AAEEBL 2015 Conference Workshop Presentation to accompany a workshop eportfolio at: https://goo.gl/UJcQBE. The workshop discussed the importance and role of metacognition in student learning, described digital storytelling ePortfolios and their role in fostering 21st century meta skills, and led the attendees through the process of building and assessing digital storytelling ePorfolio assignments for fostering 21st century meta skills.

1. How Digital Storytelling ePortfolios
Cultivate Metacognition
Drs. Beata Jones & Daniel Terry
Texas Christian University
b.jones@tcu.edu; d.terry@tcu.edu
#AAEEBL2015, Boston, July 27, 2015; #Metacognition
https://goo.gl/UJcQBE

2. Welcome!
Beata Jones, Ph.D.
●Honors Faculty Fellow & PPP in
Business Information Systems
●Working with portfolios for the past
decade; with ePortfolios for the past 2
years

Contact:
b.jones@tcu.edu
http://www.linkedin.com/in/beatamjones
@BeataJones
http://www.slideshare.net/BeataJones
Daniel Terry, Ed.D.
●Director of ePortfolio, Office of the Provost
●Direct strategy & implementation of large-
scale ePortfolio initiative; course director for
Intro to University Life
Contact:
d.terry@tcu.edu
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-terry/68/b8b/601

3. Hello!
● My name is…..
● I am from the ___ university/company
● I work with ePortfolios as a
faculty/administrator/program
director/other:______
● I am on Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter.
● I’d like to learn today________

4. Workshop Learning Outcomes/Agenda

5. Is This Your Reality?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

7. Metacognition: Yeah, I’ve Heard Of That

8. Metacognition, Defined
Early thinkers:
W. James (“introspective observation”)
J. Piaget (“directed thought”)
L. Vygotsky (“inner speech” and “reflective consciousness”)
J. Flavell: “Metacognition refers to one’s knowledge concerning one’s
own cognitive processes and products or anything related to them, e.g.,
the learning-relevant properties of information or data.” (1976)
Nat’l Research Council: “Metacognition also includes self-regulation—the
ability to orchestrate one’s learning: to plan, monitor, and correct errors
when appropriate—all necessary for effective intentional learning…[It] also
refers to the ability to reflect on one’s own performance.” (2000)

9. Metacognition: Our Working Definition
Awareness and agency regarding the
content and process of one’s own
thinking.

10. Metacognition: Importance

11. Group Activity*
*Melissa Peet, AAEEBL Summit 2014

12. e.g., Deep vs. Shallow Learning
Deep Learning Shallow Learning
http://ninacsmith.com/3CLearning/Nina's3CTools/ConstructiveTools/DeeporShallow.aspx

13. Deep Learning involves
metacognitive activities/skills.

16. The Difference

17. Stories can better capture the
essence of deep learning and make
metacognitive skills visible.

18. 21st
Century Economy

19. The Age of Disruption

20. 2/17/2011 Final Jeopardy Question:
“It’s a poor workman who blames these”
“What are tools?”
http://www.alphr.com/news/365332/computer-ai-beats-former-champions-in-jeopardy-challenge

22. Singularity
The exact point in human
history where machines
will supersede humans
-- John Van Neuman
Expected to occur
sometime between 2030
and 2050.

23. Robotic Age
“Today, gushing flows of information are not
only fueling vast networks of knowledge,
they’re allowing us to tinker with the very
building blocks of life, exposing biology to
advances in machinery, and machinery to
advances in biology. We’re entering a period
of increasing human-machine collaboration,
made possible by information, but also
transcending it.”
- Metaskills: 5 Talents for the Robotic Age
by Marty Neumeier, 2013

24. 21st
Century World
Our world: increasing order, complexity, and beauty.
*What kind of learners will flourish in such a world?
*What kinds of knowledge and skills will be required to
navigate whatever is on the other side of the Industrial
Age, what Marty Neumeier calls the “Robotic Age”?

25. Robotic Age Jobs
The best jobs in the Robotic Age will come from creative people who
put social contribution ahead of compensation. Employers don’t want
employees to be robots. They have robots. Robotic Age jobs require:
innovation
creativity
integrative thinking
cognitive dexterity
self-regulated learning & adaptation
communication-rich
working in teams

26. 21st
Century Meta Skills
Neumeier, Marty (2013)

27. Metacognition: Development
Deakin Crick, 2014: “Learning to Learn”

28. Metacognition: Development
Successful students take charge of their own learning--
●they construct understanding
●they ask questions
●they seek answers
●they reflect on the meaning of information and experience
●they monitor and adapt their thinking and doing
●they represent their learning to others
Hacker, Dunlosky, & Graesser. (2009) “A Growing Sense of Agency.” Handbook of Metacognition in Education, pp.1-4

29. Metacognition Process: a Personal Feedback Loop
FORETHOUGHT
--Task Analysis
Goals, Planning
--Self-Motivation Beliefs
Self-efficacy, task value
SELF-REFLECTION
--Self-Judgment & Reaction
Evaluation, Causal
attribution, Self-satisfaction,
Adaptive/defensive
PERFORMANCE
--Self-Control & Observation
Strategies, Imagery, Time
management, Help-seeking,
Monitoring
(Zimmerman, B. J., & Moylan, A. R. (2009). Self-regulation: Where metacognition and motivation intersect. In D. J. Hacker, J.
Dunlosky & A. C. Graesser (Eds.), Handbook of Metacognition in Education (pp. 299-315). New York: Routledge.)

