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Lindsay Richardson: Portfolios in large courses with a side of AI
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31:40Dr Lindsay Richardson is the Educational Technology Manager in the Teaching and Learning Services Department at Carleton University. She is also an Adjunct Professor and Contract Instructor in the Department of Psychology at the university. Lindsay has been using portfolios in large introductory psychology courses with 200 to 450 students. Students…
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Some thoughts on portfolios over the last 15 years
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14:51In this episode, Mahara project lead Kristina Hoeppner, MA, takes a brief look back at 15 years on the Mahara team at Catalyst IT. She pulls out a few instances of portfolio use. This is only a tiny selection and by no means a full representation of what is happening in the portfolio community as you can see from the many stories that we share on t…
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DiKuLe: Planning and decision making guide for portfolios
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28:52Cordula Schwiderski, MA, Hannah Brodel, MA, Martina Osterrieder, and Dr Martin Sticht work at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg in Germany. Hannah, Martina, and Martin are members of the DiKuLe project, and Cordula works in the eFolio team, which was established through the project. DiKuLe - Digitale Kulturen der Lehre entwickeln (develop digital …
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Christina Stollner & Romy Hösl: Portfolio support for educators and learners
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30:44Christina Stollner, MA, and Romy Hösl, MA, work at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden (OTH Amberg-Weiden) in Bavaria in Germany. There they are members of the 'Dreiklang' project, which aims to make it easier for lecturers and students to work with portfolios by offering a triad of support: theory, communication, and examples for the…
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Michael Sankey: The portfolio as the place of representation for emerging professionals
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37:52Professor Dr Michael Sankey from Charles Darwin University in Australia has been involved in the ePortfolio practice for more than 25 years. He started out writing HTML pages, then used various portfolio platforms throughout his university career, and transitioned to a non-institution owned site now that he is retired. In this conversation Michael …
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Mahara 25.04 and how a feature makes it into Mahara
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17:05In this episode, podcast host Kristina Hoeppner, MA, who is the Mahara Project Lead and Product Manager, shares how a feature makes into the application, using a couple of recent examples from Mahara 25.04 that will be released by the end of April 2025. Mahara 25.04 will have a number of great new features available that enhance portfolio practice …
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Margarete Imhof, Franziska Ohl, Sebastian Laube: Feedback as driver for learning with portfolios
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42:07Prof Dr Margarete Imhof, Franziska Ohl, MSc, and Sebastian Laube, MSc work in the Institute for Psychology, and there specifically in the Department of Psychology in Education at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germany. They are members of the feedback portfolio project, supporting lecturers and students in their department with the creatio…
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Chahira Nouira: Use a portfolio to give students space and time to reflect
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33:57Chahira Nouira, MSc, is an instructional designer at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in Germany where she supports lecturers in their use of educational technology and how to incorporate them into their teaching and learning activities. In this episode, Chahira talks about the support that the instructional design team offers to lecturers, in pa…
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Matthew E. Mueller: Create and control your own narrative with a portfolio
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31:31Matthew E. Mueller, CRC, MA, MBA, is the Director of Accessibility and Disability Services at Dominican University of California where he's also finished his MBA in December 2024. He's also one of the integrative coaches of the Student Success Center. In this episode, Matthew talks about how all of his roles at Dominican contribute to him being abl…
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Arturo Flores: The portfolio is a reflection of yourself
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18:33Arturo Flores, Jr., is a Psychology and History major at Dominican University of California in his final year. He holds a number of on-campus jobs, amongst them being a peer mentor. Arturo started developing his public portfolio in his first year at Dominican and details some of that journey for us in this episode. He reflects on the benefits of th…
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KatieAnn Nguyen: Showcase your achievements in a portfolio and be proud of them
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16:42KatieAnn Nguyen is a Chemistry student at Dominican University of California. She's also a peer mentor for digital portfolios at Dominican. In this episode, KatieAnn shares what she does as a peer mentor and why she thinks portfolios are important for students to create. This episode is the third of five interviews with portfolio authors from Domin…
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Starlight (José) Lain-Straus: The portfolio as impactful practice for students
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13:53Starlight (José) Lain-Straus is an Education Studies bachelor student at Dominican University of California. He's also a peer mentor, supporting students when they join Dominican. In this episode, Starlight shares how the portfolio has helped them to see all their accomplishments since joining Dominican and how it became impactful for their further…
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Solena Ornelas: Set goals and achieve them with a portfolio
