Last chance to register: Defining digital ethics when using eportfolios webinar (+ more)

Don’t miss out on the virtual panel webinar session being run in collaboration with AAEEL this week on the topic of Defining digital ethics when using eportfolios:

• Australia: Thursday 28 May 2020 – 9.30 am EST
• North America: Wednesday 27 May – 4.30 pm PT / 7.30 pm ET

Panellists from both regions will draw on their own research and/or experience to discuss:

• What does digital ethics and eportfolios mean?
• What does digital ethics and eportfolios look like now?, and
• What does digital ethics and eportfolios look like when it is working well?

Our session MC’s, Prof Patsie Polly, Helen L Chen and Kevin Kelly will lead a discussion around how we, as a global eportfolio community, define and grow this field of thought together.

Panellists from Australia include:

• Dr Christine Slade
• Dr Misty Kirby

Panellists from North American include:

• Megan Haskins
• Megan Crowley-Watson

Registrations close at 6.00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on 27 May (AEST): https://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/other-events/ (If you cannot attend but would like to receive the recording – please also register)

2020 Eportfolio Forum Online – Submit your proposal by 22 June

The ninth Eportfolio Forum will be held online on 29-30 October 2020 (and if possible, at Deakin University (Burwood campus) in Melbourne).

This year’s theme is: Digital Identity – Ethics and Experience

Sub-themes include:

• Digital ethics and digital literacy
• Sustainability, ongoing practice and well being
• Collaboration and research
• Innovation and entrepreneurship
• Career / Employability / Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

The Call for Online Proposals are available here.  Proposal types include:

• Shortened (peer reviewed paper) presentation
• 20×20 presentation
• Digitally Interactive Poster
• Intensive workshop
• In-depth workshop
• Facilitate a professional conversation

Call for proposals will close on 22 June 2020.

For more information, including help available for presenting and facilitating online, go to: https://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/forums/2020-eportfolio-forum-home-page/2020-eportfolio-forum-call-for-proposals/

To enquiry about presenting online at the Forum, please contact eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

Keynote presenters will be announced shortly.

Virtual Workshop: Design, development and implementation of an ePortfolio platform to recognise and reward teaching excellence in higher education  

The ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee are pleased to announce an new community of practice event – the 2020 Virtual Workshop.

The inaugural virtual workshop will be hosted by Professor Gary Velan from UNSW Sydney on 14 July from 4.00-5.00 pm. Gary will share how MyEducation Portfolio is being used to showcase UNSW’s academic staff’s educational achievements to others and to reflect, grow and inspire their education practice.

For more information and/or to register for this event go to: https://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/other-events/virtual-workshops/

Meet some of the ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee  

ePortfolios Australia is a true Community of Practice run by passionate volunteers who strive to lead and share effective eportfolio practice.

To acknowledge the great work of this group and to encourage others to get involved, we will be progressively introducing our Committee Members – Starting with:

Emma Collins

Kate Mitchell

Learn more about the ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee at: https://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/organising-committee/

Interested in becoming an ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee Member? Register your interest or make enquiries by: Contacting: Allison Miller: Call: (+61) 0400 732 270 or Email: eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

Some great eportfolio news and resources

Check out this great eportfolio news and resources:

• You have one last chance to learn about the new features in the open source ePortfolio platform Mahara 20.04 – Join the last event on 27 May, 8pm New Zealand Standard Time (via Kristina Hoeppner)
• Mahara UK & IE Virtual Hui 2020 – Share what you are doing with Mahara or drop ideas of a workshop you may want to facilitate for this virtual event on 15 July 2020 – There are still spaces left for those who just want to watch too!
• Read this PebblePad blog post – Looking at assessment through a new lens – ideas for overcoming the challenges of moving assessment online – by Jenny Masters, who has recently joined Australia’s PebblePad team as an Implementation Specialist

Stay connected all year round – share any eportfolio news or ask questions via the
Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook Group

Free virtual panel session – Defining digital ethics when using eportfolios (+ more)

Our first webinar event for 2020 will be a virtual panel session run in collaboration with AAEEBL on the topic of Defining digital ethics when using eportfolios:

• Australia: Thursday 28 May 2020 – 9.30 am EST
• North America: Wednesday 27 May – 4.30 pm PT / 7.30 pm ET

Panellists from both regions will draw on their own research and/or experience to discuss:

• What does digital ethics and eportfolios mean?
• What does digital ethics and eportfolios look like now?, and
• What does digital ethics and eportfolios look like when it is working well?

