About Us

The mission of the Making Connections National Resource Center is to strengthen our internal work around reflective learning and to develop mechanisms for more systematic exchanges within higher education.  The Center operates on two levels:

• Works with LaGuardia faculty and students in advancing our own practice and

• Broadens engagement with educators from colleges and universities from around the world.

These two levels of work mutually inform each other. The national and international outreach draws strength from the success of our local work with ePortfolio learning and professional inquiry. Our local work benefits from the sustained engagement with national thinkers and educational leaders.

Some of the core activities of the Making Connections National Resource Center include:

The Making Connections: An ePortfolio Mini-Grant & Seminar Program


This Seminar was launched in January 2008 with initial support from the Fund for
Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) of the U.S. Department of Education. 
It builds on LaGuardia’s foundation as a nationally recognized leader in the field 
to broaden the use of ePortfolios to colleges from NYC metropolitan area. 
The year-long seminar helps participating 2-year and 4-year colleges to 
collaboratively develop and test plans for using ePortfolio. The seminar highlights 
new ways to enhance student learning and address issues of transfer, employment 
and assessment.

The Making Connections ePortfolio Conference


Making Connections: ePortfolio, Integrative Learning, and Assessment Conference 
was held at LaGuardia’s bustling New York City campus on April 11-12, 2008. 
The conference drew leaders in the field from across the country and LaGuardia 
students and faculty showcased their groundbreaking innovations. 
The Making Connections conference proved to be a unique opportunity 
to examine the practice and promise of this transformative learning tool. 
The next conference will be held in the Spring of 2010. Please check back for more 
details and call for proposals at a later date.

Training and Support provided to Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Engineering


Through this collaboration Vaughn college team participatesin our Making Connections 
ePortfolio Seminar, and we provide training and support in the field of 
Learning Communities and Supplemental Instruction.

Cross-CUNY ePortfolio in Nursing Education


This program trains CUNY Nursing schools to utilize ePortfolio. 
We launched a discussion with area hospitals for using ePortfolio to screen and 
hire nursing candidates.

Other Center activities include:

• Fee-based ePortfolio workshops (LaGuardia campus-based and off campus)

• Fee-based summer workshop

• Web-based training and consultation

For further information please contact us.