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SUMMARY<\/h1>\n\n

The Capstone Portfolio class is two courses, CEP807 and ED870 taught together. The goal of these courses was to help each student develop a web portfolio that shows in a rich, thoughtful way the work they completed in their masters program (MAET or MAED). Students developed these portfolios for an authentic audience, not just the instructors in the course. As they developed their portfolios, they kept in mind their peers, students, (potential) employers, and significant others so that their portfolios would have life beyond the course, and not collect dust after they graduate. <\/p>\n

This course was taught in spring 2015. I no longer want to maintain the full website for the course (because so many wordpress installs becomes difficult to manage from a security standpoint). Accordingly, I have archived the portfolios that students have created, and the syllabus below. If you’re interested in the full version of the course, http:\/\/capstone.matt-koehler.com\/<\/a> should take you to the most recent version.<\/p>\n\n

PORTFOLIOS<\/h1>\n\n

Below are the names of the students making portfolios this semester. Click on a name to see their portfolio (no guarantee it still exists or is maintained).
\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pearl Alimo<\/a><\/td>\nJason Allen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lindsay Annelin<\/a><\/td>\nAmanda Atkinson<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrie Bengry<\/a><\/td>\nMelissa Bouza<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Breedlove<\/a><\/td>\nJoseph Buffa III<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colville, Todd<\/a><\/td>\nStephen Dalby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karla D\u00edaz<\/a><\/td>\nDilly Gibbs-Harrison<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Hansen<\/a><\/td>\nStephanie Houser<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristie Howart<\/a><\/td>\nTori Hunt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Janiszewski<\/a><\/td>\nMegan M. Kole<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michelle Krasner<\/a><\/td>\nAbigail Kuhn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jake Manning<\/a><\/td>\nRobert Millett<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Nelson<\/a><\/td>\nKelley Nobles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jessica Oliver<\/a><\/td>\nBeth Ottolini<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corey Peters<\/a><\/td>\nJeff Pierce<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jolene Roseth<\/a><\/td>\nDave Sandor<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Savor<\/a><\/td>\nJaci Sayen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brittany Schroeder<\/a><\/td>\nJennifer Shike<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kayla VanEgmond<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

SYLLABUS<\/h1>\n\n

Meet your Instructors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\nDr. Matthew J. Koehler<\/strong>
\nmatt-koehler.com<\/a>
\nmkoehler@msu.edu<\/a>
\n517-353-9287<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nSpencer Greenhalgh<\/strong>
\nwww.spencergreenhalgh.com<\/a>
\ngreenha6@msu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nBritany Dillman<\/strong>
\nwww.brittanydillman.weebly.com<\/a>
\ndillmanb@msu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nSarah Keenan<\/strong>
\nwww.sarahfkeenan.com<\/a>
\nkeenans1@msu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nJosh Rosenberg<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/jrosen48.github.io<\/a>
\njrosen@msu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Contact your Instructors<\/h3>\n

There are many ways to get in touch with your Capstone Course instructors: office hours and email are the most popular.<\/p>\n

Office hours.<\/strong> Beginning in Module 3, office hours will be scheduled twice weekly and take place in what we call the Coffeehouse. This is a great opportunity to ask any questions you have or to just check in. You are welcome to come to as many office hours as you like, and we strongly encourage you to come to at least one. Even if you don\u2019t have any questions, you can attend office hours to complete the tech check assignment. More information about the tech check assignment may be found here.<\/p>\n

Email.<\/strong> Use the \u201cCommunicate\u201d menu at the top of the course website to reach an instructor promptly. Make sure you put \u201cCapstone Portfolio Course\u201d in the title of any email so that we can easily find your message in our inboxes.<\/p>\n

Attendance.<\/strong> This may seem like an odd issue to address in an online course that is designed so that working professionals can complete their work asynchronously, according to their own needs. That said, as part of this course, you become part of our learning community. As a member of our community, we expect certain courtesies if you are unable to participate as expected. For instance, it is expected that when students make online appointments with instructors and classmates, or are required to provide feedback, that they are available and attend. If you are going to miss a meeting, please provide advance notice to all concerned. If you are traveling and know that you\u2019ll be out of contact for a few days, or won\u2019t be able to respond to incoming messages as quickly as normal, please give advance notice to your instructor and colleagues. Generally, our online classes are designed to give you flexibility \u2014 but this flexibility also comes with the assumption that you will participate actively as required by the course. If you do not attend an event, expect your instructor to contact you so that you can productively resolve any issues that result. Repeated \u201cattendance\u201d issues will result in a penalty of up to 1 full grade point, assessed by the instructor in consultation with program administration. Decisions will be taken after full consideration of each case.<\/p>\n

Required textbooks<\/h3>\n

Good news! There are no books or any other materials you need to purchase.<\/p>\n

Your virtual house and peer feedback<\/h3>\n

Early in the course, you will be placed in a ‘virtual house,’ a group of students who will interact with you frequently. The purpose of this interaction will be to give and receive good feedback from one another as you complete portions of your portfolio. In every course module, you will post something in your house about the work you did and then provide feedback to two others in your house about the work that they did. However, if you are the first person to post in your house, you are not required to respond to anyone else, and if you are the second person to post in your house, you are required to only post to one another person in your house; of course, if you are the first or second person and would like to provide feedback in addition to the requirements, then you are more than welcome to do so.<\/p>\n

In each module, we’ll give you specific things to include in your post and in your feedback to others. Together, you and your housemates will provide cycles of review and feedback that will ensure quality portfolios by the time the course is over.<\/p>\n

Please note that this is above and beyond the feedback that you will receive from your course instructors, which will also be a valuable source of input.<\/p>\n

What you will be doing<\/h3>\n

You don’t just create a portfolio from scratch, just as Rome wasn’t built in a day. How do you build a portfolio in one semester then?<\/p>\n