The REFLECT* Initiative

A research project to assess the impact of electronic portfolios on student learning, motivation and engagement in high schools

Project Underwritten by: TaskStream, Inc., leading provider of electronic portfolio systems to academic institutions

Lead Researcher and Project Manager: Helen Barrett, Ph.D., internationally recognized expert on electronic portfolios in education

White Paper: Researching Electronic Portfolios and Learner Engagement - PDF format (1.5 MB)

Brief Version - PDF format (53KB)

The Request for Proposals will be available online at http://www.taskstream.com/reflect/

Why High School Portfolios? A response to an inquiry from a high school student, posted in my blog.

Presentation to the National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (February 3, 2006) (158K)
Professional Development Pedagogy Recommended Links

Presentation at the California Computer Using Educators' Conference, (March 10, 2006) (186K)

Roundtable Paper discussed at American Educational Research Association Conference (April 9, 2006) (638K)

Connected Newsletter article for October 2006 issue (41K)

Researching Electronic Portfolios and Learner Engagement: The REFLECT Initiative
Accepted for upcoming March 2007 Electronic Portfolio issue of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL-International Reading Association). Available only through IRA at this time.

Presentation at Hawaii International Conference on Education (January 9, 2007) (168K)
Web page with links

Presentation at TaskStream Collaboration Exchange (February 23, 2007) (162K)

Presentation at States' Career Clusters Conference (June 12, 2007) (298K)
Web Page with links

Presentation at American Educational Research Association (March 27, 2008) (240K)
Full Paper (301K)

Final Report - (June 17, 2008) (592K)

Paper presented at National Educational Computing Conference (July 1, 2008) (169K)
Presentation slides (July 1, 2008) (1.5 MB)