I hope you guys like the links I'm posting here today (I'm not sure if you get emails from this group) - feels so much better than random notes on handouts to me!
But like much on campus these days,
ePortfolios are morphing to reflect the
far-reaching trend in higher ed of relying
less on technology delivered by the institution
itself and more on the use of user-centric
technology, including Web 2.0
At some point in the evolution of
ePortfolios, however, those initial goals
of reflection and assessment begin to
feel "inauthentic, another hoop for the
students to jump through,"
students are becoming very
disengaged from [the process] of maintaining
their own identities as learners."
This is one of the best articles I"ve read on the ePortfolio landscape and how technology and student initiative is helping adoption of reflective, archival practices.