Academic Achievement through Community Engagement (QEP): Administration, Outcomes, and Assessment

This book offers online instructors guidance in creating and implementing e-portfolios with their students. It helps them assess the needs of their students then design and implement a strategic, comprehensive e-portfolio program tailored to these needs.
Light, Tracy P, Helen L. Chen, and John C. Ittelson. Documenting Learning with Eportfolios: A Guide for College Instructors. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012.

This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to the use of the ePortfolio as a pedagogy that facilitates the integrative learning that is a central goal of higher education.

This title uses case studies, surveys, and literature reviews to examine how social media technologies are being used to improve writing and publishing skills in students, create engaging communities of practice, and how these tools are being used for e-Mentoring and constructing online reputations.
Wankel, Laura A, and Patrick Blessinger. Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Social Technologies: Facebook, E-Portfolios and Other Social Networking Services. Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2012. Print.

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This book addresses the emerging requirements, concerns and applications for e-portfolios. Through innovative chapters on real-world business uses, educational experiences, and ideal design, this book fills an important gap in current literature concerning Web 2.0 applications.
Cambridge, Darren. E-portfolios and Global Diffusion: Solutions for Collaborative Education. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2012. Print.

This book is an entry-level guide to developing an effective e-portfolio for a variety of uses, aimed at those who support students in their learning. It is a comprehensive, practical guide for lecturers and staff developers who need to know more about the development of purposeful e-portfolios for supporting students in reflecting on their learning.
Stefani, Lorraine, Robin Mason, and Chris Pegler. The Educational Potential of E-Portfolios. London; New York: Routledge, 2007.

E-portfolios offer a scalable and comprehensive means to document individual and organizational progress towards defined goals and objectives, market talent, engage in assessment and evaluation, expand professional development, examine the efficacy of operations, support learning, supervise projects, and engage in student and/or labor management.

This article explains how a Title III grant program helped engage freshmen students in the development of Institutional Student Learning Outcomes. It also highlights the revision of the general education curriculum and the use of e-portfolios for student learning and engagement.
Martin, Elise. "Helping Community College Students "Connect The Dots" Of Their College Experience With E-Portfolios." Peer Review 15.2 (2013): 14-15. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 July 2015.

The article reports on the significant contribution of electronic portfolios to the transformation of a Community College. It discusses how the technology allowed the institution to integrate impact practices into student learning environments and boost its outcome assessment.
Gambino, Laura M. "Putting E-Portfolios At The Center Of Our Learning." Peer Review 16.1 (2014): 1-7. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 July 2015.

The article discusses the integration of electronic portfolios into the academic programs of the University of Notre Dame to improve advisor-student relationships and encourage student engagement. It explores the development of an Advising ePortfolio Initiative by the First Year of Studies (FYS) faculty and highlights its learning goals. It also notes the principles of the FYS e-portfolio assessment philosophy and design method.
Ambrose, G. Alex, Holly E. Martin, and Hugh R. Page Jr. "Linking Advising And E-Portfolios For Engagement: Design, Evolution, Assessment, And University-Wide Implementation." Peer Review 16.1 (2014): 1-8. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 July 2015.

Molee, Lenore M., et al. "Assessing Learning In Service-Learning Courses Through Critical Reflection." Journal Of Experiential Education 33.3 (2010): 239-257. Professional Development Collection. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.

OUTSTANDING ARTICLE WHICH INCLUDES "LESSONS LEARNED" AND KEY ELEMENTS OF SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS. INCLUDES A UNIQUE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
Chupp, Mark G., and Mark L. Joseph. "Getting The Most Out Of Service Learning: Maximizing Student, University And Community Impact." Journal Of Community Practice 18.2/3 (2010): 190-212. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.

VALUABLE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. INCLUDES "LESSONS LEARNED."
Whiteford, Linda, and Elizabeth Strom. "Building Community Engagement And Public Scholarship Into The University." Annals Of Anthropological Practice 37.1 (2013): 72-89. Academic Search Complete. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.

PROVIDES RESEARCH RESULTS ON ENGAGEMENT BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS AT RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, BUT APPLIES TO ALL TYPES OF UNIVERSITIES.
David J. Weerts. and Lorilee R. Sandmann. "Building a Two-Way Street: Challenges and Opportunities for Community Engagement at Research Universities." The Review of Higher Education 32.1 (2008): 73-106. Project MUSE. Web. 10 Jun. 2015. .