Dr Alberto Pugnale works at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) of The University of Melbourne in Australia. He has been working with design portfolios for many years, and recently introduced an ePortfolio into his classes. This helped him discover how powerful the medium and practice can be, in particular in getting to know their students as persons.

His episode went live on 13 September 2023.

Allison Miller, MLD, is the Director and Lead Consultant at Digital Capability in Adelaide, Australia. 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.

Her episode went live on 10 July 2024.

Amanda B. Wallace, MA, is Assistant Professor at Tallahassee State College. Together with Dr Bre Garrett (University of West Florida) and Kylie Pugh, MA, she conducted research in the area of using portfolios for student well-being and published that at the end of 2023.

Her episode went live on 26 June 2024.

Dr Amy Cicchino is Associate Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. Her research takes up high-impact practices — including ePortfolios — educator professional development, and multimodal teaching and communication across the disciplines and has appeared in venues such as IJeP, ePortfolio as Curriculum (2019), and the Online Literacy Open Resource and she co-edited Better Practices: Exploring the Teaching of Writing in Online and Hybrid Spaces (2023) with Troy Hicks. In addition to her work with AAEEBL she has leadership roles in GSOLE and HIPs in the States.

Her episode went live on 15 February 2023.

Dr Andrea Ghoneim is eDeveloper - Digital Teaching Services at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business). She has gained extensive experience using and researching portfolios through her participation in EU-funded projects, in particular EUfolio, Europortfolio, and ATS 2020 when she worked at Donau-Universität Krems (Danube University Krems). Recently, she co-edited a white  paper on assessment strategies, in which portfolios featured.

Her episode went live on 5 July 2023.

Dr Annemarie Galeucia is a member of the Communications Across the Curriculum (CxC) team at Louisiana State University in the U.S.A. The CxC team created the Distinguished Communicator Medal Program in 2005, supporting students before effective communicators.

Her episode went live on 17 April 2024.

Arturo Flores, Jr., is a Psychology and History major at Dominican University of California in his final year. He holds a number of on-campus jobs, amongst them being a peer mentor.

Connect with Arturo on LinkedIn.

His podcast episode was published on 26 February 2025.

Bas Bakker, MScBA, is an independent learning designer, working for different Dutch institutions of higher education. He has a long history of supporting and using Mahara for learning and assessment, but also has experiences with other portfolio platforms.

His episode went live on 4 January 2023.

Dr Bob Reuter is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education and Social Work at University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg where he has taught courses relating to educational psychology, educational technology, and educational research, in particular in the Bachelor en Sciences de l'Éducation / Bachelor of Science in Education (BScE) since 2004.

His episode went live on 21 June 2023.

Dr Bobbi Kamil was Associate Dean at State University of New York, Empire State College, when it was founded in 1971. Together with the founding team, she was instrumental in establishing the vision for the college to provide adult learners with the opportunity to earn a degree by having their prior learning taken into consideration and creating their own degrees.

Her episode went live on 12 April 2023.

David 'Boz' Bowles, MFA, is a member of the Communications Across the Curriculum (CxC) team at Louisiana State University in the U.S.A. The CxC team created the Distinguished Communicator Medal Program in 2005, supporting students before effective communicators.

His episode went live on 17 April 2024.

Brian Williams, BTech, Security Operations Supervisor at Catalyst IT shares why information security is an important consideration for people creating and working with portfolios.

His episode went live on 7 February 2024.

Professor Dr Candyce Reynolds is Director of University Foundations (General Education) at Boise State University.

Her episode went live on 30 October 2024.

Professor Dr Cathy Elliott is Vice Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences at University College London (UCL), UK. She teaches a political science class on nature and supports over 1,000 faculty and 7,000 students in the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences at UCL.

She was guest in two episodes that went live on:

• 10 May 2023
• 2 October 2024

Chahira Nouira, MS, is an instructional designer at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in Germany where she supports lecturers in their use of educational technology and how to incorporate them into their teaching and learning activities.

Connect with Chahira on LinkedIn.

His podcast episode was published on 26 March 2025.

Christina Stollner, MA, works at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden (OTH Amberg-Weiden) in Bavaria in Germany. There she is a member of the 'Dreiklang' project, which aims to make it easier for lecturers and students to work with portfolios by offering a triad of triad of support: theory, communication, and examples for the direct application of portfolios in various contexts in higher education.

