Debra Hoven: The value of self-reflection and peer feedback

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Dr Debra Hoven is an educator at Athabasca University in Canada, teaching and researching primarily in the Master in Education in Open, Digital, and Distance Education and in the Doctorate in Education programme. She has a long history with portfolios and shares one aspect of her research and practice in this interview, the autoethnographic video project that some of her MEd students engaged in to reflect on their own learning in the programme and help students coming after them get a head start.
Connect with Debra on LinkedIn
Resources

• Presentation 'What I know now that I wish I'd known then: A photo(video) voice collaborative autoethnographic study of student ePortfolio creation' at the 2023 Eportfolio Forum (shortened peer-reviewed paper)
• Hoven, D., Walsh, P., Al-Tawil, R., & Zuba Prokopetz, R.: Exploring professional development needs and strategies for instructors/faculty facilitating ePortfolios online, Irish JTEL 2021
• Debra's Technology Demonstrators Community of Practice Event on portfolios in March 2024
• Master in Education in Open, Digital, and Distance Education at Athabasca University
• Debra's professional interests and publications

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Production information
Production: Catalyst IT
Host: Kristina Hoeppner
Artwork: Evonne Cheung
Music: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Why ePortfolios? (00:01:34)

3. What is the autoethnographic video project (00:03:25)

4. Study on PD activities for educators (00:09:54)

5. Impact of reflections on the MEd (00:12:02)

6. Why videos for reflection? (00:15:03)

7. Canadian community of support prototype (00:22:53)

8. What trends have you observed? (00:25:36)

9. What can't you just yet fully do with portfolios? (00:29:08)

10. Q&A: Words to describe porfolio work (00:32:08)

11. Q&A: A tip for educators and learning designers (00:33:05)

12. Q&A: A tip for learners (00:33:53)