The mahara site is at http://mahara.nait.ca/

in French

via http://twitter.com/#!/DrPlumEU/statuses/96268084347801600 "This paper presents an exploratory study of the potential for offering students elements to construct their own personal learning environments, through a combination of an e-portfolio and integrated learning platform. The intention was to integrate an institutional virtual learning environment; an e-portfolio for assembling work, where the students can include ideas and reflections and create their own work; and social networks as powerful communication tools, particularly of an informal nature. The study aims to find out whether students think that an e-portfolio can improve project assignments when used in collaborative group work; whether this independent way of learning enriches collaborative work and reciprocity among the members of each group so that a knowledge-building process is generated in the case study in question; and whether using e-portfolios contributes more effectively to the achievement of the course's proposed learning outcomes."

installation guide for installing Mahara on shared hosting

the university even has a portfolio office: http://www.zlf.uni-frankfurt.de/wir-ueber-uns/portf/index.html

presentation by Ruslan Kabalin at MaharaUK 11

by Chris Grant

by Heinz Krettek

portfolio example from a Year 9 (?) student

"The e-Portfolio system Mahara has been introduced to the Supported Learning Programmes at Barony College to enable student self-evaluation and reflection. The JISC RSC Scotland S&W talk to the Learning Technologist at Barony College and the Supported Learning Programme tutor to discuss how they worked together to roll out the e-Portfolio for this programme."

via http://twitter.com/#!/watueueh/statuses/70338479023849472