The University of Macerata was founded in 1290 and it is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Its main activities are focused on the humanities and social sciences.
Students are offered a broad range of courses supported by state-of-the-art services, including undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, Master’s and Ph.D. programmes, specialisation schools and summer schools in cultural heritage, economics, philosophy, law, arts and humanities, languages, linguistic mediation, communication, education, political science and tourism.
The 21st century has initiated an intensive discourse on new learning technologies especially in the context of a constructivist learning paradigm in primary, secondary and tertiary education (cf. Collins, Halverson 2009, Baumgartner et al. 2009, Wiley 2009, Strasser 2011, etc.). Among the wide range of educational tools, the use of ePortfolios especially in the tertiary sector has been in the centre of attention: “At the moment, the integration of electronic portfolios in higher education is an important topic in the e-learning community.” (Mayrberger 2009, p.