The world of e-portfolios

• Allison Miller
• Knowledge Tree, Australian Flexible Learning Framework

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30 July 2009Allison Miller is the Business Manager for the e-portfolio – Managing Learner Information Business Activity – for the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. She has lectured in Business Finance, Administration and Small Business Management and in 2006 and 2007 was the Coordinator of South Australia’s ‘e-dayz’, the premier ‘2-dayz e-learning’ event. In 2006, Allison was also the E-Learning Development Coordinator for TAFE SA.

In this article she provides an international perspective on the use of e-portfolios for recognition of prior learning (RPL) assessment. Allison writes that as we move deeper into a digital age, e-portfolios will be a key method for demonstrating existing skills. In order to reap their full benefit, however, employers, employees and educational institutions will need to make significant changes.

This article touches on the following topics when discussing the world of e-portfolios.

• Chaotic learning
• RPL terminology
• Using RPL to support lifelong learning
• Business drivers for RPL
• Individual’s motivations for RPL
• E-portfolios for RPL assessment in Australia
• E-portfolios for RPL assessment in Europe
• Wider adoption of e-portfolios for RPL assessment
• Motivations for using an e-portfolio
• Using e-portfolios to support evidence verification
• A systematic approach