Themes: BUS, CIT, DSN, ELPS & EAP, FSHN, ISU Comm, NREM

NREM eDoc

Design Team Leader: Dr. Joe Colletti

Purpose: Learning, Assessment, and Employment

The Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM) proposes to develop a “science-based” theme for all undergraduates in our department. This will be done in phases. The purposes of this new theme as part of eDOC are:

1. to enhance student learning
2. to guide improvement in undergraduate education
3. to provide data and information for assessment of learning outcomes.

Number of Students Served: Once developed, assessed and refined, the NREM theme will be applied to over 400 Animal Ecology and Forestry undergraduate majors and 75 to 100 graduate students. This theme should provide a model for other science-based curricula across the College of Agriculture and the university.

Nature and Scope of NREM eDoc: We will develop the theme so that it will contain elements designed to fit with a science-based major including laboratory assignments, team management plans, and video clips of student presentations from the sophomore to the senior levels. The prototype E-Portfolio will be launched in Fall 2004.

The NREM department is committed to the creation, training, and deployment of eDOC. We see development and use of E-Portfolios as an important blending of advanced technology to facilitate student-centered learning and attainment of instructional goals.