Overview Interviews
I was concerned today that my composition students might not be far enough along for group discussions about their eportfolio venture or...
The Generative Interview
To assist my students in determining a cultural trend to investigate this semester for their class eportfolio, our active learning...


The Carousel and Composition
This morning’s carousel activities went well in my active learning composition classes. Having designed a few, participated in a few,...

Self-aware and Better Human Beings
In 2013, Hart Research Associates issued a report on an online survey they conducted “from January 9 to 13, 2013…among 318 employers...


Big-Picture Thinking
In “Assessing the Future: Eportfolio Trends, Uses, and Options in Higher Education,” by Michael Reese and Ron Levy of Johns Hopkins...
Early Thoughts on the Fall Eportfolio
I'm trying to create a model of the eportfolio design I want for my fall Composition I classes in our active learning classroom,...


Active Classroom and Cyber Spaces
The excellent website on eportfolios maintained by the Rhetoric and Writing Department at the University of Mississippi contends that...

Eportfolios and Core Composition
Dr. Lindsay Doukopoulos and I are working together this summer to design an eportfolio version of our core composition classes for the...


Thesis Days
At a basic level, composition and literature classes both ask how we understand and interact with the world. They both explore how we...