Sue Schibeci: Implementing an ePortfolio as an Institution-Wide Assessment Piece For WIL

Conversation session 'Implementing an ePortfolio as an Institution-Wide Assessment Piece For a Revamped Work-Integrated Learning Offering' by Susanne Schibeci (Macquarie University) at the virtual AAEEBL Symposium on 16 June 2026. Symposium website: https://sites.google.com/aaeebl.org/2... Abstract: Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) has a student enrolment of approximately 40,000 students and has Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) as a compulsory part of the Undergraduate curriculum (since 2009). WIL offerings have been made within the faculties (with some central administrative support), which has resulted in inconsistency in experience and assessments across the University. A proposition to offer an interdisciplinary team-based project WIL to all undergraduates will be implemented from 2027, which will assist with scalability and include consistent structure, experience and assessment for all students. Decision-makers have included an ePortfolio as an assessment task, with a consistent platform is to be the assessment centrepiece. The intention will be to allow the students to provide documentation of their learning journey during the experience, but there is also an undercurrent that the implementation of the ePortfolio will save marking time and effort for the academics in charge. I am seeking some feedback on the implementation of the ePortfolio to balance the constraints imposed by the institution versus the rich and individual learning for each student which should be inherent in an ePortfolio task. Specifically, advice is sought on: The idea of a double portfolio: a work-in-progress and a curated representation of the learnings from an experience The use of AI to assist with the marking and student learning The nature of the marking criteria for this double approach Any other ‘time-saving’ innovations which don’t curtail the richness and individuality of student feedback. Resources: Riff - Reflection bot: https://riffbot.ai AAC&U's VALUE rubrics: https://assessment.wisc.edu/aacu-valu... Holy Grail of ePortfolio Rubrics: https://sites.google.com/iu.edu/eport... Podcast episode 'Megan Mize: Ramping up to support 18,000 students with portfolios': https://podcast.mahara.org/2018360/ep... California State University Center for Community Engagement: https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-th... Indiana University Indianapolis portfolio templates: https://eportfol.wixsite.com/epstudio... Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab at Stanford University: https://eportfolio.stanford.edu Three-minute thesis: https://threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au PARE: Plan, act, reflect, and ePortfolio: https://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpres... Subscribe to the AAEEBL newsletter: https://eepurl.com/ihJvZv Follow up on Humanitix to be alerted about upcoming events: https://events.humanitix.com/host/62a...