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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.

Recent Episodes

Amy Cicchino & Brandi Gilbert: Portfolios as high-impact practices
DEC 2, 2025
Amy Cicchino & Brandi Gilbert: Portfolios as high-impact practices
Associate Prof Dr Amy Cicchino, the Director of the Writing Center at the University of Central Florida and Brandi Gilbert, MPH, the Director of the Life-Health Sciences Internship Program at Indiana University Indianapolis talk about high-impact practices and how portfolios fit in. Resources Assessment InstituteHIPs in the StatesAAC&U list of high-impact practicesAAEEBL Digital Ethics Task ForceAAEEBL Digital Ethics in ePortfolios PrinciplesKuh, G.D, O’Donnell, K., & Reed, S. (2013)....
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32 MIN
Kristina Hoeppner: Making connections and sharing the passion for portfolio work
NOV 18, 2025
Kristina Hoeppner: Making connections and sharing the passion for portfolio work
In this episode, podcast host, Kristina Hoeppner, MA, from Catalyst IT, picks out a few memorable situations from her recent trip to Europe in September and early October 2025. Resources MoodleMoot DACHMoodleMoot Global 2025KawaiiconMahara UX review 2024Mahara refresh mock-upsCPD enhancementsMahara subscription'Mahara Ask Me Anything' sessionsAMA on 25 November 2025AMA on 16/17 December 2025Subscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios. Production information Production: Ca...
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11 MIN
Antje Koenen: Engage with your students as partners through a portfolio
NOV 4, 2025
Antje Koenen: Engage with your students as partners through a portfolio
OStR'in Antje Koenen, MA, is a senior teacher for English and German at Max-Beckmann-Schule in Frankfurt a.M. in Germany. She also works for the Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie, facilitating workshops for other teachers in the use of Mahara and digital media in general, amongst other things. In this episode, Antje shares why portfolios are a central part of her teaching and learning strategy. She explains how portfolios help engage students as partners in the classroom and help create authentic ...
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35 MIN
Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden: Unleash your innovation and creativity with a portfolio
OCT 21, 2025
Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden: Unleash your innovation and creativity with a portfolio
Dr Tessa Forshaw, Founding Scholar of the Next Level Lab at Harvard University and Rich Braden (BSEE and BSCE), Chief Innovation Evangelist at People Rocket are the authors of the book Innovation-ish: How anyone can create breakthrough solutions to real problems in the real world. In this episode, they share what innovation and creativity mean to them, how everyone can be creative and innovative, and how the portfolio comes into play in their classes and also consulting projects. Learn about ...
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40 MIN
Jack Rice: The portfolio as the space for growth in between stimulus and response
OCT 7, 2025
Jack Rice: The portfolio as the space for growth in between stimulus and response
Jack Rice, MBA, is the Director of Digital and Extended Learning at Acadia University and the Executive Director of the Maple League of Universities in Canada. In this episode, he shares stories from his various positions where he encountered portfolios and how he's changed his view on the tool and pedagogy to embrace portfolios fully and seeing them as being very important in the future of education. Resources Jack's publications on EvoLLLutionVoiceThreadAAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles in e...
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48 MIN