Her episode went live on 21 May 2025.

Christine Dülfer (OStR'in; Dipl.-Hdl'in) is a Business Administration and English teacher at Berufliche Schulen des Landkreises Waldeck-Frankenberg in Korbach und Bad Arolsen, which are vocational schools in Germany, and a team leader at the Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie in the media department (Dezernat Medien II.3, SG II.3-3 Fortbildung), responsible for Moodle trainers. Christine has been supporting students for over 10 years in creating portfolios as part of their internships that are an integral part of their vocational studies in the German 'duale System'. 

Her episode went live on 7 December 2022.

Associate Professor Christine Slade, PFHEA is an academic in the Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation at the University of Queensland, Australia. with leadership responsibilities in assessment, academic integrity and generative artificial intelligence. 

Christine is an active ePortfolio learning advisor and researcher. She is a member of the international AAEEBL Task Force on Digital Ethics and a member of the ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee.

Her episode went live on 1 March 2023.

Cordula Schwiderski, MA, works in the Mediendidaktische Servicestelle (Service Point for Media Didactics) at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg in Germany. She is associated with the DiKuLe project.

Her episode went live on 4 June 2025.

Dr Debra Hoven is an educator at Athabasca University in Canada, teaching and researching primarily in the Master in Education in Open, Digital, and Distance Education and in the Doctorate in Education programme.

She appeared in two episodes that went live on:

• 20 March 2024
• 3 April 2024

Derrin Kent is Founder and Managing Director of The Development Manager (TDM) in the UK. He has been incorporating portfolios into apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps since the late 2000s, giving learners better opportunities to secure and then succeed in their jobs.

He appeared in two episodes that went live on:

• 6 March 2024
• 24 July 2024

Edd Bolton, MA, is Learning Technologist at Solent University in Southampton, UK. He's been working with portfolios for many years now, supporting students and academic in their practice.

His episode went live on 1 February 2023.

Associate Professor Dr Fergus Green from University College London (UCL) talks in this episode about why he started working with portfolios in his political science classes, what he has learned, and how he can better support his students on their learning journey by having incorporated portfolios.

His episode went live on 13 November 2024.

Franziska Ohl, MSc, works in the Institute for Psychology, and there specifically in the Department of Psychology in Education at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germany. She is a member of the feedback portfolio project, supporting lecturers and students in their department with the creation of portfolios.

Her podcast episode was published on 9 April 2025.

Hannah Brodel, MA, works in the Fortbildungszentrum Hochschullehre (FBZHL; Centre for University Teaching) at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg in Germany. She is associated with the DiKuLe project.

Her episode 'DiKuLe: Planning and decision making guide for portfolios' went live on 4 June 2025.

Dr Helen Chen (Stanford University) is a long-time champion of ePortfolio practice and has been involved in many initiatives and organisations such as EPAC, AAEEBL, and the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab at Stanford University.

Her episode went live on 7 June 2023.

Jamie Robinson, MEd, is a Senior Learning Designer at University of Newcastle. She has been using portfolios since about 2008. She developed a highly effective boot camp for educators to get exposed to the practice and experience it themselves to better support their own students.

Her episode went live on 21 February 2024.

Dr John Ittelson is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Monterey Bay. He has been researching and working with portfolios for many decades. He has an illustrious academic career, working with educational technologies and using them with students to document their learning.

His episode went live on 29 March 2023.

Jonathan Murphy, FCA, is Head of the Apprenticeship Department at Griffith College in Ireland and is passionate about portfolios for his degree apprentices but would also take it beyond his own department.

His episode went live on 18 September 2024.

Kate Mitchell, MEd, is a Senior Learning Designer at the University of Melbourne and holds over 20 years experience in education, having worked as a learning designer, trainer, and educator across higher, secondary, and vocational education sectors.

Kate is an FAITD Fellow, a founding member of the ASCILITE TELedvisors Special Interest Group and a long standing member of the ePortfolios Australia Organising Committee. She has a particular interest in holistic ePortfolio and assessment design at the program/degree level and in advocating for improved UX, instructional design and accessibility in educational technology.

Her episode went live on 15 March 2023.

Dr Kathleen Blake Yancey is Emerita Professor at Florida State University. She has contributed to ePortfolio research and practice for many years through her numerous publications, presentations, and workshops.

