New ePortfolio online publications

I have been collecting some new articles on ePortfolios in my delicious.com account. Here are some of the most interesting:

• The Complexity of Implementing e-Portfolios
  Lisa Gray (JISC) and Gordon Joyes (University of Nottingham) spoke about the complexities involved in implementing e-portfolios and the concepts that need to be understood to achieve a successful implementation. A model for e-portfolio implementation built around threshold concepts, misconceptions and pre-conceptions: The roles of Purpose, Learning Activity Design, Process, Ownership, and the Transformative and Disruptive nature of e-portfolios. Includes links to video of presentation at the Mahara UK 2010 conference.
• Effective practice with e-portfolios: How can the UK experience inform practice? (PDF) Speaking of the Disruptive Nature of ePortfolios, this paper documents research by Gordon Joyes, Lisa Gray, and Elizabeth Hartnell-Young (Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Australia). This paper introduces the background to the JISC work within the e-portfolio domain in the UK and presents an overview of past and current activities and the drivers for these developments. This is followed by a review of JISC’s approach at drawing out the learning and implications for e-portfolio practice from this extensive collection of work and its dissemination. The analysis of twenty one recently funded projects involving the use of e-portfolios in the UK is introduced. The findings suggest that e- portfolio implementation is particularly complex in part due to the number of stakeholders involved, the contexts in which e-portfolios can be applied and the number of purposes they can have. This research suggests that there are threshold concepts related to e-portfolio implementation and that the journey in developing an understanding of effective practice is not straightforward. However a means of supporting this journey is suggested.
• The Accountability/Improvement Paradox- from Inside Higher Ed - "there is an inherent paradox in the relationship between assessment for accountability and for improvement."

I also found some interesting websites about K-12 ePortfolios:

• Column: Students' e-portfolios chronicle school year - 5th grade students using ePortfolios to support student-led conferences!
• K-12 Digital Portfolios - Oyster River School District's website on Digital Portfolios (NH)
• Reflective Practice by Carole McCulloch - a view of her research and think pieces on reflective practices.
• Plan to Implement - a page that I added to my Google Site on ePortfolios with GoogleApps. This page covers some recent work with school districts I have been working with to address five elements of the planning process: Vision, Skills, Incentives, Resources and an Action Plan. I will be using this website as the foundation for my presentation on Friday at the Google Summit in Oregon.