2023 Eportfolio Forum
(Dual delivery)
Emerging, Connecting, Sustaining
11-12 October 2023
Charles Darwin University – Darwin / Larrakia Land and Online
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Opening Keynote Speaker:
Kevin Kelly, Educational Consultant, Author, Lecturer at San Francisco State University, AAEEBL Board Member
Emerging, Connecting, Sustaining: Changes in Behavior Due to Changes in Priority
Emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence simultaneously create an immediate impact on our workflows and force us all to consider the risks and benefits. Connecting requires fostering a sense of belonging among diverse identities, cultures, backgrounds and generations. Sustaining ourselves and our institutions demands that we navigate dramatic economic and environmental changes globally.
Now more than ever, we must use innovative ePortfolio practices to prepare learners to claim their place in the workforce and the world. Today’s students must become not only more adaptable, skilled professionals but also more intentional, digital citizens. They must understand both how and why they are making choices that affect their future. Together we will explore practical, ePortfolio-based strategies that promote flexibility and equity, that address issues of size and scale, and that support learners where they are.
Participants will leave the session with action items to complete at the forum and ideas to try at home.
Bio: Kevin Kelly, EdD, works with colleges and universities as a consultant to address distance education, educational technology, and organizational challenges. He also teaches online courses in the Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University, where he also previously served as the Online Teaching and Learning Manager. Kevin is a member of the AAEEBL Board of Directors and the AAEEBL Task Force on Digital Ethics in ePortfolios. His books include Advancing Online Teaching, Going Alt-Ac, and the forthcoming Making Courses Flexible.
Closing Keynote Speaker:
Lisa Gray, Senior Consultant – learning, teaching and assessment at PebblePad, and former Senior Consultant and Program Manager at JISC
If not now, when? eportfolio as a process, pedagogy and strategy-enabler whose time has (finally) come
Globally there are a number of challenges impacting higher education. We see an increasing recognition of the importance of developing students that are future-ready, with the skills to succeed in an ever-changing and increasingly digital working landscape. There has also been an increasing awareness of the need to rethink assessment practices – particularly in the light of the challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) is posing. The design and delivery of curricula has also been at the heart of conversations, with a plethora of curriculum transformation agendas, and many revisiting the balance of face-to-face and online delivery. Student wellbeing has also come to the fore, with the pandemic experience shining a light on the importance of ensuring students have a sense of belonging and connection through their university experience. In this closing keynote I will draw on over 20 years of experience working in learning, teaching and assessment innovation to explore these challenges further, and discuss how eportfolio practice should be (and already is) an essential part of the solution moving forward.
Bio: Lisa Gray is a Senior Consultant – learning, teaching and assessment at PebblePad. Lisa recently joined the PebblePad team from Jisc in the UK, where she provided leadership in the use of technology to enhance learning, teaching and assessment in higher education, nationwide. For over 20 years she has led a range of innovation and change initiatives exploring enhancement in assessment, employability, e-portfolios, curriculum transformation and digital capability; she has spoken and written about this work nationally and internationally.
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Major sponsors:
Charles Darwin University – Darwin campus
drieam.com/en/solutions/portflow/
Also proudly brought to you by the in-kind support from: ePortfolios Australia, Australian Catholic University, Charles Sturt University, Digital Capability, Edith Cowan University, Griffith University, James Cook University, La Trobe University, Melbourne Graduate School of Education – University of Melbourne, Monash University, RMIT, St Mary’s College of Meycauayan, UNSW Sydney, University of Queensland
Associate Eportfolio Organisation Support: Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) Eportfolio Ireland, and Europortfolio
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