Evaluation of Structured Academic Portfolio Chart and Workshop for Reflection on Academic Work

Lui Yoshida, Kayoko Kurita

Abstract: Academic Portfolio (AP), which is documentation of comprehensive academic work such as education, research, and service, is a practical material for faculty to evaluate and improve academic work. To create AP efficiently and effectively, Structured Academic Portfolio (SAP), which is modified AP with a basic structure of contents, was developed. However, creating SAP takes still three days and it puts a heavy strain on faculty. One possible solution is creating SAP Chart. SAP Chart is a one-page worksheet to show them the overview of the contents and the creation process of SAP and it works as preparation for creating SAP in short time. The chart has potential to reduce time drastically and lead faculty to reflect on and overview whole academic work. In this study, to investigate the availability of creation of SAP Chart, SAP Chart Workshop where faculty can create the chart for three hours was developed and conducted. At the end of the workshop, participants responded to a questionnaire for the evaluation of the SAP Chart creation. In the results, approximately 80% of responders agreed that they could reflect on whole academic work, especially education and relationship between education, research, and service. Additionally, they were satisfied with the chart as a whole and commented positively. Those results demonstrate that the chart shows faculty the overview of their whole academic work and enhances reflection on them. Therefore, SAP Chart can be one of effective and efficient tools for faculty to promote reflection on academic work.