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22:26Solena Ornelas, MA, started her college career at Dominican University of California, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Music. She then continued on to New York University to pursue a Master of Arts in Art Politics, and is now a civil servant as congressional staffer. In this interview Solena outlines how she started with her po…
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Kristina Hoeppner: Around the world in 51 days to learn and talk about portfolios
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19:25In this episode, podcast host and Mahara Project Lead Kristina Hoeppner, MA, from Catalyst IT shares some insights from her trip to the Northern hemisphere in October and November 2024 where she's met with portfolio enthusiasts and Mahara community members to talk about portfolios. Connect with Kristina LinkedIn Mastodon Resources AAEEBL retreat, O…
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Olga Göransson: PhD student portfolios for the win
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26:47Professor Dr Olga Göransson works in Lund University's Department of Experimental Medical Science, specifically the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden. She is the director of the 'Generic knowledge and skills (ePortfolio)' course, in which all 1,200 PhD students of the Medical Faculty are enrolled. They all create portfolios. In this intervi…
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Fergus Green: The portfolio is a bit like jazz
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24:34Associate Professor Dr Fergus Green from University College London (UCL) talks in this episode about why he started working with portfolios in his political science classes, what he has learned, and how he can better support his students on their learning journey by having incorporated portfolios. Connect with Fergus LinkedIn X (formerly Twitter) R…
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Candyce Reynolds & Sonja Taylor: Hashtags, social media, and portfolios
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31:43Professor Dr Candyce Reynolds, Director of University Foundations (General Education) at Boise State University, and Dr Sonja Taylor, Director of Senior Inquiry at Portland State University (PSU) talk about one of their projects in which they use social media to teach their students reflection, digital citizenship, and digital literacy skills. Tune…
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Tom Worthington: Teach portfolios without the lingo
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36:03Honorary Senior Lecturer Tom Worthington, MEd FHEA FACS CP, from The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, teaches computer science students. He uses authentic learning tasks, in particular around the topic of job applications to engage his students in portfolio practice. In this interview, Tom shares his own journey from a d…
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Cathy Elliott: Have fun, be flexible, and encourage feedback in your portfolio
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36:33Professor Dr Cathy Elliott is Vice Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences at University College London (UCL), UK. She teaches a political science class on nature and supports over 1,000 faculty and 7,000 students in the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences at UCL. In this episode she gives an update on what she has a…
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Jonathan Murphy: Demonstrate skills and competencies
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39:00Jonathan Murphy, FCA, is Head of the Apprenticeship Department at Griffith College in Ireland and is passionate about portfolios for his degree apprentices but would also take it beyond his own department. In his interview, Jonathan outlines who students at Griffith College use portfolios, demonstrate and track their skills and competencies and how…
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Sheetal J. Patel: Own your story through a portfolio
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25:43Dr Sheetal J. Patel from the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab (ILPL) at Stanford University wears several hats besides the one of being founding member and contributor to the lab. She runs her own company, Aha! >> Opportunities, co-founded the facilitation company Ninety-Five Z, works for LinkedIn Learning, and is a mom. In this episode, Sheetal …
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Patsie Polly: Authentic assessment tasks in biomedical research
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23:38Professor Dr Patsie Polly (SFHEA), Director and Fellow of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has been using portfolios in biomedical sciences since 2011/12. In this episode she shares how she started with the practice, and why she is a strong advocate for using portfolios not just for authenti…
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Zala Volcic: Develop community, relationships, and compassion
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38:06Associate Professor Dr Zala Volcic is Director of Teaching Innovation within the Faculty of Arts at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She shares how her students in the Bachelor of Media Communication (BMC) in the School of Media, Film, and Journalism use portfolios in different ways in their studies. Zala shares what is important to her i…
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Derrin Kent: Portfolios in degree apprenticeships
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35:07In this episode, Derrin Kent, Founder of The Development Manager (TDM) in the UK, talks about how his company supports degree apprentices on their learning journey with portfolios. He details the difference between a degree and an apprenticeships and how together they are very complementary. He points out the importance of the portfolio and the ref…
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Allison Miller: The portfolio is a process
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36:02Allison Miller, MLD, Director and Lead Consultant at Digital Capability in Adelaide, Australia, talks about her passion: ePortfolios. She also leads the ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee that offers events, research, and practice opportunity for portfolio researchers and practitioners, primarily in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In th…
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Amanda B. Wallace & Kylie Pugh: The portfolio as well-being tool
