Orna Farrell: Supporting learners and lecturers alike in their portfolio journey

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Dr Orna Farrell is a researcher at Dublin City University whose portfolio history goes back to 2008. Since then she's taught courses using portfolios and conducted numerous studies involving portfolios. Her interests lie in supporting learners and lecturers alike, also using open education strategies.
See the episode page for the transcript.
Connect with Orna

• Orna on Twitter
• Orna on LinkedIn
• Eportfolio Ireland

Resources

• Borton's reflective framework 'What? So what? Now what?'
• Ebook 'Eportfolio based assessment: Inspiring exploration and supporting evaluation for practitioners'
• Ebook 'Exploring the diversity of ePortfolio practice: An international sharing of practice, activities, and assessment'
• femedtech open letter
• Holy Grail of Rubrics
• Photos from the 2018 unconference
• Special issue on ePortfolios in IJTEL
• The learning portfolio in higher education: A game of snakes and ladders
• Universal Design for Learning

Portfolios at DCU

• Loop Reflect
• Annual Student Showcase and Awards for 2022

PhD thesis and selected articles

• PhD thesis 'Developing critical thinking through eportfolio based learning: an exploration of the experiences of non-traditional online distance learners'
• Farrell, O. (2018). Failure to Launch: The unfulfilled promise of eportfolios in Irish Higher Education
• Farrell, O., & Seery, A., (2019). “I am not simply learning and regurgitating information, I am also learning about myself”: Learning portfolio practice and online distance students
• Farrell, O., (2020). From Portafoglio to Eportfolio: The Evolution of Portfolio in Higher Education
• Farrell, O., Buckley, K., Donaldson, L., & Farrelly, T. (2021). Eportfolio in Ireland: A landscape snapshot of current practice

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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. How it all started (00:01:02)

3. Portfolios for assessment (00:05:22)

4. Trends in portfolio practice (00:06:29)

5. Universal Design for Learning (00:07:57)

6. Boundaries and rubrics (00:08:41)

7. Annual Student Showcase at DCU (00:11:25)

8. Lecturers as learners (00:12:15)

9. Eportfolio Ireland (00:13:14)

10. Special issue on ePortfolios in IJTEL (00:16:07)

11. What can't you do with portfolios just yet? (00:21:28)

12. Q&A: Words to describe portfolio practice (00:23:46)

13. Q&A: A tip for learning designers and educators (00:24:17)

14. Q&A: A tip for portfolio authors (00:24:47)