Event
E-portfolios in higher education: potential, challenges and future prospects
Online event
17 Nov 2026 10:00 - 15:00
The onlineconference is being organised by Hochschule München in collaboration with SIG ePortfolio. We warmly invite you to attend.
The online conference will focus on the use and furtherdevelopment of e-portfolios in higher education. Together, we would like to discuss tried-and-tested teaching approaches, specific use cases, technical and organisational experiences, and current challenges. A particular focus will be on the Mahara e-portfolio software.
Target audience:
This event is aimed at lecturers who already use e-portfolios or who wish to integrate them into their teaching in future. It is also aimed at staff members involved in the implementation, administration, pedagogical guidance or support of an e-portfolio system such as Mahara or similar.
Registration
We look forward to receiving your registration and to a varied, practically-oriented exchange of ideas!
Provisional programme
10.00 am: Opening and welcome
- Keynote
(Kristina D.C. Höppner, Mahara Project Lead Catalyst)
Block 1:
Implementation and learning support
- Launch of a national e-portfolio at IFEN in Luxembourg
(Dr Ruth Arimond, IFEN, Luxembourg) - The digital study portfolio for secondary school sports teacher training
(Dr. Barbara Pögl, Chemnitz University of Technology) - E-portfolios in the nursing degree programme in the context of inquiry-based learning
(Aneta Heinz, DHBW Karlsruhe) - A different take on learning journals: seminar reflections as podcasts in the e-portfolio
(Andrea Gumpert, PH Bern, Switzerland)
12.30–1.15 pm Lunch break
Block 2:
Reflection, Assessment and AI
- Learning diary: Social Theory for Social Work: Can it be transferred to Mahara?
(Prof. Dr. Andrea Nagy, HM) - From the change model to your own change process – portfolio work with integrated video reflection
(MA PPE Theresa Vormbaum, Mediation Theresa Vormbaum and Dr. Claudia Müller-Kreiner, Kempten University of Applied Sciences) - Rethinking Assessment as an E-Portfolio – Process, Product and Presentation
(Gisela Prey and Anne Spindler, HM) - Taking Mahara a step further: AI reflection coach, templates from Claude, and export to PDF and Word
(Enikö Parrag, EDUTECSOL GmbH, Switzerland)
3.00 pm Closing remarks and outlook