MEGAN K. MIZE, PHD
Director, ePortfolios & Digital Initiatives
REFLECTION AY '21-'22
ENGAGING WITH EPORTFOLIO COMMUNITY
External Collaborations/Presentations, Publications, & Research
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Served as co-chair of AAEBL's Digital Ethics in ePortfolios Task Force
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Chaired the Research Subgroup of AEEBL's Digital Ethics in ePortfolios Task Force
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Facilitated multiple webinars, workshops, and panels on Digital Ethics & ePortfolios
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Launched the ePortfolio Mapping Project, which seeks to identify ePortfolio labor in the US and Canada
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Published two articles in AEPR
EPORTFOLIO STUDIO REDESIGN
Designing a Welcoming, Adaptable Digital Literacy Space...Again
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Moved from space in Library Learning Commons in favor of the Academic Resource Center
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Repurposed a conference room in the Academic Success Center
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Renovated space with paint, new ports, shelves, repurposed furniture, wall decal, and front desk phone
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Installed sound dampeners to improve online/asynchronous service
IMPLEMENTING A UNIVERSITY-WIDE EPORTFOLIO COMPETITION
Celebrating students' efforts and unique pathways while increasing opportunities for feedback and modeling
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Implemented a university-wide ePortfolio competition
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Collaborated with units across the institution to review and provide feedback
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Selected eight winners
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Categories include: project/course, internship, program, and professional
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All applicants receive feedback from multiple reviewers
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Category winners earn prizes
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Overall winner earns prizes plus a cash award
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Overall winner agrees to create video walk-through of their rhetorical choices
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Competition runs every semester
INCREASING AN EXTENDED REALITY INITIATIVE
Advocating for emerging digital practices as high impact opportunity
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Facilitated the 4 day HIP-XR workshop for 25 faculty
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Provided three HIP-XR mini-grants for integrating low-stakes XR activities in courses
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Collaborated with the Perry Library to facilitate multiple Virtual Reality (VR) experiences
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Facilitated a Master's thesis defense in Spatial
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Spoke on XR's potential at ODU Strome's Entrepreneurial Center's Lunch & Learn series
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Participated in ODU's World Languages & Culture's podcast on the value of XR for World Languages (Listen here)
BY THE NUMBERS
TUTORING
Individual Appointments
Summer: 81
Fall: 375
Spring: 430
TOTAL INTERACTIONS: 886
WORKSHOPS
Student Support
Fall: 19 (334 Students)
Spring: 28 (600 Students)
TOTAL INTERACTIONS: 934
ADVOCACY
Faculty/Admin/Peers Presentations
Internal: 21
External: 6
TOTAL INTERACTIONS: approx. 400