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56:25Assistant Professor at Tallahassee State College Amanda B. Wallace, MA, and Kylie Pugh, MA, Adjunct Faculty at the University of West Florida and Customer Success Manager at Instructure talk about their experience with portfolios that they designed around student well-being. Together with Dr Bre Garrett (University of West Florida), they conducted …
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Mario A. Peraza: Use AI to help curate your digital presence
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29:16Mario A. Peraza, MSc, just completed his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Design Methodology at Stanford University and was a student ambassador and intern at the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab (ILPL) at the university where he taught workshops on using portfolios to curate one's digital presence besides performing a number of othe…
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Shari Bowker: Establish good feedback practices in your portfolio
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39:10Shari Bowker, MEd, is Learning Designer (ePortfolios) at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. There she works in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI) and supports educators university wide with implementing portfolios into their classes. In this interview Shari shares why feedback is a crucial component of port…
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Mark Glynn: Take a programmatic approach to assessment with portfolios
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42:56Dr Mark Glynn, PFHEA, now Head of Business Development for EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) at Catalyst IT Europe, used to be the Head of the Teaching Enhancement Unit at Dublin City University (DCU) for many years. In this episode, Mark shares his view on the benefits for implementing an institution-wide portfolio strategy and for rollin…
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Mark Brady: Journal regularly for profound insight
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28:13Mark Brady is a student studying in the Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Disruptive Technologies programme at Dublin City University in Ireland. He's had a successful career as videographer, but during the pandemic decided to fulfil one of his dreams to study psychology. At Dublin City University, portfolios are used extensively. Mark discusse…
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Annemarie Galeucia & Boz Bowles: Create a portfolio and get a medal for it
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46:22Dr Annemarie Galeucia and David 'Boz' Bowles, MFA, are members of the Communications Across the Curriculum (CxC) team at Louisiana State University in the U.S.A. The CxC team created the Distinguished Communicator Medal Program in 2005, supporting students before effective communicators. In this episode, Annemarie and Boz talk about the evolution o…
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Debra Hoven & Margaret Rauliuk: Disrupt the dissertation with an ePortfolio
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34:47Dr Debra Hoven and Margaret Rauliuk, dissertation mentor and student team at Athabasca University in Canada, talk about the trials and tribulations but also the joy in creating a portfolio as alternative to the Doctor in Education monograph. They share how their work contributes to opening doors for other types of dissertations and what they have l…
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Debra Hoven: The value of self-reflection and peer feedback
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36:08Dr Debra Hoven is an educator at Athabasca University in Canada, teaching and researching primarily in the Master in Education in Open, Digital, and Distance Education and in the Doctorate in Education programme. She has a long history with portfolios and shares one aspect of her research and practice in this interview, the autoethnographic video p…
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Derrin Kent: Skills Bootcamps using portfolios
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34:21Derrin Kent is Founder and Managing Director of The Development Manager (TDM) in the UK. He has been incorporating portfolios into apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps since the late 2000s, giving learners better opportunities to secure and then succeed in their jobs. In this episode, we talk specifically about the Skills Bootcamps and how the port…
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Jamie Robinson: Portfolio boot camp for educators
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17:32Senior Learning Designer Jamie Robinson, MEd (University of Newcastle) has been using portfolios since about 2008. She developed a highly effective boot camp for educators to get exposed to the practice and experience it themselves to better support their own students. In this episode, Jamie shares the blueprint for this boot camp and outlines why …
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Brian Williams: Information security and portfolios
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27:31Brian Williams, BTech, Security Operations Supervisor at Catalyst IT shares why information security is an important consideration for people creating and working with portfolios. He explains the acronym CIA (confidentiality, integrity, availability) and highlights a few stories that illustrate why data privacy needs to be a fundamental considerati…
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The wunderkammer: Metaphors in portfolio practice
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12:43Kristina Hoeppner (Catalyst IT), host of this podcast, delves into metaphors used to explain how to work with portfolios in this solo episode. This is the first short episode in a new series that will be published throughout the year in which she explores concepts and ideas around portfolio practice. Connect with Kristina Fediverse (Mastodon) Linke…
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Ruth Cox & Kevin Kelly: Grow and nurture the portfolio through the framework of ePorticulture
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41:25Dr Ruth Cox and Dr Kevin Kelly, pioneers of ePortfolios at San Francisco State University (SFSU) in the U.S.A. share their metaphor of 'ePorticulture' and how the gardening metaphor works well to convey the cycle of work that is involved when you create a portfolio. We go back to the roots of their portfolio initiative, what they have achieved, and…