Her episode went live on 6 December 2023.

KatieAnn Nguyen is a Chemistry student at Dominican University of California. She's also a peer mentor for digital portfolios at Dominican.

Connect with KatieAnn on LinkedIn.

Her podcast episode was published on 12 February 2025.

Kevin Kelly, EdD, works with colleges and universities as a consultant to address distance education, educational technology, and organizational challenges. He taught for 25 years as a Lecturer in the Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University, where he also previously served as the Online Teaching and Learning Manager. Kevin is a member of the AAEEBL Board of Directors and the AAEEBL Task Force on Digital Ethics in ePortfolios. He has authored/co-authored several books recently, including The Blended Course Design Workbook, 2nd Edition (2024), Making College Courses Flexible (2024), and Advancing Online Teaching (2021).

Kevin has been a guest in a few episodes that went live on: 

• 1 March 2023
• 20 December 2023
• 10 January 2024

Kylie Pugh, MA, is Adjunct Faculty at the University of West Florida and Customer Success Manager at Instructure. Together with Dr Bre Garrett (University of West Florida) and Amanda B. Wallace, MA (Tallahassee State College), she conducted research in the area of using portfolios for student well-being and published that at the end of 2023.

Her episode went live on 26 June 2024.

Dr Leticia Britos Cavagnaro is the co-Founder and co-Director of the University Innovation Fellows, a programme of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) at Stanford University. Leticia uses emerging technologies to empower learners to be self-directed, action-oriented, and reflective shapers of the future.

Her episode went live on 2 August 2023.

Lillian Nave, MA (Appalachian State University) is the host of the 'Think UDL' podcast.

The episode in which she interviewed Kevin Kelly and Kristina Hoeppner on 'think UDL' went live on 20 December 2023 as a re-post.

Dr Lindsay Richardson is the Educational Technology Manager in the Teaching and Learning Services Department and an Adjunct Professor and Contract Instructor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University.

Her episode went live on 2 July 2025.

Lisa Donaldson, MSc, worked at Dublin City University in Ireland in the Teaching Enhancement Unit. There she was responsible for Loop Reflect, DCU's ePortfolio platform based on Mahara.

Her episode was the inaugural podcast episode went live on 28 September 2022.

Maia Miller, BA Honours, was the Accessibility Services Manager at Catalyst IT, where she worked with clients and our own teams to train them in web accessibility practices in all stages of the software development life cycle and content creation via various training programmes, peer reviews, and audits.

Her episode went live on 11 January 2023.

Dr Mandia Mentis works in the Institute of Education at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has been using portfolios in her teaching for more than 20 years, appreciating the affordances that the pedagogy and technology have in terms of personalising the learning for her students and giving students the chance to bring in their authentic selves.

Her episode went live on 21 December 2022.

Margaret Rauliuk, MN EdD(c), RN, FCAN, is a doctoral student at Athabasca University in Canada.

Her episode went live on 3 April 2024.

Prof Dr Margarete Imhof works in the Institute for Psychology, and there specifically in the Department of Psychology in Education at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germany. She is a member of the feedback portfolio project, supporting lecturers and students in their department with the creation of portfolios.

Her podcast episode was published on 9 April 2025.

Mario A. Peraza, MSc, completed his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Design Methodology at Stanford University and was a student ambassador and intern at the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab (ILPL) at the university where he taught workshops on using portfolios to curate one's digital presence besides performing a number of other tasks.

His episode went live on 12 June 2024.

Mark Brady is a student studying in the Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Disruptive Technologies programme at Dublin City University in Ireland. He's had a successful career as videographer, but during the pandemic decided to fulfil one of his dreams to study psychology.

His episode went live on 1 May 2024.

Dr Mark Glynn, PFHEA, is Head of Business Development for EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) at Catalyst IT Europe. He used to be the Head of the Teaching Enhancement Unit at Dublin City University (DCU) for many years.

His episode went live on 15 May 2024.

Dr Martin Dougiamas is founder of Moodle, the open source learning management system, that is used by millions of learners around the world daily. Moodle has grown from Martin's university project to a 250-person company empowering educators to create and support learning activities.

His episode went live on 24 May 2023.

Dr Martin Sticht is a research assistant at the Chair for Computer Science for Media Informatics at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg in Germany. He is associated with the DiKuLe project.

