))
Amy Cicchino & Brandi Gilbert: Portfolios as high-impact practices
Manage episode 522294516 series 3394418
Content provided by Mahara Project. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Mahara Project or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
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 Institute
- HIPs in the States
- AAC&U list of high-impact practices
- AAEEBL Digital Ethics Task Force
- AAEEBL Digital Ethics in ePortfolios Principles
- Kuh, G.D, O’Donnell, K., & Reed, S. (2013). Ensuring quality and taking high-impact practices to scale. American Association of Colleges and Universities.
- Watson, C. E., Kuh, G. D., Rhodes, T. L., Penny Light, T., & Chen, H. L. (2016). Editorial: ePortfolios – The eleventh High Impact Practice. International Journal of ePortfolio, 6(2), 65–69.
- Kinzie, J., Silberstein, S., McCormick, A.C., Gonyea, R. M., & Dugan, B. (2021). Centering racially minoritized student voices in high-impact practices. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 53(4), 6–14
- IU Indianapolis ePortfolio Studio
- IU Indianapolis student ePortfolio showcase
- Elements of HIPs:
- Performance expectations set at appropriately high levels
- Significant investment of concentrated effort by students over an extended period
- Interactions with faculty and peers about substantive matters
- Experiences with diversity, wherein students are exposed to and must contend with people and circumstances that differ from those with which students are familiar
- Frequent, timely, and constructive feedback
- Opportunities to discover relevance of learning through real-world applications
- Public demonstration of competence
- Periodic, structured opportunities to reflect and integrate learning
- Making a difference for others
- Agency and accomplishment
Related episodes
- Christina Mayes: Portfolio support through peer mentors
- Mark Glynn: Take a programmatic approach to assessment with portfolios
- Sheetal J. Patel: Own your story through a portfolio
- Christine Dülfer: Supporting industry internships
Subscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios.
Production information
Production: Catalyst IT
Host: Kristina Hoeppner
Artwork: Evonne Cheung
Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. What are high-impact practices? (00:04:32)
3. What support for implementing HIPs do you provide? (00:11:30)
4. Examples of portfolio practice (00:16:37)
5. Insights from HIPs in the States 2026 (00:22:10)
6. What should everyone know about portfolios? (00:25:54)
7. Quick answer round (00:29:09)
84 episodes
Share
