# myEducation Portfolio

**Source**: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/scientia-education-academy/myeducation-portfolio
**Parent**: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/scientia-education-academy

**myEducation Portfolio is a platform that enables UNSW staff to demonstrate their educational achievements in relation to the dimensions of effective teaching in higher education**

*Video: Learn about the rationale for developing the e-Portfolio and how it will benefit educators at UNSW and beyond.*

Research had traditionally been rewarded and recognised more than teaching at leading universities such as UNSW. One reason for this disparity was that measures of research excellence are widely used and accepted. In contrast, until recently, there had been no generally accepted measures of teaching excellence.

**myEducation Portfolio** is derived from a 2017-2018 UNSW Scientia Education Investment Fund project grant awarded to the Scientia Education Academy. The project aimed to build on existing literature and evaluation tools to develop measures of educational excellence at UNSW that can be used to provide essential feedback to staff about their teaching performance. These can then be used to evaluate and reward excellence via teaching awards and academic promotion.

The e-portfolio was successfully launched by the Scientia Education Academy in 2019.

**Learn more**

### [myEducation Portfolio](https://myeducationportfolio.unsw.edu.au/)

Showcase your educational achievements to others. Reflect, grow and inspire the education practice for academic staff throughout UNSW.

[Visit the ePortfoliochevron\_right](https://myeducationportfolio.unsw.edu.au/)

### [myEducation Portfolio: What is it, and why does it matter?](https://thebox.unsw.edu.au/video/scientia-education-academy-lecture-professor-gary-velan-2019)

Scientia Education Lecture by Professor Gary Velan

[Abstract](https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/sea/GaryVelan2019) | [Biography](https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/SEAFellows/GaryVelan)

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### [Article: Rewarding teaching excellence in higher education using an on-line portfolio](https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/rewarding-teaching-excellence-in-higher-education-using-an-on-line-portfolio/)

There were no generally accepted measures of teaching excellence – so UNSW created some

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### [Article: myEducation Portfolio: What is it, and why does it matter?](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-and-events/news/myeducation-eportfolio-what-is-it-and-why-does-it-matter)

Professor Gary Velan (Co-Director of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy and Senior Vice Dean, Education in UNSW Medicine & Health) shares his thoughts on why myEducation ePortfolio is a valuable platform for teachers to showcase their achievements and inspire education practice for UNSW Sydney staff.

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