In this episode, Mahara project lead Kristina Hoeppner, MA, takes a brief look back at 15 years on the Mahara team at Catalyst IT. She pulls out a few instances of portfolio use. This is only a tiny selection and by no means a full representation of what is happening in the portfolio community as you can see from the many stories that we share on this podcast.

Resources

• Learning management system Moodle
• MoodleMoot Global 2025
• Library management system Koha
• KohaCon 2025
• Bret Eynon, Laura Gambino (2018): Catalyst in action: Case studies of High-Impact ePortfolio practice
• Recording of Mahara Hui Online on 10 June 2025 on the Mahara YouTube channel
• Morgan Gresham, Megan, Mize, Sarah Zurhellen (2023). High-impact practices and third spaces: Connecting across disciplines. Across the Disciplines, 20(3–4), 157–176.
• AAEEBL Digital Ethics Task Force and Digital Ethics in ePortfolios principles
• AAEEBL YouTube channel
• ePortfolios Australia and upcoming Eportfolio Forum
• Chris Cormack (2025): Data sovereignty in Aotearoa: Navigating how to protect our digital taonga
• Presentation 'Portfolios: Integral to your programmatic assessment approach'
• Janine Quiding, Miriam Laidlaw, Tabitha Parker, Kristina Hoeppner (2020): Portfolios come full circle in the world of work
• Janine Quiding, Miriam Laidlaw, Tabitha Parker (2022): PDRP at Waitematā

Related episodes

• Andrea Ghoneim: Learn transversal skills through portfolios
• Lisa Donaldson: From 0 to 6,000 in six weeks
• Christina Stollner & Romy Hösl: Portfolio support for educators and learners
• DiKuLe: Planning and decision making guide for portfolios
• Chahira Nouira: Use a portfolio to give students space and time to reflect
• Mahara 25.04 and how a feature makes it into Mahara

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