Our session MC’s, Prof Patsie Polly, Helen L Chen and Kevin Kelly, will then lead a discussion around how we, as a global eportfolio community, define and grow this field of thought together.

Panellists from Australia include:

• Dr Christine Slade
• Dr Misty Kirby

North American panellists will be announced shortly.

For more information and to register go to: https://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/other-events/

2020 Eportfolio Forum Online – Consider presenting online

The ninth Eportfolio Forum will be held online on 29-30 October 2020 (and if possible, at Deakin University (Burwood campus) in Melbourne).

This year’s theme is: Digital Identity – Ethics and Experience

Sub-themes include:

• Digital ethics and digital literacy
• Sustainability, ongoing practice and well being
• Collaboration and research
• Innovation and entrepreneurship
• Career / Employability / Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

The Call for Online Proposals are available here.  Proposal types include:

• Shortened (peer reviewed paper) presentation
• 20×20 presentation
• Digitally Interactive Poster
• Intensive workshop
• In-depth workshop
• Facilitate a professional conversation

Call for proposals will close on 22 June 2020.

For more information or to enquiry about presenting at the Forum, please contact eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

Keynote presenters will be announced shortly.

‘Shifts in practice’: An ePortfolio community of practice post-remote teaching guide  

In true eportfolio community spirit, Dr Kathryn Coleman (Kate) has created a collaborative living-digital-document to enable the sharing of knowledge in these precarious times for ‘new and old’ eportfolio users.

Kate invites you to join her (& our eportfolio community contributors) to continue to co-design this living Google doc in the areas of:

• Eportfolio professional learning sites
• Eportfolio Paper/Book/Chapter 

Please also share this eportfolio teaching guide with others who:

• could contribute to this resource, and/or
• would find the resource useful

Some great eportfolio news and resources

Check out this great eportfolio news and resources:

• Mahara newsletter April 2020 (Volume 10, Issue 1) – read about how others are using Mahara, upcoming Mahara events and more (via Kristina Hoeppner)
• PebbleVision – “PebblePad pedagogical goodness in video form. Ideas inspired by our wonderful community – the trailblazers of extraordinary learning experiences” (via Alison Poot)
• 5 Ways That Digital Portfolios Can Expand Learning Opportunities

Stay connected all year round – share any eportfolio news or ask questions via the
Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook Group

 

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2020 Eportfolio Forum – Call for proposals now open! (+ more)

The ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee are pleased to announce that the ninth Eportfolio Forum will be held on 29-30 October 2020 at Deakin University (Burwood campus) in Melbourne.

This year’s theme is: Digital Identity – Ethics and Experience

The Call for Proposals are now open.  Proposal types include:

• Short (peer reviewed paper) presentation
• 20×20 presentation
• Digitally Interactive Poster
• Intensive workshop
• In-depth workshop
• Facilitate a professional conversation

Call for proposals will close on 18 May 2020.

For more information or to enquiry about presenting at the Forum, please contact eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

Keynote presenters will be announced shortly.

Previous Eportfolio Forum resources can be found here: https://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/forums/previous-eportfolio-forums/

2020 Eportfolio Webinar series + Blended event > Save the dates

The ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee are also pleased to advise the dates for the 2020 Eportfolio Webinar series – These will both have an international component as we collaborate with our northern hemisphere colleagues:

• Thursday 28 May – 9.30 am AEST – On the topic of Digital ethics – This webinar will be run in collaboration with AAEEBL
• Tuesday 11 August – 7.30 pm AEST – On the topic of Employers, employability and eportfolios – This webinar will be run in collaboration with Eportfolio Ireland

We are also lucky enough to have a blended event planned Tuesday 14 July (4.00-5.00 pm AEST) where you can attend either in person at UNSW, Sydney or via webinar.  Prof Gary Velan will present MyEducation Portfolio.

You can find the resources from past webinars here.

More details and registrations for all of these events will open shortly.

North American Eportfolio Events  

Event 1 – AAEEBL will be holding their Annual Meeting – 21-23 July 2020 at Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City Utah.

This year’s meeting is called “Doing It Right: ePortfolios and Ethics, Practices, and Technologies“.

The Call for Proposals close on 27 March – Themes include:

• the ethical foundations and implications of ePortfolios
• the design and inclusion of other high-impact pedagogies in large and small-scale ePortfolio implementations
• the interrelationships among technology, practice, and ethical considerations.