His episode 'DiKuLe: Planning and decision making guide for portfolios' went live on 4 June 2025.

Martina Osterrieder is a research assistant at the Institute of Educational Sciences at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg in Germany. She is associated with the DiKuLe project.

Her episode 'DiKuLe: Planning and decision making guide for portfolios' went live on 4 June 2025.

Matthew E. Mueller, CRC, MA, MBA, is the Director of Accessibility and Disability Services at Dominican University of California where he's also finished his MBA in December 2024. He's also one of the integrative coaches of the Student Success Center.

His podcast episode was published on 12 March 2025.

Dr Megan Mize is the Director for ePortfolios and Digital Initiatives in the Academic Success Center (ASC) at Old Dominion University (ODU). In this role, she facilitates the development of engaging digital assignments and programs, with an eye towards fostering integrative learning and digital literacies. Currently, her research interests include digital ethics and ePortfolio composition, extended reality (XR) use as an emerging high-impact practice, and GIFs as cultural and rhetorical artefacts. Her work appears in AePR, Peitho, Field Guide, and In Media Res. 

Her episode went live on 15 February 2023.

Professor Dr Michael Sankey is Adjunct in the Faculty of Arts and Society at  Charles Darwin University, Larrakia Country, in Australia. He has been involved in the ePortfolio practice for more than 25 years, started out writing HTML pages, then used various portfolio platforms, and transitioned to a non-institution owned site now that he is retired.

He is:

• Director, Learning Technologies Leadership Institute
• Director, Australasian Council on Open and Digital Education (ACODE) 
• Community Fellow, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

His podcast episode was published on 7 May 2025.

Mike Joiner-Hill, MSW, is Associate Director of Career Coaching and Education - Humanities & Sciences, in Stanford Career Education and works in the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab alongside Helen L. Chen.

Hi episode went live on 25 October 2023.

Dr Misty Kirby, SFHEA, is an academic and practitioner with university and school experience, creating portfolios herself and with her students.

Her episode went live on 26 October 2022.

Professor Dr Olga Göransson works in Lund University's Department of Experimental Medical Science, specifically the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden. She is the director of the 'Generic knowledge and skills (ePortfolio)' course, in which all 1,200 PhD students of the Medical Faculty are enrolled. They all create portfolios.

Her episode went live on 27 November 2024.

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.

Her episode went live on 12 October 2022.

Professor Dr Patsie Polly, SFHEA, Director and Fellow of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has been using portfolios in biomedical sciences since 2011/12.

Her episode went live on 21 August 2024.

Professor Dr Paul Libbrecht (International University of Applied Science) is a member of the AISOP project, coordinated by PH Weingarten, University of Education Weingarten, in Germany. The team researches how to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) well into the portfolio process to support students and lecturers.

His episode went live on 30 August 2023.

Paul Raper, MSc, is a former engineer turned linguist who studied Teaching English for Specific Purposes at Aston University in the UK with corpus linguistics as his primary subject. Paul now teaches English to engineers at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and uses the ePortfolio as his primary coaching tool.

His episode went live on 16 August 2023.

Dr Ricardo Elizalde is a Digital Learning Partner at San Francisco Unified School District and has been working with portfolios for over two decades. He creates portfolios for himself and supports students and teachers create them in his school district.

His episode went live on 27 September 2023.

Dr Rita Zuba Prokopetz is an educational consultant in Canada who has been teaching with portfolios for over a decade, most recently in a portfolio capstone course for a Master's in Education. Rita's research interests include reflection, feedback interaction, and community building during the development of capstone ePortfolio projects.

Her episode went live on 26 April 2023.

Romy Hösl, MA, works at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden (OTH Amberg-Weiden) in Bavaria in Germany. There she is a member of the 'Dreiklang' project, which aims to make it easier for lecturers and students to work with portfolios by offering a triad of triad of support: theory, communication, and examples for the direct application of portfolios in various contexts in higher education.

Her episode went live on 21 May 2025.

Dr Ruth Cox was a pioneer of ePortfolios at San Francisco State University (SFSU) in the U.S.A.

• Ruth's work with the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists
• Ruth's Internet Movie Database page, an example of a portfolio you don't fully control when you are in the public sphere

Her episode went live on 10 January 2024.

