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Dr 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 create 'success portfolios' which they...

In 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 this podcast. Resources Learning management syst...

Cordula 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 cultures in academic teaching) is a project funded...

Christina 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 direct application of portfolios in var...

Professor 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 emphasises the role of the portfolio to support em...

In 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 and also help teaching and support staff in their...

Prof 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 creation of portfolios. Franziska, Margarete, and Sebasti...

Chahira 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 particular the initiative 'Get[IN]spired'...

Matthew 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 able to support students holistically, coac...

Arturo 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 the portfolio for him as a student already now and f...

KatieAnn 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 Dominican University of California whom I was pri...

Starlight (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 education. This episode is the second of fi...

Solena 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 portfolio and developed it over time, and what the...

In 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, October 2024 AAEEBL Digital Ethics Task Force...

Professor 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 interview, Olga outlines the two purposes...

Associate 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) Resources Fergus' website UCL's ChangeMak...

Professor 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 in to learn why folio thinking, the process, is...

Honorary 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 design portfolio to one for his Master's in Ed...

Professor 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 achieved since her first episode in May 2023 and wh...

Jonathan 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 the portfolio helps bridge the apprenticeship wit...

Dr 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 shares why diversity, equity, and inclusi...

Professor 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 authentic assessment tasks. Connect with Patsie on LinkedI...

Associate 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 in teaching students and how she and her colleagues...

In 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 reflection process. Connect with Derrin on LinkedIn R...

Allison 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 this episode, Allison shares some of her practice an...