Pilot Sites

Facilitation Sites and Resources

Community of Practice

Below is a list of the campus sites whose students have participated in the MPortfolio program and their leaders.

Business School: Managing Human Capital Lynn Wooten, Clinical Associate Professor of Strategy, Management & Organizations

Chemistry Honors and Idea Institute Brian Coppola, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Chair, Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry and Co-Director, IDEA Institute

Division of Student Affairs Pat Gurin, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies Taryn Petryk, Program Manager, Intergroup Relations Kerin Borland, Senior Associate Director, Career Center Linda Newman, Interim Director, University Housing

Michigan Research Community and Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program Chris Bass, Director WISE-RP and MRC

Office of Development Summer Internship Program Robin Sober, Director of Training and Development, Office of Development

Office of New Student Programs: Arts at Michigan and Arts Ambassadors Programs Debra Mexicotte, Assistant Director, Office of New Student Programs

Program on Intergroup Relations Roger Fisher, Associate Director Intergroup Relations Taryn Petryk, Program Manager, Intergroup Relations

Residential Staff Training Program Pat Gurin, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies Taryn Petryk, Program Manager, Intergroup Relations

School of Dentistry, Dental Hygiene Program Ann Gwozdek, Clinical Lecturer, School of Dentistry Emily Springfield, Instructional Technology Designer, School of Dentistry

School of Education: Management of Student Affairs and Support Services Simone Taylor, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, and Director of Career Planning and Placement, Office of Vice-President for Student Affairs, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, CSHPE, School of Education

School of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education Ken Resnicow, Professor of HBHE, School of Public Health

School of Social Work Mary Ruffolo, Dean for Educational Programs, School of Social Work Beth Reed, Associate Professor of Social Work and Women's Studies Betsey Voshel, Director of Academic Programs, School of Social Work

Sweetland Writing Center Anne Gere, Director, Sweetland Writing Center Naomi Silver, Associate Director, Sweetland Writing Center

UM-Dearborn, School of Education Gail Luera, Associate Dean, School of Education Stein Brunvand, Assistant Professor of Educational Technology, School of Education

UMHS, Internal Medicine Residency Program Raj Mangrulkar, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Medical Education

UMMS, Socio-cultural Thread Monica Lypson, Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education Chris Chapman, Media Services Manager, UMMS

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Sandy Gregerman, Director, UROP

Open Studio Held in the UROP computer lab at the Undergraduate Science Building and typically open 10 hours/week, this studio staffed by undergraduates with previous MPortfolio experience provides drop-in support for learners who want additional support for creating the content and/or the design of their MPortfolios from their peers

Workshops for pilot leaders and facilitators Workshops of 2.5 days given twice a year provide pilot site leaders (faculty, staff and GSI's) with resources and guidance to adopt MPortfolio (e.g. altering curricular goals, creating meta-reflection assignments, training in generative knowledge interviewing, developing assessment plans, learning the technology). Opportunity is provided to investigate integrative learning.

Integrative Knowledge Portfolio modules and manual The rationale, steps, exercises, and methods for each of the four phases of the Integrative Knowledge Portfolio Process™ in order to design curricula, educate faculty, plan courses, create assignments, facilitate exercises, provide feedback to students, and plan public showcases of students' work.

Generative Knowledge Interviewing (GKI) Instruction Knowledge retrieval method used to identify and document essential tacit knowledge embedded in peoples' experiences; has been used by many campus units (GIEU, Office of Development, Business and Finance, Human Resources, Ross Business School, Dentistry).

Workshop series for students The library organizes a series of optional workshops for advancing MPortfolio content and/or design, including Writing for the Web, Designing Creative Portfolios, and Using Photoshop to Enhance Your Portfolio.

LSA Academic Advising LSA academic advisors are offering guidance and feedback to MPortfolio students, helping identify learning experiences, providing feedback on portfolio content, and aiding students integrating values and aspirations into a cohesive philosophy statements and goals.

Sweetland Writing Center Sweetland advisors offer guidance and feedback to create high-quality content for their public MPortfolios, taking a leadership role for Integrative Knowledge Portfolio Process in writing courses such as English 100 and 125 and a course to fulfill the undergraduate upper-level writing requirement (Sweetland 400).

All MPortfolio Site Leaders are invited to participate in the MPortfolio Community of Practice where they can learn from each other's challenges and successes. Below are images from the July 15, 2010 meeting.