I left off on my previous Ownership blog post discussing my move from one Google drive to another and one eportfolio platform to another. A few weeks have passed, I have finished Neil DeGrasse Tyson's (2017) Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (chapters 7 and 9 are my favorite!) and I have a few more thoughts on eportfolio ownership.
In the Audrey Watters (2015) article, "The Web We Need to Give Students", she references the Domain of One's Own Initiative from the University of Mary Washington in which all students are provided their own domain that can go with them after they graduate from school. "Students need a proprietary online space in order to be intellectually productive." I've made some eportfolio steps in the right direction, but the fact is, I haven't purchased my own domain. I'm still not sure I completely understand how to go about it. I've read a couple of "how-to" articles, and I know I'll have to spend some money to acquire 1's and 0's. But I'm trying to decide where, from whom, how long, etc...to make those changes.
All of these thoughts then lead me to reflect on the Andrew Rickard (2015) article, "Do I Own my Domain if You Grade It?" He acknowledges that "owning data has the potential to give students agency and control." However, he finishes up that sentiment with, "But it is not a guarantee." When the provided space shifts from "data possession to knowledge production" is when real ownership is achieved. I'm recognizing that I have been concerned about where my work lives because it is evidence of my learning and growth. If it truly was just a storage concern, I could just store everything I make and do on a flash drive. My eportfolio ownership is driven by not wanting to lose the space where I tie things together, process what I've read and discussed, share ideas, show evidence of growth, and represent myself beyond just my coursework.
References
Rickard, Andrew. (2015). Do I own my domain if you grade it? EdSurge. Retrieved from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-08-10-do-i-own-my-domain-if-you-grade-it
Tyson, Neil deGrasse. (2017). Astrophysics for people in a hurry. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
Watters, Audrey. (2015). The web we need to give students - BRIGHT Magazine. Retrieved from https://brightthemag.com/the-web-we-need-to-give-students-311d97713
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