Applying Experiential Learning Theory and Multiple Intelligences

to ePortfolios Across
Academics, Work and Service

Geoffrey Habron, Director of ePortfolio, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC

ghabron@warren-wilson.edu
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Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL), University of Georgia
November 10-11, 2014
Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Best Practices:
The Whys and Hows of ePortfolios
Athens, Georgia, USA
http://www.aaeebl.org/?page=regionalatuga2014

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Portfolio Goal
Identity
Who you are
Relationship to experiences

Achievement
Evidence of learning outcomes

Audience
Internal
External

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ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Eviden
ce
1. Concrete
experience

Eviden
ce

4. Applications
of Learning

2.
Observation
and reflection

3. Abstraction

Eviden
ce
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ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Eviden
ce

Warren Wilson Portfolio Goal

Demonstration of the Triad:
Identity
Who you are
Relationship to Triad experiences

Achievement
Evidence of learning outcomes

Audience
Internal
External
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ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

1. Concrete
experience

PEG-4
4. Applications
of Learning

2.
Observation
and reflection

3. Abstraction

128
credit
hours

480
hours
1. Concrete
experience

4. Applications of
Learning

1. Concrete
experience

2.
Observation
and reflection

4. Applications
of Learning

3. Abstraction

3. Abstraction
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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

2.
Observation
and reflection

1. Concrete
experience

PEG-4
4. Applications
of Learning

2.
Observation
and reflection

3. Abstraction

128
credit
hours

480
hours
1. Concrete
experience

4. Applications of
Learning

1. Concrete
experience

2.
Observation
and reflection

4. Applications
of Learning

3. Abstraction

3. Abstraction
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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

2.
Observation
and reflection

Experien
ce
ePortfolio

Evidenc
e
ePortfolio

Reflectio
n
ePortfolio

Learning
Outcom
e
ePortfolio

Portfolio
ePortfolio

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Experience

Example 1

Applications

Reflection

Abstraction

What kind of experience do you see

(work, academic, service)?
What phase of the Kolb learning
cycle?
What kind of multiple intelligence?
Recycling or Die - http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YV9
YN6SCH0&feature=
youtu.be
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ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Experience

Example 2

Applications

Reflection

Abstraction

What kind of experience do you see

(work, academic, service)?
What phase of the Kolb learning
cycle?
What kind of multiple intelligence?
Warren Wilson Center Campus
TreeMap & Inventory
www.warren-wilson.edu
/~treemap/index.php
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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Experience

Example 3

Applications

Reflection

Abstraction

What kind of experience do you see

(work, academic, service)?
What phase of the Kolb learning
cycle?
What kind of multiple intelligence?
Regional and scale-specific effects of
land use on amphibian diversity http
://eco.confex.com/eco/2014/webprog
ram/Paper50366.
html
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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Experience

Example 4

Applications

Reflection

Abstraction

What kind of experience do you see

(work, academic, service)?
What phase of the Kolb learning cycle?
What kind of multiple intelligence?
Service-learning partnership between
WWC and Isaac Dickson Elementary
School http
://warren-wilson.edu/blogs/blog/2014/
09/23/service-learning-partnership-be
tween-wwc-and-isaac-dickson-elementar
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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Reflection
What do you think or feel about the
concepts or the examples?

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ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Lessons
Any lessons learned or overarching
themes?

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Experience

Application

Applications

Reflection

Abstraction

Pick an experience that represents

academics, work or service (or some
combination)
Develop/identify examples of
portfolio evidence for each stage of
Kolb learning cycle that represent a
different multiple intelligence
Develop/identify examples of
portfolio evidence for each stage of
Kolb learning cycle that represent the
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ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Reflection

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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Foundational Reading
Baxter Magolda, M. B., and P. M. King, eds. 2004.
Learning Partnerships: Theory and Models of
Practice to Educate for Self-Authorship. Sterling,
VA: Stylus.
Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of mind: The theory of
multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books.
Kolb, D.A. 1984. Experiential learning: Experience
as the source of learning and development.
Prentice-Hall, NJ.
Schn, D. (1983). The reflective practitioner: How
professionals think in action. NY: Basic Books.
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Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu

Thanks and Questions

Geoffrey Habron, Director of
ePortfolio, Warren Wilson College
ghabron@warren-wilson.edu
https://msu.digication.com/geoffrey
_habron_warren_wilson_college/Welco
me/published
http://moodle.warren-wilson.edu/bl
ocks/exaport/shared_view.php?acces
s=hash/2960-7bc8a59e
6/4/15

Geoffrey Habron, Director of

ePortfolio, ghabron@warrenwilson.edu