Information sourced via Patsie Polly

You may like to follow what AAEEBL are doing via their Twitter – https://twitter.com/AAEEBLconnect

Event 2 – Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) will be hosting a webinar on 17 March called – “Realizing the Full Potential of ePortfolios: Expanding Beyond a Single Department”

Information sourced via a Kristina Hoeppner retweet

Some great eportfolio news and resources

Check out this great eportfolio news and resources:

• Publications by some of our eportfolio community of practice members looking at the use of ePortfolios in Midwifery
• Downer, T & Slade, C (2019). Starting Early: Using ePortfolios to Prepare First Year Midwifery Students for Professional Practice in Trimmer, K et al. (eds) Ensuring Quality in Professional Education Volume I. Palgrave Macmillan
• Gray, M, Downer, T  & Capper, T (2019). Midwifery student’s perceptions of the benefits and challenges associated with the completing a portfolio of evidence for registration: A comparison between paper-based and ePortfolios. Nurse Education in Practice. 39, 37-44
• Gray, M, Downer, T  & Capper, T (2020). Midwifery student’s perceptions of completing a portfolio of evidence for initial registration: a qualitative exploratory study. Nurse Education in Practice (in press)
• Information via Terri Downer

• How are you using Mahara? Share your or your institution’s story in the upcoming Mahara newsletter. Submit it until 26 March 2020 – Click here for more information. (Information via Kristina Hoeppner)

• University of Tartu, Estonia are using eportfolios in Department of Geography – Click here to see examples of their students’ eportfolios 

Stay connected all year round – share any eportfolio news or ask questions via the
Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook Group

Eportfolio Forum: 2019 Resources (& 2020 Save the Date)

The ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee are pleased to share last year’s Eportfolio Forum resources from the amazing presentations and workshops which happened on 20-21 November 2019 at ACU Canberra.

Resources include:

• Recording of Keynote Speaker:  Professor Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education and University of Derby, England.  Tristram spoke about how eportfolios support career development. You can access Tristram’s presentation recording here and Tristram’s presentation slides here.
• Other presentation and workshop slides are available here – https://www.slideshare.net/eportfoliosaustralia/presentations
• Click here for the Book of Abstracts.  The Book of Papers will be available shortly.
• Unfortunately we were unable to retrieve the recording of Day Two Opening Speaker – Associate Professor Denise Jackson, Director for Work-Integrated Learning at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.  However, you can access Denise’s presentation slides on the meaning of professional identity, its importance for future employment and determining factors for higher education students here.

Click here to see all of the resources in the one place.

Please share these resources with your networks by forwarding on this blog post or via social media (use #eportforum).

Eportfolio Forum: 2020 Save the Date – 29 & 30 October – Deakin University, Melbourne 

The ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee are also pleased to announce that the 2020 Eportfolio Forum will be held at Deakin University, Melbourne on 29-30 October.

This will be the ninth Forum, and this year’s theme is: Digital Identity – Ethics and Experience

Call for proposals will open in the week beginning 9 March.  Stay tune for more updates.

Please contact Allison for more information or any questions regarding the 2020 Eportfolio Forum – 0400 732 270 or eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com.

Are you using eportfolios for WIL and interested in research? Check out the 2020 ACEN Research Grants 

In 2020, ACEN will once again offer funding for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) research grants .

The grants are open to academic and professional staff.

Applications are invited on topics related to one of the following themes:

– Sustainable, scalable and innovative WIL models
– WIL and global mobility
– WIL within digital and virtual learning environments
– Building learner agency and professional identity through WIL
– WIL practices supporting diverse learners
– Designing and implementing quality in WIL
– Equity of access to WIL
– Student well being and mental health in WIL

Applications close May 15, 2020.  For more information go to: http://acen.edu.au/2020-research-grants/

Looking to collaborate on a grant or research project?  Connect with others via the Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook Group

Adapted from information sourced via Jodie Young

Other eportfolio news and resources

Check out this great eportfolio news and resources:

• Latest edition of AAEEBL ePortfolio Review has just been released – Winter 2020 – ePortfolio and Transformation – check out the paper entitled: A Student-Centered Framework for Digital Privacy, Digital Ethics, and Digital Literacy (Gray & McGuire) – Information via a Candyce Reynolds tweet

• [Webinar] How to enhance and support student employability and graduate outcomes with ePortfolio, Myshowcase.me – 5th March at 12:30pm GMT (UK time) – For more info and to register, go to: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1RJH4wpKRCGZh5gYFIcmUg

• ePortfolios at the University of Waterloo: A Tool Supporting Student-Centred Learning – Here is a must-read story of educational trailblazing from University of Waterloo. Learn more about how the university’s shift to a student-centred learning paradigm is helping students make sense of their experiences through eportfolios – information adapted from a @pebblepad tweet

• Check out this article from GP – GP training: How to get the most from the trainee e-portfolio – this link also have links to other eportfolio articles

• Get your latest Mahara news – 
  Mahara newsletter January 2020 (Vol. 9, Issue 4) via Kristina Hoeppner, and/or join the Mahara User Facebook Group

Stay connected all year round – share any eportfolio news or ask questions via the
Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook Group

Credentialing & Employability: Join us at 2019 Eportfolio Forum (+ more)

This year’s Eportfolio Forum is packed with amazing presentations and workshops (20-21 November – Canberra).

