Implementation Outline

The E-portfolio will be implemented during the academic school years of 2021-22 and 2022-2023, for graduate level students of the MBA program. The implementation is proposed for students as a pedagogical tool. The main goal of the E-portfolios is to provide the student with the opportunity to enhance his or her academic development. They also offer the chance to build a document that can allow students to present their accomplishments and to help them apply for internships, work opportunities, scholarships, collaborative research projects, and other future opportunities. Hence the E-portfolio will become an important instrument for student success.

Phases of the Implementation Plan

As noted above, the E-Portfolio will be implemented during the International Business course of the MBA program. The implementation outline of the E-portfolio is divided into a total of six sequential phases as follows:

Phase 1 (November 2021 - February 2022)

Research of E-Portfolio applied to the business program in other universities around the world and evaluate our findings
Discuss and explain the elements of COVA and how they are incorporated into the business E-portfolio
Collaborate with business professor to develop projects with authentic learning opportunities that will allow students choice, ownership, and voice
Create a professional learning community that meets regularly to share experiences and ideas
Develop strategies to help students with problems or questions
Define a set of goals for students to measure their success

Phase 2 (March 2022 - July 2022)

Define technical expectations for E-portfolios
Set up student accounts, (if needed)
Finish Plans for piloting E-portfolios

Phase 3 (August 2022 - June2023)

Fall semester classes begin
Begin implementation
Students developing their career E-portfolios
Professor explain parameters, evaluation and assessment, and other aspects of student E-Portfolios
Reflection and critical analysis will be included concerning the learning process: this will include the evolution of one's learning, the ideas of the students, and how they change, as the work develops, and of the evolving student goals.
Each student will use their computer and resources

Phase 4 (June 2023 - July 2023)

E-Portfolios developed successfully over 2 semesters will be evaluated by peers in the class and provide feedback
Students will use this feedback, by incorporating comments into their E-Portfolio, replying to the feedback, and using it for general improvement
Professor will evaluate the feedback of others and respond to the feedback by each student

Phase 5 (June 2023 - August 2023)

Evaluate the effectiveness of the E-Portfolio as a learning tool
Evaluate how students value the learning experience with e-Portfolio
Focus on the usefulness of e-Portfolio for future goals, internships, work opportunities, and other areas

Conclusion

The implementation plan for the e-Portfolio learning tool will tell the faculty, departments, and university about the effectiveness of this instrument, as the institution seeks to offer a new way to enhance student learning and to offer students better opportunities for future work and scholarships. The implementation plan covers two academic years to allow each student to build up their e-Portfolios in a systematic and useful way. The goal of educators is to constantly look for new pedagogical instruments to improve student learning. The e-Portfolio is an effective tool that seeks to satisfy this goal.