Mandia Mentis & Wendy Holley-Boen: Bringing the personal to the professional

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Dr Mandia Mentis and Dr Wendy Holley-Boen work in the Institute of Education at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. They have been using portfolios in their teaching for more than 20 years, appreciating the affordances that the pedagogy and technology have in terms of personalising the learning for their students and giving students the chance to bring in their authentic selves.
In this episode, Mandia and Wendy talk about the many benefits portfolios have for their learners and how they help their learners to make the most out of them.
Click through to the episode page for the transcript.
Connect with Mandia

• Mandia on Twitter
• Mandia on LinkedIn

Connect with Wendy

• Wendy on Twitter
• Wendy on LinkedIn

Resources

• Massey University's portfolio site
• The art gallery or museum metaphor
• Presentation 'Evidencing course competencies alongside soft skills in ePortfolios to rethink professional identity and employability'
• Mandia's research
• Wendy's research

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

Bab

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Mandia's professional background (00:01:05)

3. Wendy's professional background (00:02:06)

4. Portfolios in professional programmes (00:02:41)

5. Underpinnings of the specialist teaching programme (00:04:01)

6. Supporting lifelong and lifewide learning (00:05:54)

7. Using a metaphor to explain portfolios (00:07:08)

8. Employability portfolios (00:09:55)

9. Digital ethics and portfolios (00:11:29)

10. Trends in portfolio practice (00:12:43)

11. What can't you do with portfolios just yet? (00:16:17)

12. Q&A: Words to describe portfolio practice (00:18:35)

13. Q&A: A tip for learning designers and educators (00:20:01)

14. Q&A: A tip for portfolio authors (00:21:31)