Facilitating work integrated learning (WIL) through skills-enabled e-portfolios in construction and nursing

This project sought to identify the potential for the development of an e-portfolio system which could transcend disciplinary boundaries and provide meaningful documentation of work integrated learning (WIL) experiences of students from the disciplines of construction management and nursing.  Such a portfolio could provide the means for disciplines to contextualise their portfolios and provide evidence of WIL activities.  The project established what form the portfolio could take to obtain the best advantage of disciplinary contexts and to consider how the portfolio coul

Eportfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment

This book clearly articulates the foundations of an educational vision that is distinctively supported by eportfolio use, drawing on work in philosophy, sociology, higher and adult education, and elearning research. It is academically rigorous and accessible not only to scholars in a range of disciplines who might study or use eportfolios. It surveys the state-of-the-art of international eportfolio practice and suggests future directions for higher educational institutions in terms of curriculum, assessment, and technology.

American Institutes for Research

AIR is one of the world's largest behavioral and social science research organizations. Our overriding goal is to use the best science available to bring the most effective ideas and approaches to enhancing everyday life. For us, making the world a better place is not wishful thinking. It is the goal that drives us.

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