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Mark Brown: Learner ownership is at the heart of the portfolio
Mark Brown: Learner ownership is at the heart of the portfolio
About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- Mark Brown: Learner ownership is at the heart of the portfolio · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 106What did Prof Dr Mark Brown learn about portfolios in his 21+ years of experience at Massey University and at Dublin City University, working with Mahara? He highlights three…
- Kristina Hoeppner: A look back at 16 years on the Mahara team · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 105Penny Leach, MA, from Catalyst, interviews podcast host Kristina Hoeppner, MA, on her time on the Mahara project since mid 2010, her experience working on Mahara and supporting…
- Christa Matlack & Rebecca Thomas: Scaffold deep reflection · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 104Christa Matlack, MSc, and Associate Teaching Prof Dr Rebecca Thomas from Bucknell University help students go deep into their reflection in their portfolio. They use the Taxonomy…
- Theresa Conefrey: Keep effortful learning in a portfolio, especially when using AI · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 103Artificial intelligence, in particular generative AI, can produce writing that - at first glance - looks polished. But does that indicate that a student has learned? That this is…
- Enikö Parrag: Portfolios create a learning culture · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 102Dipl.-Lehrerin* Enikö Parrag sees portfolios as vital educational practice in schools, vocational education, and beyond, especially at present when artificial intelligence can…
- Cathy Elliott: Rebel with a cause: Use portfolios to see the entire student · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 101Relational marking, a variant of negotiated marking, is part of the ungrading movement. It emphasises learning, regular feedback, and taking all of a student's work during a term…
- Tabitha Parker: Build the habit of reflecting · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 100Professionals in the workplace can benefit greatly from portfolios. They can reflect on their practice, get feedback from colleagues, collaborate with others, and tell their…
- Molebogeng Thage: How portfolios support digital resilience at high school and beyond · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 99Portfolio work can start at the school level and foster digital resilience through supporting students' technological adaptability, self-directed learning and metacognition, and…
- Heather Pate & Rebecca Scriven: The age of portfolios is now · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 98Dr Heather Pate is a Lecturer in the Academic Practice Team, and Rebecca Scriven, SFHEA, is the Digital Learning Lead, both in the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Edith Cowan…
- C. Reynolds, D. Oesch-Minor, H.L. Chen: Looking back at AAEEBL 2026 · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 97Prof Dr Candyce Reynolds (Boise State University), Prof Dr Debbie Oesch-Minor (Indiana University Indianapolis), and Dr Helen L. Chen (Stanford University) were on the organising…
- Doris Tam & Evonne Cheung: Behind the scenes of Mahara 26.04 · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 96Developer Doris Tam, BE, and Senior Visual Designer Evonne Cheung, BDes, from Catalyst IT talk about the redesign of Mahara that went live at the end of April 2026. The redesign…
- Tour de tip: 31 encouraging tips for portfolio authors · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 95Host Kristina Hoeppner looks back at the advice that the learning designers, faculty, and students from the past year have for learners who create portfolios. Their advice can be…
- Rob Lowney: Create collaborative portfolios to surface group learning · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 94Dr Rob Lowney, SCMALT, SFHEA, SFSEDA, is a Senior Learning Technologist in the Teaching and Enhancement Unit at Dublin City University in Ireland. He's been working with digital…
- Special: Network with community members · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 93Take out your planner or open your digital calendar and get ready to enter the upcoming events that give you the opportunity to chat with other portfolio practitioners because…
- Pablo Avila: Portfolios at scale at LaGuardia Community College · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 92Pablo Avila, MA, is the Associate Director of The Center for Teaching and Learning at LaGuardia Community College (City University of New York). He's been creating portfolios and…
- Amy Cicchino, McKenna Slaughter, Nghi Chau: Students support students in creating portfolios · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 91Associate Prof Dr Amy Cicchino, the Director of the Writing Center at the University of Central Florida, is back for another interview. This time it's all about student support…
- Mpho-Entle Modise & Norm Vaughan: The portfolio as enabler of change · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 90Associate Prof Dr Mpho-Entle Modise and Prof Dr Norm Vaughan are the editors of the book 'Digital resilience of ePortfolios during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons for…
- Vickel Narayan: Portfolios in the age of AI: A rethink to the approach? · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 89Dr Vickel Narayan is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Learning in the Institute of Education at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. He's been working with portfolios for…
- Megan Mize: Ramping up to support 18,000 students with portfolios · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 88Dr Megan Mize is the Director for ePortfolios and Digital Initiatives in the Academic Success Center (ASC) at Old Dominion University (ODU). She's been supporting portfolios at…
- Yvonne Moore and James Pearce: Skills portfolios encourage continued reflection · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 87Yvonne Moore, MA, is the Digital Education Developments Lead, and James Pearce, BA, is the Educational Software Development Manager in the Centre for Learning & Teaching at…
