Guest contributors
I have a few people keyed up to contribute posts to this blog – about their own portfolios, tips from experience, thoughts about where CSU should be heading with portfolio development and so forth.
I’ll add short bios here for each guest, along with contact information, if they are willing to share. If you have something to contribute, please leave a comment on this page or contact chunter@csu.edu.au
Dr Deb Clarke is a lecturer in the School of Human Movement Studies on the Bathurst Campus, and our first guest contributor. Here’s a brief bio that she’s written for us:
For the past three years, I have been the Course Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching. I teach one subject in this course (EEB412 Evaluation, Reflection and Scholarship in Teaching) in which participants are required to prepare a professional portfolio as an assessment task. Initially participants are wary of this task as few academics I believe have been exposed to the nature and purposes of portfolios. After a little cajoling and a bit of modelling of both the portfolio process and product, results have been fabulous and many academics have commented on the benefits both personally and professionally of preparing a teaching portfolio.
I’ve used portfolios in my teaching and academic life for over three decades (yes I’m an old soul!). For me, probably the greatest value portfolios have is to act as a record of your journey or development as a professional.
