This case study examines how ePortfolios, used in conjunction with blogs, can encourage students to become more critically reflective learners. The benefits and challenges of using ePortfolios are discussed, along with strategies for providing sufficient technical and pedagogical support, to enable teachers and students to confidently use the technology as a collaborative learning tool.
This paper briefly reflects upon the use of software packages, such as Turnitin, may superficially help to address plagiarism. To be effective electronic systems, however, require to be located within an institutional strategy that also engages preventative measures in the first instance and to balance academic discretion with the requirement that all students are treated fairly. Creative commons, share-alike 2.0