This two-day event will be kicked off by Keynote Speaker:  Professor Tristram Hooley, who is the Professor of Career Education and University of Derby, England.  Tristram will speak about how eportfolios support career development.

Day Two Opening Speaker is Associate Professor Denise Jackson who is the Director for Work-Integrated Learning at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.  Denise will present on the meaning of professional identity, its importance for future employment and determining factors for higher education students.

Click here to read more about what these Keynote speakers will share at this year’s event.

Wedged between these two amazing presentations will be a Plenary Panel discussing What is the value in evidencing smaller and more specific elements of a person’s capabilities through credentialing? 

This panel will be led by Asheley Jones, Head of Professional Practice and Industry Partnerships, Faculty of Business and Law, DeakinCo.

Other Panelists sharing their views on this topic include:

• Kathryn Coleman, University of Melbourne
• Mary Gallagher, Australian Catholic University
• Trina Jorre de St Jorre, Deakin University
• Lynette Harris, Navitas
• Students

Plus there are around 40 breakout and networking sessions – Download the 2019 Eportfolio Forum program for more information.

Don’t miss out – book now!!

Please share this news with your networks by forwarding on this email or via social media (#eportforum)

Please contact Allison for more information or any questions regarding the 2019 Eportfolio Forum – 0400 732 270 or eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

Mahara News 

The waiting is over. You can preview Mahara 19.10 and test its features before the official 19.10.0 release at the end of the October – https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8526.

Let Mahara know what you think of the new features.

Also, find out what is happening in the Mahara community by reading the latest Mahara newsletter at https://mahara.org/newsletter

Information sourced via Kristina Hoeppner

Registrations are now opened for PebbleBash 2020 

Registrations are now open for the pedagogical extravaganza that will be Pebblebash 2020 in Edinburgh from 23-25 June 2020.

Join fellow trailblazers, innovators and champions of extraordinary learning journeys at this must-attend event. https://hubs.ly/H0lbjFy0 

Information sourced via Alison Poot

Some great eportfolio news and resources

Check out this great eportfolio news and resources:

• ePIC 2019  is happening right now in Lille (France) – you can follow what is happening at this event through the #epic2019 Twitter hashtag
• ePortfolio: From the National Context to Your Individual Institution – 20th February 2020 – Dublin City University, Ireland
• See how the Salt Lake Community College are using eportfolios to help students gain employment

Stay connected all year round – share any eportfolio news or ask questions via the Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook page.

Free webinar resources: The interplay between portfolios, social media and digital identity (+more)

Check out the free webinar resources from the The interplay between portfolios, social media and digital identity webinar held on 4 September

The webinar recording and presentation slides are now available from the following presentations:

• Opening the Digital Door by Dr Misty Kirby, Charles Sturt University
• site, cite, sight by Dr Kathryn Coleman, University of Melbourne
• Introduction to Professional Identity Development: a Deakin case study by Simone Tyrell, Deakin University

Click here to view these resources.

• let other people in your network know about these resources by forwarding on this email or via social media, and/or
• let us know if you have any ideas for 2020 webinars, or if you can present on a topic or know someone who can present on a topic – 0400 732 270 or eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

2019 Eportfolio Forum Program – Just released! 

ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee are pleased to announce that the 2019 Eportfolio Forum program is now available.

This year’s program is packed with amazing key notes, presentations, networking and hands on activities.

A highlight of this year’s program is the Panel discussion on What is the value in evidencing smaller and more specific elements of a person’s capabilities through credentialing? led by Asheley Jones from DeakinCo

2019 Eportfolio Forum (Eportforum) will be held on on 20-21 November 2019 at Australian Catholic University (ACU), Canberra Campus (Signadou). 

Registrations are now open – so book now!!

