Developing Your Professional Portfolio in Teaching and Learning

Course code: DCU021

ZOOM Workshop Facilitated by the Teaching Enhancement Unit.

Course Descriptor:

An online teaching portfolio offers a platform to document and reflect on approaches to learning and teaching and to evidence the steps taken towards developing teaching excellence, including professional development, research, community contributions and awards.

A teaching portfolio can be used as a tool for personal and professional development, career advancement, or for general reflective purposes to refine and enhance teaching practice. Increasingly portfolios are showcased online so that practice and teaching successes are shared among communities of educators and inviting discussion and further sharing about practice from peers.

This 1.5-hour session explores first steps in the creation of a teaching portfolio with reference to the DCU Academic Development & Promotion Framework. Training will be provided in the Loop Reflect learning portfolio as the platform to develop and share teaching portfolios.

Course Aims:

The course aims to assist participants:

 Examine how teaching portfolios/ePortfolios play a role in evidencing career development, and in enhancing teaching practice.

 Explore examples of teaching portfolios/ePortfolios

 Create or update their teaching portfolio with reference to the DCU Academic Development & Promotion Framework  Develop their competencies with the Loop Reflect Learning Portfolio.

Additional Dates Available to Book through Core Portal:

April 17th 2024 

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

1. Log in to your Core HR portal 
2. Click the Learning and Development tab 
3. Type DCU021 into the Keywords search field and click Search.