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Portfolios for learning and more brought to you by the Mahara team at Catalyst IT. Host Kristina Hoeppner talks with portfolio practitioners, researchers, learning designers, students, and others about their portfolio story.

  1. Debbie Oesch-Minor and Salsabil Qaddoura: Foster student ownership and empowerment through a portfolio

    JAN 27

    Debbie Oesch-Minor and Salsabil Qaddoura: Foster student ownership and empowerment through a portfolio

    Prof Dr Debbie Oesch-Minor and her student Salsabil Qaddoura from Indiana University Indianapolis talk about portfolios at IU Indianapolis, in particular in Debbie's composition course that Salsabil took where she created a portfolio that showed her the power of this practice. Debbie shares her reasons for working with portfolios and supporting other faculty and students in the portfolio process within the ePortfolio Studio. Salsabil outlines the benefits that she as student saw while engaged in the portfolio process, which she then also shared with other faculty at the university. Resources AAEEBLHigh-impact practicesePortfolio student showcaseOesch-Minor, D. (2023, July 14). EPortfolios on the Fives: Simplifying and streamlining ePortfolio building for students and faculty [Presentation]. AAEEBL Annual Meeting, VancouverSalsabil's portfolio 'Legal, not always just'Dweck, C. (2014). Developing a growth mindset [Presentation]. Stanford+Connects micro lecture, New York.Elbow, P. (1993). Ranking, evaluating, and liking: Sorting out three forms of judgment. College English, 55(2), 187–206.Pratt, M. L. (1991). Arts of the contact zone. Profession, 33–40.Percy, J. (2014, October 14). My terrifying night with Afghanistan’s only female warlord. The New Republic.Berehulak, D. (2016, December 7). 'They are slaughtering us like animals.' The New York Times.Hoeppner, K. (2015, April 9). Scaffolding ePortfolio use [Presentation]. Mahara Hui 2015, Auckland, New Zealand.NACE career readiness competenciesePortfolios Australia PARE sessionsRelated episodes Cathy Elliott: Have fun, be flexible, and encourage feedback in your portfolioAmy Cicchino & Brandi Gilbert: Portfolios as high-impact practicesThe wunderkammer: Metaphors in portfolio practiceAllison Miller: The portfolio is a process Subscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    1h 12m
  2. Jaye Ryan: Showcase yourself through your portfolio

    JAN 13

    Jaye Ryan: Showcase yourself through your portfolio

    Associate Professor Dr Jaye Ryan, SFHEA, headed the nursing ePortfolio programme at Birmingham City University (BCU) in the UK between 2010 and 2019. She supported students and staff in creating ePortfolios and introduced Student Academic Mentors ePortfolios (StAMPs) to help students as peers. In this episode, Jaye talks about the ePortfolio practice in her nursing programme, the challenges she faced, and how she and the StAMPs made the portfolio work for students. Resources Ryan, J. A. (2025). The lived experience of mature undergraduate nursing students with quasi-dyslexia: Navigating ongoing academic challenges [Doctoral Thesis, Birmingham City University].Ryan, J. A. (2018). Which resources are most helpful to support development of an ePortfolio? British Journal of Nursing, 27(5), 266–271.AAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles: SupportHoeppner, K. (2025, May 15). Portfolios: Integral to your programmatic assessment approach.Mahara 26.04 refresh: December 2025 updateJaye's fundraiser for her dad after hurricane Melissa in 2025Related episodes Amy Cicchino & Brandi Gilbert: Portfolios as high-impact practicesChristina Mayes: Portfolio support through peer mentorsDavid Hicks: The portfolio tells the story of growthMichael Sankey: The portfolio as the place of representation for emerging professionalsJonathan Murphy: Demonstrate skills and competenciesSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    37 min
  3. Soropepeli Ramacake: Know, grow, and show through your portfolio

    12/16/2025

    Soropepeli Ramacake: Know, grow, and show through your portfolio

    Soropepeli Ramacake, MSW Applied, PGDip in Supervision, Dip in Counselling, BTheology works at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji as Assistant Lecturer. He is also a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. Soro uses Mahara as portfolio platform with his social work students who are on placement in various South Pacific countries, supporting them mainly from the distance. Resources Chief, I. Y., & Ramacake, S. (2025, November 11). Learners’ reflection on the use of e-Portfolio in Social Work at The University of the South Pacific. ICDE World Conference 2025, Wellington.Mock-ups for Mahara 26.04Using Mahara to demonstrate skills acquired in a hospitality workplace practicum. Presentation at Mahara Hui 2017 by Parijata Moeava and Mojito Jione (The University of the South Pacific) in Auckland, New Zealand, on 6 April 2017.Creating spaces for students to demonstrate competencies in their profession. Presentation at Mahara Hui 2017 by Irene Yee Chief, Mojito Jione and Rajneel Totaram (The University of the South Pacific) in Auckland, New Zealand, on 6 April 2017.Related episodes Sue Schibeci: Portfolios in work-integrated learning experiencesJonathan Murphy: Demonstrate skills and competenciesZala Volcic: Develop community, relationships, and compassionSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    30 min
  4. Amy Cicchino & Brandi Gilbert: Portfolios as high-impact practices

