Patsie Polly: Authentic assessment tasks in biomedical research

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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. In this episode she shares how she started with the practice, and why she is a strong advocate for using portfolios not just for authentic assessment tasks.
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Resources

• Patsie's research and publications
• Blog post 'Can portfolio pegagogy be shaken by AI' with Kate Coleman
• Field Guide to ePortfolio
• Presentation 'Linking learning to employability through ePortfolios' with Dr Beth Gordon, Roger Emery, Kristina Hoeppner, and Sibylle Würz
• Riff: AI reflection bot
• AAC&U's High-Impact Practices
• HERDSA - Higher Education and Development Society of Australia
• ePortfolios Australia
• Eportfolio Forum 2024
• AAEEBL - Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning

Related episodes

• Kate Mitchell: Deliberate and programmatic design
• Mark Glynn: Take a programmatic approach to portfolio assessment
• Allison Miller: The portfolio is a process

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

Bölümler

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. How did you become interested in portfolios? (00:02:39)

3. How do you use portfolios with your students? (00:04:26)

4. AI and portfolios (00:07:03)

5. Change over the years in portfolio practice? (00:09:53)

6. What excites you about portfolio practice right now? (00:14:59)

7. Is there anything else you'd like to share? (00:18:43)

8. Q&A: Words to describe porfolio work (00:20:23)

9. Q&A: A tip for learning designers and educators (00:20:54)

10. Q&A: A tip for portfolio authors (00:21:27)