I was just looking over some notes from a seminar where I jotted down:
Goals for Portfolios
Share best practices, learn, see examples
Tenure, hiring
Feedback, reflection on personal effectiveness
I can’t remember what the seminar was about – all I remember is that it had nothing to do with portfolios – but something from my day must have sparked [...]
I was recently asked how I would respond to PhD students who are in the process of putting together their own teaching portfolios and are wondering, “Is it really worth the effort?”
Here are my thoughts:
1) Putting together your e-portfolio is a valuable chance for personal reflection. I found that the process of putting together my [...]
I was recently pointed to this article that makes a few interesting points. The article presents a case study of teaching portfolios developed by new instructors in the Geography department at Keele University in the UK. The first point is that developing an e-portfolio is a chance for critical reflection in an effort to become [...]
The Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth at UBC (affectionately known as TAG) ran a teaching portfolio competition this summer. I entered the competition as a way to get myself motivated to work on this portfolio. Needless to say, it was a pleasant surprise to get this message about being a finalist in the contest. [...]