Peer Reviewed Conference Articles
Slade, C.S., Brown Wilson, C., Kirby, M.M., Downer, T., Fisher, M.B, & Isbel, S. (2018, October). A new concern: Ethical decision making in students’ secondary use of data from their ePortfolios. Paper presented at the ePortfolios Australia Forum, Brisbane, Qld.
Crawford, E. O. & Kirby, M. M. (2014, May). Preparing teachers for global competency: Key dimensions and innovative practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, San Diego, CA.
Crawford, E. O. & Kirby, M. M. (2011, April). Global education in American and Australian teacher preparation: A comparison of policy, perception, and practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AERA: American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Perez, L. G., Johnson, J. F., & Kirby, M. M. (2008, April). Continuation high schools: An inside look at California’s primary dropout intervention program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AERA: American Educational Research Association, New York.
Kirby, M. M. & DiPaola, M. F. (2008, October). Academic optimism and student achievement. Paper presented at the annual convention of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Orlando, Florida.
Presentations*
Kirby, M.M., Slade, C., & Downer, T. (2020, October). Digital ethics in ePortfolio practice. ePortfolios Australia (Virtual) Forum, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Mitchell, K., Cotton, T., Young, T., Trahar, P., & Kirby, M. M. (2020, October). ePortfolio Hackathon: Bring your ePortfolio problem to the Brains Trust. ePortfolios Australia (Virtual) Forum, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Polly, P., Reynolds, C., Rhodes, T., Kelly, K., Slade, C., Coleman, K., Kirby, M. M. (2020, October). Re-imag[in]ing You! Reflecting on your gains, losses and possibilities in these times. Special collaborative panel with AAEEBL & ePortfolios Australia. Australia (Virtual) Forum, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Kirby, M. M., Slade, C., Isbel, S., & Fisher, M.B. (2019, November). Exploring ePortfolio practice in health and education: A need for Digital Ethics Guidelines. ePortfolios Australia Forum, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Kirby, M.M., Slade, C., & Fisher, M.B. (2019, November). Exploring opportunities for multi-univeristy collaborative research. ePortfolios Australia Forum, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Slade, C., Kirby, M.M., & Fisher, M.B. (2019, November). Co-designing guidelines to protect vulmerable groups in student ePortfolio use. ePortfolios Australia Forum, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Kirby, M. M., Slade, C., Downer, T. (2019, July). Opportunities in multi-university collaborative research. HERDSA Conference, Auckland, NZ.
Kirby, M. M., Slade, C.S., Brown Wilson, C., Downer, T., Fisher, M.B., Siddiqui, Z., Isbel, S., McAllister, L., & Miller, A. (2019, July). Student Secondary Use of ePortfolio Data: A Need for Digital Ethics Guidelines. HERDSA Conference, Auckland NZ.
Kirby, M. M., Downer, T., Fisher, M., Slade, C., & McAllister, L. (2018, October). Exploring the implications of ePortfolio use with vulnerable populations. ePortfolios Australia Forum, Brisbane, QLD.
Kirby, M. M., Lord, S., Sack, J., & Thompson, N. (2018, June). #BetterTogether: Improving teaching and learning through collaborative practice. 43rd Annual Improving University Teaching (IUT) Conference, Port Macquarie, NSW.
Kirby, M. M., Mitchell, K., Downer, T., & Nuessler, S. (2017, September). Exploring the functions of assessment driven ePortfolio use in the context of vulnerable communities. ePortfolios Australia Forum, Melbourne, VIC.
Isbel, S., Kirby, M. M., Nuessler, S., & Bevitt, T. (2015, April). Occupational therapy students’ acceptance of using an e-portfolio to support practice education. Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE), Newcastle, NSW.
Kirby, M. M. (2014, July). ECARx: Early career academic researchers’ experience using ePortfolios. Poster presentation at the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Conference, Hong Kong.
Kirby, M. M. (2014, March). ECARx: Early career academic researchers’ experience using ePortfolios. Paper presented at the first Mahara Hui conference, Wellington, NZ.
Kirby, M. M. & Nuessler, S. (2014, March). SmartEvidence: Improving ePortfolio quality through intervention. Paper presented at the first Mahara Hui conference, Wellington, NZ.
Kirby, M. M., Hay, I., Collins, A. & Shann, S. (2013, October). Documenting your professional journey. ePortfolios Australia Forum, Canberra, ACT.
*Proposals accepted at ECER 2014 and EARLI 2015, but there was no funding for travel