Sam Taylor, PGCert, FHEA, CMALT, has been supporting portfolio practice as learning designer since 2008 at higher education institutions in the UK and since 2018 as eLearning consultant at Catalyst IT Europe. She's worked with a diverse range of students, lecturers, and staff giving her insight into many different portfolio practices.

Her episode went live on 23 November 2022.

Dr Sarah Zurhellen is the Assistant Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program and a Professional Consultant in the University Writing Center at Appalachian State University. She studies how technology affects the way we read, write, remember, and learn. Her current projects include the impact of digital computing on twentieth and twenty-first century print novels and the role of digital ethics in student composing. She is currently serving as co-facilitator for Appalachian State’s Advancing Digital Literacy Learning Community and AAEEBL’s Digital Ethics in ePortfolios Task Force.

Her episode went live on 15 February 2023.

Sebastian Laube, MSc, works in the Institute for Psychology, and there specifically in the Department of Psychology in Education at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germany. He is a member of the feedback portfolio project, supporting lecturers and students in their department with the creation of portfolios.

His podcast episode was published on 9 April 2025.

Shari Bowker, MEd, is Learning Designer (ePortfolios) at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. There she works in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI) and supports educators university wide with implementing portfolios into their classes.

Her episode went live on 29 May 2024.

Dr Sheetal J. Patel from the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab (ILPL) at Stanford University wears several hats besides the one of being founding member and contributor to the lab. She runs her own company, Aha! >> Opportunities, co-founded the facilitation company Ninety-Five Z, works for LinkedIn Learning, and is a mom.

Her episode went live on 4 September 2024.

Oberstudienrätin (Senior Teacher) Sieglinde Jakob-Kühn taught in the German school system for many years and discovered Mahara a few years after having started working with Moodle in an innovative way with her language students.

Her episode went live on 8 November 2023.

Dr Sofia Colabella works at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) of The University of Melbourne in Australia. She have been working with design portfolios for many years, and recently introduced an ePortfolio into her classes. This helped her discover how powerful the medium and practice can be, in particular in getting to know their students as persons.

Her episode went live on 13 September 2023.

Solena Ornelas, MA, started her college career at Dominican University of California, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Music. She then continued on to New York University to pursue a Master of Arts in Art Politics, and is now a civil servant as congressional staffer.

Her episode aired on 15 January 2025.

Dr Sonja Taylor is Director of Senior Inquiry at Portland State University (PSU).

Her episode went live on 30 October 2024.

Starlight (José) Lain-Straus is an Education Studies bachelor student at Dominican University of California. He's also a peer mentor, supporting students when they join Dominican.

His episode was published on 29 January 2025.

Connect with Starlight

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Stephen Harlow is a Learning Designer at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato The University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand where he supports students and lecturers via Te Puna Ako - Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning (CeTTL). He's been introduced to digital storytelling in the early 2000s and has been using it since then for himself and in his teaching.

His episode went live on 19 July 2023.

Dr Terrel (Terry) Rhodes is Distinguished Fellow at AAC&U and can look back at a long history of working with portfolios, establishing the VALUE rubrics, tying portfolios to assessment and employability, and supporting many institutions in their portfolio journey.

His episode went live on 22 November 2023.

Honorary Senior Lecturer Tom Worthington, MEd FHEA FACS CP, from The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, teaches computer science students. He uses authentic learning tasks, in particular around the topic of job applications to engage his students in portfolio practice.

His episode went live on 16 October 2024.

Dr Wendy-Holley-Boen works in the Institute of Education at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has been using portfolios in her teaching for more than 20 years, appreciating the affordances that the pedagogy and technology have in terms of personalising the learning for her students and giving students the chance to bring in their authentic selves.


Her episode went live on 21 December 2022.

Professor Dr Wolfgang Müller (PH Weingarten) is a member of the AISOP project, coordinated by PH Weingarten, University of Education Weingarten, in Germany. The team researches how to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) well into the portfolio process to support students and lecturers.

His episode went live on 30 August 2023.

Associate Professor Dr Zala Volcic is Director of Teaching Innovation within the Faculty of Arts at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She shares how her students in the Bachelor of Media Communication (BMC) in the School of Media, Film, and Journalism use portfolios in different ways in their studies.

Her episode went live on 7 August 2024.