Different planets? the critical need for a shuttle service between paper-based and electronic portfolio worlds

The ePortfolio has been launched as an exciting development in education. Significant numbers of proponents and reviewers are extolling its virtues, vesting it with universal application and panacea qualities, and publicizing exemplars of its usage by educational providers. Similar excitement accompanied the emergence of paper-based portfolio development courses over 30 years ago. In particular, with a focus on adult learners, they were seen as a solution to recognizing prior learning from work and life and converting it into academic credit. Is the current enthusiasm well founded? Did the previous promise effect improvement in adult learning?

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