Christine Lampe

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.

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.

Education

MA Online and Distance Education (ODE) at The Open University

2009 - 2013

Address: UK

MSc Applied Linguistics & Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (AL/TEFL/TESL) at Georgia State University

1988 - 1993

Address: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

BA Anthropology (minor: German) at Georgia State University

1981 - 1987

Address: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Experience

Specialist, Professional Development & Practice at Higher Colleges of Technology

2015 - Present

Developing resources and working closely with new Emirati faculty: eportfolio development, blended learning, experiential learning and outcomes based assessment. Current activities: developing and managing teaching portfolios program for faculty trainees; using Zoom for live training and support; building interactive modules for Blackboard using Adobe Captivate; converting case studies to scenarios in Storyline; investigating Digications and Canvas for various projects.

Address: Dubai

Faculty at Higher Colleges of Technology

2005 - 2015

Developed and taught courses in research methods, intercultural studies and Business English in the Bachelor's program. Developed blended learning courses in Blackboard. One of four SMEs chosen to author content for a joint Pearson-HCT iPad-based Foundations English course. Developed extensive web tools and resources site for Foundations English. Developed and taught English and IELTS prep in the Foundations program.

Address: Al Ain, UAE