1. ePortfolio Panel: Evidencing the Learning Journey

2. Acknowledgement of Country
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we gather and meet, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

3. “What factors influence the success of an ePortfolio”
Digital Engagement
Contributing to ePortfolio Panel WordCloud: or
“What factors influence the success of an ePortfolio”
Tweeting during T&L Week with the hashtag: #UQTLWeek17

4. Prof Sarah Roberts-Thomson
Sarah Roberts-Thomson (B.Pharm (Hons), PhD, MPS, GAICD, GCELead, PFHEA) is the Associate Dean (Academic) for the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences at UQ. Since 2014 Sarah has championed the UQ ePortfolio project, initially obtaining internal grants to support the selection of an appropriate tool and then leading the implementation and embedding of the current ePortfolio across the university.

5. Dr Gillian Hallam
Gillian Hallam (PhD, Grad Dip Lib Sci, Grad Cert Higher Ed, Grad Cert Online Ed) is currently Manager, Information and Digital Literacy with The University of Queensland Library. She has played an active role in the ePortfolio community as Project Leader of the Australian ePortfolio Project. Gillian is Adjunct Professor with Queensland University of Technology, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Australian Library and Information Association.

8. AeP project goals
Goal 1: To provide an overview and analysis of the national and international context related to the development of portfolios, particularly ePortfolios, in tertiary education and schools
Goal 2: To document the types of portfolios, particularly ePortfolios, used in Australian higher education (including the different approaches, purposes, audiences and infrastructure)
Goal 3: To identify any significant issues related to the approaches being developed in Australian education and the likely impact on what is happening in Australian higher education
Goal 4: To examine the potential relationship with the National Diploma Supplement work being conducted by a consortium of universities led by the University of New England and the University of Melbourne
Goal 5: To recommend ways to share excellent practice in the implementation and use of ePortfolios
Goal 6: To identify areas in which further development could be supported 8

9. Key research findings
High level of interest in the use of ePortfolios in the context of higher education
Potential to help students become reflective learners
Conscious of their personal & professional strengths and weaknesses
Able to make their existing and developing skills more explicit
Some good examples of early adoption in different institutions, distributed across the sector
Greatest use in coursework programs, rather than research programs
Implementation generally at subject or program level, with little faculty- or university-wide activity
Responsibility for implementation frequently rested with the individual teaching unit
An alternative centralised model of coordination by ICT services, careers and employment or teaching and learning support beginning to emerge 9

11. AeP2 – Building a community of practice
Goals:
To establish, facilitate and encourage an Australian Community of Practice (CoP) for ePortfolio researchers and practitioners
To introduce a regular Australasian conference to provide a forum in which to explore and discuss ePortfolio research and practice
To determine what potential participants wanted and needed in a CoP
To identify the attributes of successful CoPs

12. https://eportfoliosaustralia. wordpress

14. Developments 2007 → 2010
Respondents’ understanding of ePortfolios was clearer and more consistent: the AeP report was “a sound information base”
Much less use in single courses: movement towards programmatic implementation in undergraduate student learning
ePortfolio practice was less sporadic and ad hoc, much more planned and embedded activity
Less isolation for teaching staff, more collaboration with T&L support services & IT services
More policies had been introduced, driven principally by T&L support services
Emergent interest in employability
Critical success factors:
Funding
Staffing
Support for pedagogy, or ‘ePortfolio learning’
Staff development

15. Reflections in 2017 Key drivers Challenges Need for research
Employability, WIL, extra-curricular learning
Professional accreditation
Career development
Reflective practice
Challenges
Budgetary constraints
Accountability
Rapid change across higher education
Lack of ePortfolio acceptance by employers
Lack of understanding ‘ePortfolio learning’
Need for research
Need for strategic engagement

16. Dr Christine Slade
Dr Christine Slade (PhD GC Prof Learning SFHEA) is a Lecturer in Higher Education in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI) at UQ. As part of this role, Christine is a Learning Advisor for the ePortfolio for WILs project. She has participated in the Australian ePortfolio Forum since 2012 and recently presented at the AAEEBL ePortfolio conference in the USA. Prior to this work, Christine was responsible for The University of the Sunshine Coast’s ePortfolio implementation ( ) for which she received two national awards. Christine's work is highly regarded in the international ePortfolio community and she has published widely in the sector.

17. Learnings from ePortfolio Implementation
Dr Christine Slade SFHEA
Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation
ePortfolio: Evidencing the Learning Journey
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Teaching and Learning Week
2017

18. Take a Program/Cluster of Courses Approach
Expression of Interest process helps design thinking
Curriculum mapping is vital
Buy-in from students – need consistent experience in ePortfolio
Sustainable for academics and teaching support staff

19. Values for Capacity Building for ePortfolio Use
Not burdensome
Stepwise change and adaption
Well supported
Address problems quickly
Plan strategically

20. Learn from Others UQ Community of Practice – peer support
Australian ePortfolio Forum/AAEEBL
Other informal networks – learning designers, TEL edvisors
International Journal of ePortfolios
Other resources – video, case studies, reflections

21. Evaluate and Research
How do we know that ePortfolios are making an impact?
Sector need for empirical ePortfolio research – at different implementation levels and aspects
Opportunity for TF academics to find a SoTL research area
Current example projects underway:
Comparison Pre & Post User Experience
Ethical Issues of using ePortfolios in Vulnerable Communities

22. Lynn McAllister
Lynn McAllister (Grad Dip LIS, AFHEA) is currently the Coordinator of the QUT Student ePortfolio and Academic and Professional Staff ePortfolio programs and sessional academic with the Science and Engineering Faculty.
Lynn received a QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for her contribution to the Australian ePortfolio Project.
She has been an active member of the Australian ePortfolio Conference and Forum planning committees since 2008.
Lynn is currently working towards a Doctor of Education, exploring the student experience of ePortfolio curation for learning, in higher education.

23. Getting the most out of the QUT Student ePortfolio programme
Know your critical success factors!
Academic and student engagement
Reflection in context
User-driven support and development
Collegiality and culture

24. Questions to Panel