Posts Tagged Katie Baker

Paper notebooks with colored sticky notes peeking out with text: "The ePortfolio was a novel alternative to the physical paper and pencil binders, and allowed for a better representation of experiences over time that didn’t need to be preserved through paper trail.”
July 28, 2026

ePortfolios in Teacher Education  

by Katie Baker

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education chapter on implementing ePortfolios in teacher education provides an overview on the why and how of ePortfolio usage in teacher education (Gulzar and Barrett 2019). As a teacher educator, it was a…

Quote graphic featuring the text, “We are not looking for perfect scores across this ePortfolio, but we are looking for students to have the skillsets and reflective qualities they need to enter a classroom as a beginner teacher.” The graphic includes an image of a woman web designer taking notes while working at a desk.
July 17, 2026

edTPA as a High-Impact ePortfolio 

by Katie Baker 

Since beginning at Elon University in 2017, I have been actively involved in the implementation and support of a teacher education assessment process called the edTPA. The edTPA is a three-part portfolio assessment required by law in North Carolina for…

“Learning is not one article, or even one course, but a synthesis across individual, situated moments into transfer and transformation.”
June 16, 2026

An Introduction to Me and the ePortfolio 

by Katie Baker

If I were to introduce myself through the work of an ePortfolio, it might have artifacts from three big buckets, all shaping who I am as an educator and as an Elon University Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) scholar:  What Is…