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Kristina Hoeppner

Kristina Hoeppner, MA, is the Project Lead and Product Manager of the open source portfolio platform Mahara and host of this podcast.

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Alberto Pugnale

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.

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Amanda B. Wallace

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.

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Amy Cicchino

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.

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Andrea Ghoneim

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.

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Bas Bakker

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.

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Bob Reuter

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.

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Cathy Elliott

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

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Christina Stollner

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.

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Christine Dülfer

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.

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Christine Slade

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.

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Edd Bolton

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.

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Franziska Ohl

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.

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Jamie Robinson

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.

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John Ittelson

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.

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Kate Mitchell

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.

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Kevin Kelly

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

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Kylie Pugh

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.

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Lisa Donaldson

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.

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Maia Miller

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.

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Mandia Mentis

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.

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Margarete Imhof

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.

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Mario A. Peraza

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.

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Mark Brady

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.

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Martin Dougiamas

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.

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Megan Mize

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.

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Michael Sankey

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.


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His podcast episode was published on 7 May 2025.

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Olga Göransson

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.

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Paul Raper

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.

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Rita Zuba Prokopetz

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.

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Romy Hösl

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.

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Sam Taylor

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.

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Sarah Zurhellen

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.

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Sebastian Laube

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.

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Shari Bowker

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.

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Sigi Jakob-Kühn

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.

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Sofia Colabella

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.

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Tom Worthington

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.

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Wendy Holley-Boen

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.

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