Rita Zuba Prokopetz: Building a learning community
Dr Rita Zuba Prokopetz is an educational consultant in Canada who has been teaching with portfolios for over a decade, most recently in a portfolio capstone course for a Master's in Education. Rita's research interests include reflection, feedback interaction, and community building during the development of capstone ePortfolio projects.In this episode, Rita shares why she's working with Mahara as portfolio technology, and how the portfolio pedagogy has influenced her learners and herself.Click through to the episode notes for the transcript. Transcription support provided by kris wehipeihana.Connect with RitaLinkedInTwitterResourcesSelected theory-to-practice articlesElectronic Portfolios: Enhancing Language Learning, AePR 2018Professional Self-Development Mediated by ePortfolio: Reflections of an ESL Practitioner, TESL Canada Journal 2018Capstone Electronic Portfolios of Master’s Students: An Online Ethnography, 2019Uniqueness of ePortfolios: Reflections of a Creator, Curator, and User, AePR 2019Student Engagement and Reflective Learning Mediated by ePortfolios: Observations of an ESL Instructor, AePR 2020Electronic Portfolio: Enhancing Blended Learning Experiences in a Community of Language Learners in Blended Language Learning: Evidence-Based Trends and Applications, 2021Electronic Portfolio: Reflective Project in a Community of Language Learners, Irish JTEL 2021Electronic portfolios: Research Site in Internet Spaces, IJeP 2021A Reflection upon Capstone ePortfolio Projects and Their Alignment with Learning Theories, IJeP 2022English as a Second Language, Eportfolio Ireland 2022ePortfolio Pedagogy: Stimulating a Shift in Mindset, OTESSA Journal 2022Collaborative articlesHoven, D., Walsh, P., Al-Tawil, R., & Zuba Prokopetz, R.: Exploring professional development needs and strategies for instructors/faculty facilitating eportfolios online, Irish JTEL 2021Zuba Prokopetz, R., Patel, N., & Tran, C.: Innovative pedagogy in a time for change: Student & instructor perspectives of an ePortfolio, AePR 2022Recording of 'Introduction to Mahara' by Kristina Hoeppner, 2022, with the 5 C's modelSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios.Production informationProduction: Catalyst ITHost: Kristina HoeppnerArtwork: Evonne CheungMusic: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward