2: Orna Farrell: Supporting learners and lecturers alike in their portfolio journey

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.

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Connect with Orna

Orna on Twitter

Orna on LinkedIn

Eportfolio Ireland

Resources

Borton's reflective framework 'What? So what? Now what?'

Ebook 'Eportfolio based assessment: Inspiring exploration and supporting evaluation for practitioners'

Ebook 'Exploring the diversity of ePortfolio practice: An international sharing of practice, activities, and assessment'

femedtech open letter

Holy Grail of Rubrics

Photos from the 2018 unconference

Special issue on ePortfolios in IJTEL

The learning portfolio in higher education: A game of snakes and ladders

Universal Design for Learning

Portfolios at DCU

Loop Reflect

Annual Student Showcase and Awards for 2022

PhD thesis and selected articles

PhD thesis 'Developing critical thinking through eportfolio based learning: an exploration of the experiences of non-traditional online distance learners'

Farrell, O. (2018). Failure to Launch: The unfulfilled promise of eportfolios in Irish Higher Education

Farrell, O., & Seery, A., (2019). “I am not simply learning and regurgitating information, I am also learning about myself”: Learning portfolio practice and online distance students

Farrell, O., (2020). From Portafoglio to Eportfolio: The Evolution of Portfolio in Higher Education

Farrell, O., Buckley, K., Donaldson, L., & Farrelly, T. (2021). Eportfolio in Ireland: A landscape snapshot of current practice

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