ABSTRACT
This book has been a learning journey for each of its authors. We started that journey by delving into the existing research on e-portfolios. We emerged after over a year, somewhat frustrated. Useful and comprehensive volumes such as Jafari and Kaufman’s Handbook of Research on ePortfolios (Jafari and Kaufman, 2006) had only just been published as our own book was going to press. It sometimes seems that the e-portfolio landscape is changing and coming into (and out of) focus week by week. We recognise that there will be important research on e-portfolios as their adoption becomes more widespread. Research from which we will all learn a great deal. Unfortunately we cannot wait for this and, if you are interested in this book, you may also be unable to wait for all the answers to emerge. There is considerable interest in e-portfolios and we know that college and university staff need something to help them to identify and think through the issues now.
