and they are expected to show
competence in both critical reflective thinking and
the corresponding expression.

✽ At the discretion of the individual student on negotiation

with the supervisor

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 Assessments
Reflective Entry (20%) (cont’d)
• Submission dates:
Week 6
Submission deadline: according to class meeting time
- E.g. Tuesday group → Tuesday 11:59 p.m.
- E.g. Friday group → Friday 11:59 p.m.
• Ways of submission:
- Moodle
* Must specify the number of words

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 Assessments
Individual Presentation (25%)
• Presentation topic: progress of student’s own reflective
thinking toward constructing the UePortfolio
• Duration: 10-15 mins (maximum)/ student, in English
• Submit a copy of the presentation material on the day of
presentation
• Both the content of the presentation (including the quality of
the presentation PowerPoint) and the skills of presentation
will be assessed
• Students are required to attend ALL the four presentation
sessions (normally from teaching weeks 9 to 12, totaling 8
hours)
• Students should video-tape their presentation as artefacts in
their UePortfolio
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 Assessments
UePortfolio (55%)
• Identify and examine one or more themes or focus areas for linking
the CILOs to the UePortfolio, and for accumulating, reflecting on
and organising evidence/ artefacts of your learning experiences.
• Include both a reflective account of selected aspects of your
undergraduate studies and a projection of your future goals and
ideals, with both evidence (artefacts, etc.) and your own personal
interpretation of how you have developed (as learners, as thinkers,
etc.)
• Connect your undergraduate learning experiences included in your
selected theme(s) or focus area(s) with the "Critical Thinking Skills"
GILO.
• You may use artifacts and other relevant items written in Chinese,
provided that your reflective and narrative commentary is in
English.
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 Assessments
UePortfolio (55%) (cont’d)
• Word limit: 2200 words (Number of words in the
artefacts and Reflective Entry will not be counted)
• Suggested submission date:
Week 14
- 11:59 p.m. (Tuesday group)
- 11:59 p.m. (Friday group)
• Way of submission
- Mahara / Sway/ Google Sites(shared link to be sent to
supervisors or upload to individual Moodle group)

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UePortfolio Assessments
Assessment task Weighting (%) CILO
1. Write one Reflective Entry on selected 20% CILO1, 2 & 3
undergraduate experiences with the following
two elements:
a) Self-Reflection on class sharing, discussions and
after-class self-contemplation
b) Critical feedback on peer study group sharing and
discussions

(Week 6)
2. The final product of reflection on selected 80% CILO1, 2 & 3
undergraduate experiences:
a) Individual Presentation of UePortfolio (Week 9- (25%)
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b) UePortfolio (Week 14) (55%)

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 Notes for Students
1) Register for LTTC ePortfolio workshops, if necessary:
https://www.lttc.eduhk.hk/std-eportfolio/#workshops

2) UePortfolio construction on Mahara/ Sway/ Google Sites

ONLY, other platforms will NOT be accepted.
3) Visit Student Common Moodle from time to time:
https://moodle.eduhk.hk/course/view.php?id=51321
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Preparation for Next Week Meeting
(suggested)
• List out undergraduate experiences you
consider to be significant or indelible.
• Ask yourself how and why you consider the
experiences significant or indelible; record
your thoughts down and see if there are some
thought patterns.
• Then apply the GELO framework on the
experiences you listed out; break down your
experiences according to the 6 GELOs.
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