Reimagining Teaching Portfolios Through Personal Knowledge Management with Digital Tools for Thought

In higher education, teaching portfolios are instruments for faculty professionalization and academic development. Many lecturers struggle to systematically document, evaluate and further develop their teaching practices. We argue that teaching is knowledge work requiring intentional knowledge management. We explore how digital Tools for Thought (TfTs) support personal knowledge management (PKM), enabling lecturers to externalize, link, and reflect on teaching-related knowledge and materials. Using TfTs, teaching portfolios transform from static repositories into dynamic systems fostering critical reflection and evidence-informed professional development. Drawing on educational psychology research, we demonstrate how PKM practices can boost teaching competence.