AAEEBL 2018: Perspectives on Supporting ePortfolios

Portfolios for your learning community

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Create portfolios

Using Mahara, students and staff create their personal learning stories by uploading evidence of activities they have participated in, and embedding publicly accessible content they have previously put online. They can write reflections on their experiences that frame this evidence, map it to competencies or registration requirements, and provide necessary context.

Mahara can be used for many different portfolio purposes, such as study, professional development, work-integrated learning, assessment, showcase and presentation, and employability.

Learn about the portfolio options

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Engage with others

Mahara makes it easy to comment and give feedback. Portfolios can also be submitted to learning management systems via LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) for marking.

Groups in Mahara allow people to create portfolios collaboratively and engage in forum discussions.

Learn about collaborating in Mahara

Listen to portfolio stories

In our podcast 'Create. Share. Engage.' portfolio practitioners, researchers, learning designers, and portfolio authors share their journey. Learn how they navigate the many different facets of portfolios in general, and Mahara specifically.

Listen on the podcast website or in your favourite app

Presented by Lesley McCannell, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Lessons Learned

Faculty

Faculty specific champions/buddies are key
Start with signature course assignments (encourage "playing") before moving to program ePortfolios
Encourage Faculty to learn the technology.....street cred!
Support Faculty with integrating reflective learning

Students

Support students with scaffolded reflective learning
Provide citation and copyright guidelines
Provide layers of support: classroom mentors; written documentation; online and in-person tutors, group or bootcamp sessions
Everyone should know a little code

Moodle Site for Faculty ePortfolio Resources - Community of Practice

Reflective Learning Resources

Example of Faculty ePortfolio - Connection

Faculty Workshop Presentation

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Updated on 25 July 2018, 16:46; 1648 page visits from 26 June 2018 to 25 April 2024

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