ePortfolio Lead

E-Portfolios at the University of Arkansas

I led the University of Arkansas team at the Association of American Colleges and Universities' Institute on ePortfolios. As a result of the effort, we collaborated to build a robust infrastructures for ePortfolios at the University of Arkansas.

I teach a Professional ePortfolio course.
I wrote an Open Educational Resource textbook on ePortfolios
I serve as a liaison between different departments as we collaborate on this initiative.

Created Resources for Faculty and Students

As part of the American Association of Colleges and Universities' ePortfolio Institute Team, we contributed to the following:

An OER textbook: Building a Professional Portfolio
A website of resources: portfolio.uark.edu
Two Podcasts: Beyond a Resume, Part One: ePortfolios in Higher Education and Beyond a Resume, Part Two: ePortfolios in Higher Education.
New micro-certificate, known as The Professional Agility and Career Essential, or PACE for Fulbright College
Development of Professional ePortfolios as an online course.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/70368/multiple-new-u-of-a-eportfolio-resources-available-for-students-and-faculty

Led the AACU's Portfolio Institute

Accepted Into the Prestigious ePortfolio Institute

https://news.uark.edu/articles/62937/u-of-a-team-accepted-into-institute-on-eportfolios

Led the UA Team in the Association of American Colleges and Universities Institute on ePortfolios

https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/e-portfolio-institute-participants-2023

Outlined ePortfolio Infrastructure

Launching WordPress as a primary platform for building and hosting ePortfolios
Creating a support structure for technological assistance
Writing an Open Education textbook: Building a Professional ePortfolio
Informing faculty on best practices of ePortfolio use
Creating a centralized communication hub for ePortfolio resources
Sharing stories of successful use of ePortfolios from U of A students
Systemizing documentation of students' knowledge of General Education Learning Objectives

Built Portfolio Resources: Website, OER Book, Videos

Created ePortfolio Partnerships

As the lead for the ePortolio Initiative on campus, I collaborate with other faculty who teach portolios to share resources and to promote portfolio work on campus.

I wrote this article to highlight the eportfolio work of student success, music, journalism, and world languages. Because of this collaboration, we will be doing an academic presentation together to celebrate High Impact Practices on our campus.

Created an ePortfolio Award Judged by Alumni and Career Specialists

Presented on ePortfolios at Professional Conferences

Presented on EPortfolios Nationally

Lilly Conference International Teaching and Learning Cooperative
Teaching Professor Conference
Association for Authentic, Experiential & Evidence Based Learning
American Association of Colleges and Universities Webinar

Mapping the ePortfolio Journey

A Journey Map is a way to explore where you have been and where you are going. I led the University of Arkansas' ePortfolio Team for AAC&U's ePortfolio Institute. One of the activities that we explored was creating a journey map to visualize the team's progress.

Kathryn Zawisza and I presented our Journey Map at the Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence Based Learning Conference.

Meade, L.T. & Zawisza, K. T., "Journey-Mapping the University of Arkansas ePortfolio Initiative.” The Association for Authentic, Experiential, & Evidence-Based Learning, Online. (July 2023).

Presentations on ePortfolios (Drop Down List)

Presentations

Meade, L. T., Bostwick, D. A., Abrahams, D. A., Baum Teaching Symposium, "ePortfolios: Giving Students a Platform to Display Their Learning and Progress," Teaching Academy, HIPS Collaborative, Faculty Affairs, University of Arkansas. (August 14, 2025).

Meade, L. T., Teaching Professor Conference, "Creating ePortfolios for Personal Reflection and Professional Branding," Magna, Hilton, Washington, DC, United States. (June 7, 2025).

Meade, L. T., American Association of Colleges and Universities ePortfolio Institute, "Please Steal This Resource! Lessons Learned About ePortfolios While Writing an Open Education Resource Textbook," American Association of Colleges and Universities, Webinar. (May 22, 2024). Invited.

Meade, L. T., Lilly Conference, "ePortfolio: Helping Students Show What They Know," Lilly Conference International Teaching and Learning Cooperative, Doubletree, Austin, TX. (May 21, 2024).

Meade, L. T., Lilly Conference, "How a Simple AI Assignment Sparked Deep Discussion on Identity," Lilly Conference International Teaching and Learning Cooperative, Double Tree, Austin, TX. (May 20, 2024).

Meade, L. T., Teaching and Faculty Support Center New Faculty Luncheon, "Teaching Portfolios 101," Teaching and Faculty Support Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. (March 4, 2025).

Meade, L. T., Sajder, R. C., Reading Day End of the Semester Presentation, "Fostering Critical Reflection (in ePortfolios and Beyond)," Teaching and Faculty Support Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. (May 3, 2024).

Meade, L.T. & Zawisza, K. T., "Journey-Mapping the University of Arkansas ePortfolio Initiative.” The Association for Authentic, Experiential, & Evidence-Based Learning, online. (July 2023).

Meade, L. T., Crystal Bridges Internship, "ePortfolios: Show What You Know to Make Your Internship Work for You," Crystal Bridges, Momentary, Bentonville, AR. (July 12, 2023).

Meade, L. T. (Collaborator/presenter), Dowell, A. (Collaborator/presenter), Statton-Brooks, T. (Collaborator/presenter), High Impact Practice Show and Tell, "ePortfolio Show and Tell," HIP Collaborative, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. (July 27, 2023).