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Create. Share. Engage.Lindsay Richardson: Portfolios in large courses with a side of AIDr 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 also grade themselves based on a rubric. In this interview, Lindsay talks about why she introduced portfolios into her courses and how she is navigating the use of generative AI.ResourcesDr Lindsay Richardson and Dr Ashley Thompson's...2025-07-0131 min
Create. Share. Engage.Some thoughts on portfolios over the last 15 yearsIn 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.ResourcesLearning management system MoodleMoodleMoot Global 2025Library management system KohaKohaCon 2025Bret Eynon, Laura Gambino (2018): Catalyst in action: Case studies of High-Impact ePortfolio practiceRecording of Mahara Hui Online o...2025-06-1714 min
Create. Share. Engage.DiKuLe: Planning and decision making guide for portfoliosCordula 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 by Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre.The part of the project the four are involved in looks at improving portfolio practices. To do that, they have created a planning and decision making guide as one output o...2025-06-0328 min
Create. Share. Engage.Christina Stollner & Romy Hösl: Portfolio support for educators and learnersChristina 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 various contexts in higher education.The resources they have already created and that they will continue to create until the end of their project, are all available under the Creative Commons license BY 4.0.Projekt Dreiklang is f...2025-05-2030 min
Create. Share. Engage.Michael Sankey: The portfolio as the place of representation for emerging professionalsProfessor 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 emerging professionals. He advocates for institution-operated portfolio platforms to provide a space where employers looking at student portfolios can be assured that they are dealing with real students. Michael also makes the case for programmatic assessment as...2025-05-0637 min
Create. Share. Engage.Mahara 25.04 and how a feature makes it into MaharaIn 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 roles.Connect with KristinaLinkedInMastodonSend a message via the Mahara community websiteResourcesTree swing storyCartoonHistory of the cartoonOrigin of the CPD pluginWireframes...2025-04-2217 min