Please share this news with your networks by forwarding on this email or via social media (#eportforum)

Please contact Allison for more information or any questions regarding the 2019 Eportfolio Forum – 0400 732 270 or eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

PebbleBash 2020 – Initial Expressions of Interest due by 27 September 

Initial expressions of interest for PebbleBash 2020 (in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland) are due by this Friday 27 September.  PebbleBash will be from 23-25 June 2020.

The expressions of interest just require a 200 word overview
and 200 words about the impact of your work so are not too onerous. Go to https://pebblebash.co.uk/2020/papers NOW and have a look.

If you have any questions at all or would like to discuss an idea please contact Alison Poot, PebblePad – alison@pebblepad.com.au

Information sourced via Alison Poot

Some great eportfolio news and resources

Check out this great eportfolio news and resources:

• How are you using Mahara at your organisation? Have you developed a plugin you’d like to share? Are you starting a project using Mahara and are looking for collaboration partners? Let us know in the next Mahara newsletter. Deadline for submissions: 26 September. https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8509. Information sourced via Kristina Hoeppner
• Check out this video about the use of eportfolios for the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education at Charles Sturt University around how ePortfolios can support our journeys. Information sourced via Misty Kirby
• Dr Kate Coleman, AAEEBL Board of Directors, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, hosted a plenary at the Annual AAEEBL
  Meeting in Bronx Community College in New Your City, July 17, 2019 – You can check it out here.
  – Information sourced via Alison Poot
• A couple of free resources that talk about portfolios – “The Learning Portfolio in Higher Education: A Game of Snakes and Ladders” and Field Guide to ePortfolio Information sourced via Kristina Hoeppner

Stay connected all year round – share any eportfolio news or ask questions via the Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook page.

Free webinar: The interplay between portfolios, social media and digital identity (+more)

Join us on Wednesday 4 September from 4.30-5.30 pm AEST for the free webinar on the theme of The interplay between portfolios, social media and digital identity.

Presentations include:

• Opening the Digital Door by Dr Misty Kirby, Charles Sturt University
• site, cite, sight by Dr Kathryn Coleman, University of Melbourne
• Introduction to Professional Identity Development: a Deakin case study by Simone Tyrell, Deakin University

Click here to view more information about these presentations and to register.  If you cannot attend the webinar – still register and we will forward you the recording and resources following the webinar.

Please:

• let other people in your network know about this webinar by forwarding on this email or via social media, and/or
• let us know if you can present on this topic or know someone who can present on this topic – 0400 732 270 or eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

Ass Prof Denise Jackson – Keynote for Day Two of 2019 Eportfolio Forum 

ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee are pleased to announce that Ass Prof Denise Jackson will keynote Day Two of 2019 Eportfolio Forum.

Denise is the Director of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. Denise has received a number of research and teaching and learning awards, most recently a national Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.

Denise will join Day One Keynote – Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education, University of Derby, United Kingdom.

2019 Eportfolio Forum (Eportforum) will be held on on 20-21 November 2019 at Australian Catholic University (ACU), Canberra Campus (Signadou).

Registrations are now open – so book now so see these amazing presenters!!

Please share this news with your networks by forwarding on this email or via social media (#eportforum)

Please contact Allison for more information or any questions regarding the 2019 Eportfolio Forum – 0400 732 270 or eportfoliosaustralia@gmail.com

11th Annual Forum on Digital Learning and ePortfolios – Washington DC 

ePortfolios and the Future of Higher Education:
Fostering Leadership among Faculty, Staff, Administrators, and Students
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Washington, DC.

AAC&U’s 11th Annual Digital Learning and ePortfolio Forum will offer interactive concurrent sessions and workshop opportunities for participants to share the good work they are doing to enhance student learning, success, and career development through the use of ePortfolios and digital learning.

Click here for more information.

Information sourced via Marlene Daicopoulos

Some great eportfolio news and resources

Check out this great eportfolio news and resources:

• The newest edition of AEEBL ePortfolio Review is out! Check it out. It is full of excellent articles to help you with your practice – Information sourced via Candyce Reynolds 
• Get your latest Mahara News from the July 2019 Mahara Newsletter & find out about the Mahara minor point releases: 19.04.1, 18.10.2 and 18.04.5– Information sourced via Kristina Hoeppner
• Emeritus professor Beverley Oliver from Deakin University has recently released a report: Making micro-credentials work for learners, employers and providers – Information sourced via Leanne Ngo
• PebblePad have recently released a blog post: Why demand for PebblePad in Medical Education is accelerating – Information sourced via Alison Poot

Stay connected all year round – share any eportfolio news or ask questions via the Eportfolio Community of Practice Facebook page.