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Kevin Kelly & Kristina Hoeppner: Digital ethics principles and UDL guidelines
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1:03:32In June 2023, the 'Think UDL' podcast episode 'Digital ethics in ePortfolios with Kristina Hoeppner and Kevin Kelly' went live. In it, Lillian Nave (Appalachian State University) interviewed Dr Kevin Kelly (San Francisco State University) and Kristina Hoeppner (Catalyst IT) on the AAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles in ePortfolios in relation to the U…
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Kathleen Blake Yancey: Heuristics for meaningful portfolios
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38:38Dr Kathleen Blake Yancey (Emerita Professor at Florida State University) has contributed to ePortfolio research and practice for many years through her numerous publications, presentations, and workshops. In this interview she looks back at some of that practice, with a particular focus on portfolio heuristics and how they differ from templates. Co…
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Terrel L. Rhodes: The portfolio as a mode to engage students in learning
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30:33Dr Terrel (Terry) Rhodes is Distinguished Fellow at AAC&U and can look back at a long history of working with portfolios, establishing the VALUE rubrics, tying portfolios to assessment and employability, and supporting many institutions in their portfolio journey. In this interview, Terry touches on many of these areas, highlighting the importance …
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Sigi Jakob-Kühn: Make students your partners in exploring portfolios
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29:16Oberstudienrätin (Senior Teacher) Sieglinde Jakob-Kühn taught in the German school system for many years and discovered Mahara a few years after having started working with Moodle in an innovative way with her language students. In this interview, Sigi shares a few anecdotes from her active teaching time, showing how students took to the ePortfolio…
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Mike Joiner-Hill: Represent yourself through a portfolio
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34:31Mike Joiner-Hill, MSW, is Associate Director of Career Coaching and Education - Humanities & Sciences, in Stanford Career Education and works in the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab alongside Helen L. Chen. In his interview, Mike explains why a portfolio is a useful way to represent yourself when thinking about your career. He also looks far into…
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Kristina Hoeppner: A year of interviews in review
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17:47Podcast host Kristina Hoeppner (Catalyst IT) looks back at a year of interviewing portfolio practitioners and researchers for 'Create. Share. Engage.' She shares common insights and recurring themes. If you'd like to share your story, get in touch. Connect with Kristina Fediverse LinkedIn Resources Quarterly Mahara community newsletter Monthly Cata…
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Ricardo Elizalde: See the whole student and their learning journey
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24:04Dr Ricardo Elizalde is a Digital Learning Partner at San Francisco Unified School District and has been working with portfolios for over two decades. He creates portfolios for himself and supports students and teachers create them in his school district. We talk about his personal portfolio experience, how he assists people in his learning communit…
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Sofia Colabella & Alberto Pugnale: A blueprint for working with portfolios with architecture students
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35:58Dr Sofia Colabella and Dr Alberto Pugnale work at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) of The University of Melbourne in Australia. They have been working with design portfolios for many years, and recently introduced an ePortfolio into their classes. This helped them discover how powerful the medium and practice can be, in part…
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Paul Libbrecht and Wolfgang Müller: Support your portfolio learning with AI
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26:53Professor Dr Paul Libbrecht (International University of Applied Science) and Professor Dr Wolfgang Müller (PH Weingarten) are members of the AISOP project, coordinated by PH Weingarten, University of Education Weingarten, in Germany. They research how to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) well into the portfolio process to support students and…
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Paul Raper: Make the portfolio a habit that is serving you
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35:14Paul Raper, MSc, is a former engineer turned linguist who studied Teaching English for Specific Purposes at Aston University in the UK with corpus linguistics as his primary subject. Paul now teaches English to engineers at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and uses the ePortfolio as his primary coaching tool. …
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Leticia Britos Cavagnaro: Make learning visible
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45:13Dr Leticia Britos Cavagnaro is the co-Founder and co-Director of the University Innovation Fellows, a programme of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) at Stanford University. Leticia uses emerging technologies to empower learners to be self-directed, action-oriented, and reflective shapers of the future. In this episode, she shares he…
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Stephen Harlow: Tell your story through your portfolio
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32:51Stephen Harlow is a Learning Designer at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato The University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand where he supports students and lecturers via Te Puna Ako - Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning (CeTTL). He's been introduced to digital storytelling in the early 2000s and has been using it since then for himself and in his t…
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