Programme

Supporting the ambitions of higher
education institutions

Please note, this draft programme is subject to change.

We want to ensure the best experience for all PebbleBash guests and we will keep this page updated with any adjustments. Thank you for your understanding.

9:00

🖊️Registration, networking & refreshments.

10:00

Morning Workshop (option 1)

Gayle Brent
(Griffith University, AU)

Change is the only constant: Exploring the untapped potential of PebblePad to transform measures of success for all things employability (skills, career development and professional identity).

Morning Workshop (option 2)

Susan Bonham
(Langara College, CA)

A key to the map: Onboarding users to ATLAS

Morning Workshop (option 3)

PebblePad Academy sessions

13:00

🥪Lunch

14:00

Afternoon Workshop (option 1)

Dr Leeann Waddington & Dr. Nishan Perera
(Kwantlen Polytechnic University, CA)

Positive planning: Using appreciative inquiry to support eportfolio advancement

Afternoon Workshop (option 2)

Simon Riley & Gavin McCabe
(The University of Edinburgh, UK)

SLICCs: Powerfully reflective, student-centred learning at scale.

Afternoon Workshop (option 3)

PebblePad Academy sessions

17:00

🏁 Workshops Finish

8:00

🖊️Registration

8:30

Opening and Welcome

9:00

🏷️Keynote – Jon Turner, University of Edinburgh (UK)

9:45 – x4

⚡Ignite Sessions Round 1

Patricia Quinn (University of Leeds, UK)
A welcome hug at Leeds

Jamie Auld Smith (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Mapping competencies and nurturing professional identity: A portfolio approach for early career Community Learning and Development practitioners

Melanie Welfare (Edith Cown University, AU)
Using PebblePad to evidence professional midwifery practice for registration

Sarah Copeland (University of Leeds, UK)
PebblePad and CPD: Continuing Personal Development

10:30

Refreshments

11:00

9 sessions

Parallel Session (option 1)

Jennifer Lindley
(Monash University, AU)

Developing a multi-site, asynchronous assessment in a large, dispersed medicine course.

Andrew Longhofer
(Pacific University, US)

Student organization event planning, review, and reflection: Workbook approvals, assessment data, and student leaders as Workspace Managers.

Louise Grisedale
(University of East Anglia, UK)

Enhancing Collaboration and Content Sharing Across Multiple Higher Educational Institutes with PebblePad.

Parallel Session (option 2)

Sheridan Gardiner-Klose (University of South Australia, AU) & Jenny Masters (PebblePad, AU)

More than IT support: The role of the PebblePad Coordinator.

Paola Gavilanez, Hailey Bassiri & Hailey Bell
(Kwantlen Polytechnic University, CA)

Reimagining eportfolios for learning and employment: A case study in interior design.

Jenny Masters
(PebblePad, AU)

Uptake and use of PebblePad Alumni Accounts by Australian graduates.

Parallel Session (option 3)

Jennifer Yessis & Katherine Lithgow
(University of Waterloo, CA)

Integrating PebblePad to adapt the Student-Led, Individually Created Course Model into a Master of Public Health Capstone Course: What we learned.

Becky Lees
(Kingston University, UK)

From Literacy Skills to Skills Literacy: Supporting students’ skills articulation through PebblePad as an eportfolio tool.

Carmen Miles
(De Montfort University, UK)

Exploring multidisciplinary uses of eportfolios to support lifelong learning within block teaching.

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Maximising PebblePad’s potential: exploring the latest business updates from the Academy, Learning Services and more.
PebblePad staff

14:00

🗣️Featured Speaker – Gayle Brent, Griffith University, AU

14:30

Workshop (option 1)

Christopher Allan & David Green
(Griffith University, AU)

Using AI as an excuse to encourage good L&T practice (a design process)

Workshop (option 2)

Robert Chmielewski & Magda Dundas
(University of Edinburgh, UK)

A guided visit to a complex world: What is ATLAS to us?

Research Paper (option 3)

Peter Kilgour
(Avondale University, AU)

Introducing PebblePad from the ground up: It’s a bumpy road to the top.

15:15

Refreshments

15:45

Panel session #1

Panellists: Andrew Longhofer, (Pacific University, US); Sonja Taylor (Portland State University, US)

I won’t share that because it’s too personal: Centering students’ social positioning and equity consciousness across the learner lifespan to cultivate trust in authentic assessment.