    12/02/2025

    Amy Cicchino & Brandi Gilbert: Portfolios as high-impact practices

    Associate Prof Dr Amy Cicchino, the Director of the Writing Center at the University of Central Florida and Brandi Gilbert, MPH, the Director of the Life-Health Sciences Internship Program at Indiana University Indianapolis talk about high-impact practices and how portfolios fit in. Resources Assessment InstituteHIPs in the StatesAAC&U list of high-impact practicesAAEEBL Digital Ethics Task ForceAAEEBL Digital Ethics in ePortfolios PrinciplesKuh, G.D, O’Donnell, K., & Reed, S. (2013). Ensuring quality and taking high-impact practices to scale. American Association of Colleges and Universities.Watson, C. E., Kuh, G. D., Rhodes, T. L., Penny Light, T., & Chen, H. L. (2016). Editorial: ePortfolios – The eleventh High Impact Practice. International Journal of ePortfolio, 6(2), 65–69.Kinzie, J., Silberstein, S., McCormick, A.C., Gonyea, R. M., & Dugan, B. (2021). Centering racially minoritized student voices in high-impact practices. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 53(4), 6–14IU Indianapolis ePortfolio StudioIU Indianapolis student ePortfolio showcaseElements of HIPs:Performance expectations set at appropriately high levelsSignificant investment of concentrated effort by students over an extended periodInteractions with faculty and peers about substantive mattersExperiences with diversity, wherein students are exposed to and must contend with people and circumstances that differ from those with which students are familiarFrequent, timely, and constructive feedbackOpportunities to discover relevance of learning through real-world applicationsPublic demonstration of competencePeriodic, structured opportunities to reflect and integrate learningMaking a difference for othersAgency and accomplishmentRelated episodes Christina Mayes: Portfolio support through peer mentorsMark Glynn: Take a programmatic approach to assessment with portfoliosSheetal J. Patel: Own your story through a portfolioChristine Dülfer: Supporting industry internshipsSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    33 min
  5. Kristina Hoeppner: Making connections and sharing the passion for portfolio work

    11/18/2025

    Kristina Hoeppner: Making connections and sharing the passion for portfolio work

    In this episode, podcast host, Kristina Hoeppner, MA, from Catalyst IT, picks out a few memorable situations from her recent trip to Europe in September and early October 2025. Resources MoodleMoot DACHMoodleMoot Global 2025KawaiiconMahara UX review 2024Mahara refresh mock-upsCPD enhancementsMahara subscription'Mahara Ask Me Anything' sessionsAMA on 25 November 2025AMA on 16/17 December 2025Subscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    12 min
  6. Antje Koenen: Engage with your students as partners through a portfolio

    11/04/2025

    Antje Koenen: Engage with your students as partners through a portfolio

    OStR'in Antje Koenen, MA, is a senior teacher for English and German at Max-Beckmann-Schule in Frankfurt a.M. in Germany. She also works for the Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie, facilitating workshops for other teachers in the use of Mahara and digital media in general, amongst other things. In this episode, Antje shares why portfolios are a central part of her teaching and learning strategy. She explains how portfolios help engage students as partners in the classroom and help create authentic learning tasks that take advantage of the students' own experiences. Resources Schulportal HessenLernbegleitungDemo site of MaharaRelated episodes Sigi Jakob-Kühn: Make students your partners in exploring portfoliosChristine Dülfer: Supporting industry internshipsSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    36 min
  7. Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden: Unleash your innovation and creativity with a portfolio

    10/21/2025

    Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden: Unleash your innovation and creativity with a portfolio

    Dr Tessa Forshaw, Founding Scholar of the Next Level Lab at Harvard University and Rich Braden (BSEE and BSCE), Chief Innovation Evangelist at People Rocket are the authors of the book Innovation-ish: How anyone can create breakthrough solutions to real problems in the real world. In this episode, they share what innovation and creativity mean to them, how everyone can be creative and innovative, and how the portfolio comes into play in their classes and also consulting projects. Learn about a couple of the mindsets and moves from their book and the difference between passive reflection and active metacognition. Resources Project Zero at Harvard UniversityHarvard Innovation LabsHasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University, aka d.schoolIDEO CoLabClinton Global InitiativeNEOM projectBook Experiments in reflection: How to see the present, reconsider the past, and shape the future by Dr Leticia Britos CavagnaroThinking routines Related episodes Leticia Britos Cavagnaro: Make learning visibleCathy Elliott: Creativity and feedback in assessment portfoliosBob Reuter: Externalise your thinking with portfoliosIngrid D'Souza: Creativity and lifelong portfoliosSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    41 min
  8. Jack Rice: The portfolio as the space for growth in between stimulus and response

    10/07/2025

    Jack Rice: The portfolio as the space for growth in between stimulus and response

    Jack Rice, MBA, is the Director of Digital and Extended Learning at Acadia University and the Executive Director of the Maple League of Universities in Canada. In this episode, he shares stories from his various positions where he encountered portfolios and how he's changed his view on the tool and pedagogy to embrace portfolios fully and seeing them as being very important in the future of education. Resources Jack's publications on EvoLLLutionVoiceThreadAAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles in ePortfolios: DEIBDRelated episodes Rita Zuba Prokopetz: Building a learning communityDebra Hoven: The value of self-reflection and peer feedbackDebra Hoven & Margaret Rauliuk: Disrupt the dissertation with an ePortfolioSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Catalyst IT Host: Kristina Hoeppner Artwork: Evonne Cheung Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

    48 min
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Portfolios for learning and more brought to you by the Mahara team at Catalyst IT. Host Kristina Hoeppner talks with portfolio practitioners, researchers, learning designers, students, and others about their portfolio story.

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