Associate Professor Dr Zala Volcic is Director of Teaching Innovation within the Faculty of Arts at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She shares how her students in the Bachelor of Media Communication (BMC) in the School of Media, Film, and Journalism use portfolios in different ways in their studies.Zala shares what is important to her in teaching students and how she and her colleagues assist them become humans with personal, professional, and social responsibilities. She has a lot of tips for educators, and the biggest one is to work with the learning / educational designers at their institutions.Zala's work was supported by the Australian Research Council [DP230103037].ResourcesPress release on Zala being awarded the Australian University Teacher of the Year 2023 Award in February 2024Bachelor of Media Communication students on their portfolio workD’Souza, I., Volcic, Z., & Sapsed, C. (2023a). Connecting through eportfolio practice: Trust, relationships & expertise. eBook of Shortened Peer Reviewed Papers, Eportfolio Forum 2023, 15–19.D’Souza, I., Volcic, Z., & Sapsed, C. (2023b, October 11). Connecting through eportfolio practice: Trust, relationships & expertise. Eportfolio Forum 2023, Darwin, Australia.Volcic, Z., Tran, I., Palepu, V., & Baath, R. (2024). Intercultural communication during pandemic: New ways to build intercultural dialogue and relationships. Intercultural Communication, 35(1), 42–61.Ingrid D'Souza's episode on creativity and lifelong learningJoanne Painter from the ICON AgencyZala's publicationsClick through to the episode notes for the transcript.Subscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios.Production informationProduction: Catalyst ITHost: Kristina HoeppnerArtwork: Evonne CheungMusic: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward

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