Programmatic Assessment, although traditionally applied in medical training programmes, proves to be a very suitable concept for preparing students for lifelong learning in all professions. In order to foster responsible and adaptive learners for an increasingly unpredictable future workforce, institutions are putting more emphasis on skill development. Rich and holistic insights into the learning process towards skill mastery are crucial to achieve this. Portflow enables this process while also stimulating learner agency, fostering responsible and adaptive learners. In this session, we’ll explore the power of programmatic assessment in a student-owned portfolio, and we’ll discuss use-cases from various Dutch universities.

Students need to be prepared for a rapidly changing future in which lifelong learning is an integral part. We don’t know yet what the future occupations of students will look like. What we do know is that change as a constant requires flexibility and responsibility. Appealing to students’ ownership of learning and recognizing their personal contexts, motivations, and strengths is a promising strategy to help embrace uncertainty and unpredictability in education. In this session, we will revisit a framework for facilitating intrinsic learning motivation and discuss its current relevance to designing engaging (digital) learning experiences, of which modern e-portfolios are part of.