Join Europortfolio

The learning ecosystem is in constant renewal. While the number of ePortfolio initiatives continue to grow and evolve, emerging initiatives create new challenges, and opportunities: Open Badges, Tin Can, Personal Learning Environments, learning analytics, etc. Moreover, the inexorably increasing amount of personal digital data questions our understanding of the issues associated with ePortfolios, eventually putting forward the question of the relationships between digital technologies and identity construction: how do ePortfolios contribute to the construction of our identities?

A number of debates among ePortfolio professionals, researchers and technologists have much in common with the discussions among professionals working in fields as diverse as healthcare (healthfolio), digital identity, trust networks and even Vendor Relationship Management (VRM).
Working with professionals beyond the ePortfolio ‘silo’ might be the way to finding solutions to some of the ePortfolio challenges. And Conversely!

As a result of years of exchange and collaboration across a large number of eportfolio initiatives, in different sectors and countries, a group of European partners has decided to create a network to support and promote innovation and research in the field of eportfolio and eportfolio-related technologies and practices.
The name of this network is Europortfolio. The participants comprise experts, practitioners, professionals, researchers and organisations across Europe and beyond.

How to join Europortfolio?

The incorporation of Europortfolio is a two stage process:

• Stage 1: the function of this stage is to invite all those willing to take part in the creation of Europortfolio as a not-for-profit association. This is achieved by signing the Europortfolio Charter (c.f. p .10)
• Stage 2: the incorporation of Europortfolio as a self-sustainable organisation will be based on the recommendations and decisions made during stage one under the supervision of the Steering Committee.

If you want to join Europortfolio, the only requirement at this stage is to sign the Europortfolio Charter. There is no fee attached to become a Signatory. Once you are a signatory, you will be able to participate in the future governance of the association — Europortfolio Statutes and Bye-Laws — and will have the opportunity to be invited to join the Steering Committee. You will be also able to contribute to the establishment of regional or national chapters.

What comes next?

In the following weeks, Europortfolio Signatories will be granted access to the Europortfolio portal to contribute and exploit an extensive database of ePortfolio resources — initiatives, tools, publications, experts.

Signatories will also have the opportunity to review the Statutes and Bye-Laws, and subsequently attend the first Annual General Meeting, once Europortfolio is incorporated as a not-for-profit association.