2025 Eportfolio Forum
Day 1 - Future-Focussed Innovation and Strategy
Day 1 - Future-Focussed Innovation and Strategy
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Subject to change
Subject to change
Registration - Networking
9.30 am
Welcome and Housekeeping
Allison Miller, ePortfolios Australia and Digital Capability
9.40 am
Opening Address
Professor Natalie Brown, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Pro Vice-Chancellor, Launceston, University of Tasmania
10.00 am
Opening Keynote
Shane Sutherland, Chief Mischief Maker (AKA Chief Academic Officer) at PebblePad
11.00 am –11.35 am
Morning tea
11.35 am - 12.35 pm
Plenary Panel
How does presenting a strategic approach to eportfolio practice sustain interest and support in an ever changing world?
Panel MC:
Dr Ingrid D'Souza, Monash University
Panelists:
Angela Berndt, University of Tasmania
Heather Pate, Edith Cowan University
Helen L Chen, Stanford University, AAEEBL
Keith Murfin, University of the Sunshine Coast
Prof. Patsie Polly, UNSW Sydney
Student Panelists:
TBC
12.35 pm –1.30 pm
Lunch
Pieter J. Smits, Drieam, Portflow
Portflow is an innovative digital portfolio solution dedicated to enhance assessment by streamlining program-level assessment processes. As Australian institutions rethink their assessment designs in light of generative AI, Portflow offers an important advantage: it prioritises process over product and empowers learners to personalise how they demonstrate their progress towards achieving learning outcomes. This helps institutions build assessments that are more authentic, resilient to AI interference, and meaningful for real world application. Portflow also enables institutions to integrate feedback seamlessly, support assessment as, of, and for learning, and track work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences. This makes Portflow the ideal foundation for future-focused assessment design.
Pieter Smits is the dedicated product manager for Portflow, bringing a career-long focus in EdTech to his role. With a strong academic background in Educational Science and Technology, Pieter combines his expertise with a deep commitment to advancing innovative educational solutions. His work with Portflow reflects his passion for stimulating student ownership of learning in personalised digital learning environments.
Asynchronous: Advocacy and influence to support eportfolio practice, Finding the calm in the flex of constant change
Finding the Calm in the Flex of Constant Change: My ePortfolio Advocacy Journey
Barbara Nicolls, Buckinghamshire New University
Asynchronous: Navigating digital technologies – integration, usage and literacies
Reflective Practice for Digital Literacy in Online Work and Learning
Claire Bowmer, Australian Submarine Corporation
1.30 pm - 1.50 pm
Session 1A. Advocacy and influence to support eportfolio practice
Beneath the surface: advocating influence in ePortfolio Practice
Dr Ingrid D'Souza and Carmen Sapsed, Monash University
Session 2A. Navigating digital technologies – integration, usage and literacies
Authenticity in the age of AI: A framework for ePortfolio assessment based on Process, Provenance, and Persona
Dr Nantana Taptamat, University of Queensland
Session 3A. Professional capabilities, attributes and accreditation
From Foundations to Practice: The Journey of Co-Designing an ePortfolio that Supports Reflective, Competent Occupational Therapy Graduates
Dr Anita Hamilton, Helen Titmuss, Professor Angela Berndt, Susan Batur, University of Tasmania and Carole Hunter, PebblePad
2.00 pm - 2.20 pm
Session 1B. Advocacy and influence to support eportfolio practice
Paper: Resolution for Building Resilient ePortfolios for Higher Degree by Research students
Marie (Bernie) Fisher, University of New England
Session 2B. Transformation of career and professional practice through eportfolio-led design
Finding the Sweet Spot: Portfolios, Programmatic Learning and Student Belonging
Heather Pate, Edith Cowan University
2.30 pm - 2.50 pm
Session 1C. Advocacy and influence to support eportfolio practice
Developing Global Competencies in Agricultural Sciences: ePortfolio Assessment as a Catalyst for Global Citizenship and Leadership in Agriculture Education.
Tin Pham Nguyen, University of Queensland
Professor Susanne Schmidt, University of Queensland
Dr Nicole Robinson, University of Queensland
Session 2C. Transformation of career and professional practice through eportfolio-led design
Making Audience Tangible in Career-focused ePortfolios
Helen L Chen, Stanford University
James J Tarbox, Stanford University
3.00 pm –3.30 pm
Afternoon tea
3.30 pm
Be inspired and re-energised by our Fireside Hosts to feel confident and brave enough to move forward on your eportfolio journey, and to inspire others about the power of eportfolio practice, post the Forum.
We hope that during this session you will see that change is part of your eportfolio journey, and working collaboratively with others will allow you to go further on this journey.
Fireside Hosts will interview one another about their eportfolio journeys.
Fireside Hosts:
Professor Kylie Readman, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education and Students) at University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Shane Sutherland, Chief Mischief Maker (AKA Chief Academic Officer) at PebblePad
Royal Oak Hotel, 514 Brisbane St, Launceston
Buy your own drinks - nibbles provided!!