Allison Miller: The portfolio is a process

Create. Share. Engage.

Allison Miller, MLD, Director and Lead Consultant at Digital Capability in Adelaide, Australia, talks about her passion: ePortfolios. She also leads the ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee that offers events, research, and practice opportunity for portfolio researchers and practitioners, primarily in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
In this episode, Allison shares some of her practice and projects she's involved in and explains what the main components of a portfolio are for her and how to get started.
Connect with Allison on LinkedIn
Resources

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
• Tall Poppy Syndrome
• EmPr Beverley Oliver
• ePortfolios Australia community website
• ePortfolio Australia PARE sessions
• Eportfolio Forum, 10-11 September 2024
• Kate Mitchell's episode on programmatic design
• Shari Bowker's episode on feedback
• Flyer for one of the 'Shut up and ePortfolio' sessions with Sandra Stewart in 2020
• Brown, G., Chen, H. L., & Gordon, A. (2012). The annual AAEEBL survey at two: Looking back and looking ahead. International Journal of ePortfolio, 2(2), 129–138.

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Production information
Production: Catalyst IT
Host: Kristina Hoeppner
Artwork: Evonne Cheung
Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

Kapitler

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. What is ePortfolios Australia? (00:02:31)

3. How Allison got started with portfolios (00:04:03)

4. What's portfolio practice about? (00:06:51)

5. Where is support needed most for organisations? (00:14:21)

6. Where is support needed most for individuals? (00:19:51)

7. Wardrobe as portfolio metaphor (00:23:58)

8. The portfolio as disruptor (00:25:42)

9. PARE sessions (00:27:48)

10. Q&A: Words to describe porfolio work (00:32:18)

11. Q&A: A tip for learning designers and educators (00:32:56)

12. Q&A: A tip for portfolio authors (00:33:27)