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Create. Share. Engage.David Hicks: The portfolio tells the story of growthProf Dr David Hicks is a Professor of History and Social Science Education at Virginia Tech in the U.S.A. He's been teaching with portfolios for over 20 years supporting teacher candidates on their journey to become professionals.In this episode he talks about how he and his team integrate portfolios into a capstone course in the teacher training programme at Virginia Tech (VT), what scaffolds they employ, and how the supports in place help students create portfolios that emphasise reflection. The basis of his portfolio work is folio thinking and the ePortfolio development framework that he...
2025-07-1532 min
Create. Share. Engage.Tom Worthington: Teach portfolios without the lingoHonorary 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 Education and what he has learned along the way that is helping him support his students in their own reflective practice without employing portfolio language, but rather using language that has more meaning to his students.
2024-10-1536 min
Create. Share. Engage.Kristina Hoeppner: A year of interviews in reviewPodcast 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 KristinaFediverseLinkedInResourcesQuarterly Mahara community newsletterMonthly Catalyst portfolio newsletterMahara websiteMahara on LinkedInAAEEBLAAEEBL Digital Ethics in ePortfolios PrinciplesEportfolios AustraliaPodcast guests in order of their quotes in the episodeMandia Mentis, Bob Reuter, Ingrid D'Souza, Stephen Harlow, Paul Libbrecht, Wendy Holly-Boen, Andrea Ghoneim...
2023-10-1017 min
Create. Share. Engage.Helen L. Chen: Reflect through conversation to tell your storyDr Helen Chen (Stanford University) is a long-time champion of ePortfolio practice and has been involved in many initiatives and organisations such as EPAC, AAEEBL, and the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab at Stanford University. She takes us through some of the early days of ePortfolios, why the portfolio practice is not just an ed tech fad and how the practice benefits students in many different situations to reflect on their practice and tell their story.Connect with HelenLinkedInMastodon / FediVerseTwitterResourcesEPACAAEEBLAAEEBL Digital Ethics in ePortfolios Task ForceePortfolios AustraliaEportfolio IrelandIntegrative Learning Portfolio...
2023-06-0635 min
Create. Share. Engage.Rita Zuba Prokopetz: Building a learning communityDr Rita Zuba Prokopetz is an educational consultant in Canada who has been teaching with portfolios for over a decade, most recently in a portfolio capstone course for a Master's in Education. Rita's research interests include reflection, feedback interaction, and community building during the development of capstone ePortfolio projects.In this episode, Rita shares why she's working with Mahara as portfolio technology, and how the portfolio pedagogy has influenced her learners and herself.Click through to the episode notes for the transcript. Transcription support provided by kris wehipeihana.Connect with Rita
2023-04-2531 min