The purpose of the workshop is to give the participants knowledge of how the use of portfolios in university teaching can support the students’ learning processes, including giving the students an opportunity for reflection, increased awareness of their own learning, and ensuring an even workload rather than short-term acquisition processes leading up to the exam.

A portfolio is a collection of the student's work, for example, products and reflections that document the student's academic development and results. The content of the portfolio can be used in connection with formative and summative evaluation and offers a broad basis for assessment.

Learning outcome

After the workshop, the participants will have:

• Insight into the research background for using portfolios in teaching
• Knowledge of organization of teaching with portfolio
• Ideas for how portfolios can be used in teaching based on examples from AU
• Skills in using selected relevant digital tools

Content

The workshop is relevant if you want to be inspired to use portfolios in your teaching. There will also be a chance to do hands-on activities in Brightspace or other digital tools.