30. Sample Metacognitive Prompts
For an ePortfolio…

31. Is Writing Applied Metacognition?
• “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at,
what I see and what it means.”
--Joan Didion
• “Writing is the production of thought for oneself or others under
the direction of one’s goal-directed metacognitive monitoring and
control, and the translation of that thought into an external
symbolic representation.”
--Hacker, Keener, & Kircher
• ePortfolios: a certain kind of “external symbolic representation.”

32. Quiz

34. Once Upon a Time…
"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world
today."-- Robert McKee
"Story is the vehicle to make sense of our lives."-- Anne Watson
"The greatest revolution of ourgeneration is the
discovery that human beings, by changing the
innerattitudes of theirminds (with stories), can
change the outeraspects of theirlives."--William
James

35. A Story: Definition

36. Storytelling requires which of
the following 21st
century meta
skills?

37. Digital Storytelling: Definition
• “Telling of stories with digital technologies."
(p.3)
• Multimodal stories (words, images, sound,
movement) which are easily shared.
"[Digital Storytelling] has often been used to describe
The Center for Digital Storytelling curriculum."(p. 40).

38. Digital Icebreakers
Prepare a Visual Resume/Introduction to be shared with the class. The Visual Resume should tell who you are
as a person (hometown, major(s), strengths, what you do for fun, what you’re passionate about, social media
platforms used), as a learner (learning style, best learning experience), and as a professional (goals in life,
perfect job), using a digital platform of your choice, e.g., prezi, slideshare, youtube, glogster. Please limit
yourself to about 20 slides/2 minutes.
http://www.slideshare.net/paigeweishaar/visual-resume-30173748/1

39. Course Material Synthesis Animation Story
http://goanimate.com/videos/07FIWieX3W3k?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=user

40. Course Reflection Video Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLxEkuY7R8

41. https://infogr.am/8-steps-to-creating-a-digital-identity?src=web
Learning Reflection & Synthesis Infographic Story

42. Adding Digital Aspect to Storytelling

43. The 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1f-_FXgJZM

44. Digital Storytelling requires
which of the following 21st
century meta skills?

45. Digital Storytelling & ePortfolios

46. Digital Storytelling ePortfolios

47. Iowa State Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
ht tp:// www. celt. iast at e. edu/ teaching-resources/effect ive-practice/revised-blooms-t axonomy/

48. Digital Storytelling ePortfolios
requires which of the following
21st
century meta skills?

49. How Digital Storytelling ePortfolios Foster Metaskills
https://tcu.digication.com/composing_digital_portfolios_best_practices_from_digital_storytelling/Research1
Also see handout in the ePortfolio at https://goo.gl/UJcQBE
5 Meta Skills &
7 Elements of
Digital
Storytelling
Point
of
View
Dramatic
Question
Emotional
Content
Your Voice Soundtrack Economy Pacing
Feeling V
Seeing V
Dreaming V V V V V V V
Making V V V V V V V
Learning V V

50. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijI_MR8YSIo and
https://tcu.digication.com/paige_weishaar/About_Me/published
One of the 4 portfolios featured on Digication.com
Digital Storytelling ePortfolios: Institutional Example
https://tcu.digication.com/sample_tcu_student_template_

51. Digital Storytelling ePortfolios: Course-Based Example
Student Template:
https://tcu.digication.com/sxsw_tcu_student_portfolio_template/Welcome/
Course Portfolio:
https://tcu.digication.com/hcol_40043_655_sxsw_interactive_tcu/Welcome/https://tcu.digication.com/katie_drees_sxsw/Welcome/published

52. Digital Storytelling ePortfolios: Program-Based Example
https://tcu.digication.com/lauren_jupina_cultural_pathways_20151/About_Me
Student Template:
https://tcu.digication.com/your_name_cultural_pathways_2015_eportfolio/Home/published
Program Portfolio:
https://tcu.digication.com/cultural_pathways_2015_program_eportfolio/Home/
Work-in-Progress!

54. Framework for Development of Metacognitive Habits throug
https://tcu.digication.com/aaeebl_2014_the_effective_implementation_of_eportfolios_with_digital_storytelling_approach/Assessment_of_Impact

55. Quiz Bowl
On an index card, please suggest a Review
Question for the material relevant to:
Goal 2: Describe digital storytelling ePortfolios
and their role in fostering metacognition

57. ePortfolio Implementation Frameworks
http://c2l.mcnrc.org/framework/

58. Building Your Digital Storytelling ePortfolio
Assignment for Fostering Metacognition
See handout at https://goo.gl/UJcQBE

59. Building Digital Storytelling ePortfolio
Assignments: Resources
https://tcu.digication.com/composing_digital_portfolios_best_practices_from_digital_storytelling/Homehttps://tcu.digication.com/aaeebl_2014_the_effective_implementation_of_eportfolios_with_digital_storytelling_approach/Resourceshttps://tcu.digication.com/metafrog/About_Me/publish

60. Student Feedback
https://tcu.digication.com/aaeebl_2014_the_effective_implementation_of_eportfolios_with_digital_storytelling_approach/Knowledge_Ability_to_Act_as_an_Ethic
al_Leader

61. Meta Skills, Metacognition & The Self-Aware Agent

62. From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeaAHv4UTI8

63. Workshop Learning Outcomes

64. Wrap Up

65. Thank You!
Beata Jones, Ph.D.
b.jones@tcu.edu
www.linkedin.com/in/beatamjones
@BeataJones
www.slideshare.net/BeataJones
Daniel Terry, Ed.D.
d.terry@tcu.edu
www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-terry/68/b8b/601