Hi Jeffrey,

E-portfolio’s are extremely complex and i agree with u that there are many issues in and arround using them. I have several years of experience in implementing e-portfolio’s in education and few to none seem to be succesfull. Lots has to do with aligining educational processes with the e-portfolio thinking. Its the paradox between grading formative evaluations (exams) versus the open and development thinking (no official grades but feedback) on core competencies that stems from the portfolio thinking.

interesting to notice is ur thinking that people should choose their own tools. I initially agree with u, but seen from an organizational perspective this brings a lot of issues.

i’ve just started a new project at our consultancy firm where we start using mahara for keeping our cv’s needed to propose for tenders. the idea is that we work from there to experiment with corporate use of e-portfolio’s and blogging. on of the things i see allready is that i find i usefull to reflect on my projects in a closed environment as preparation for reflective meetings with my boss. a differrent goal then when i use my public blog.

(ps. the captcha i needed to fill in says “im thief…uhm for the record..im not :))