Handbook of Research on ePortfolios

The Handbook of Research on ePortfolios is the single source for comprehensive coverage of the major themes of ePortfolios, addressing all of the major issues, from concept to technology to implementation. It is the first reference publication to provide a complete investigation on a variety of ePortfolio uses through case studies and supporting technologies, and also explains the conceptual thinking behind current uses and potential uses not yet implemented. Over 100 international experts with countless years of experience lend this handbook the credibility that assures its readers of its extensive, recent, and reliable content. The Handbook of Research on ePortfolios is the first handbook to investigate commercial and academic ePortfolio systems—home-grown, off the shelf, and open source—and to supply proof-of-concept evidence of successful systems.

Ali Jafari is a professor at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Jafari is the Founder and Director of the CyberLab at IUPUI, where his research focuses on smart learning environments and intelligent agents; Founder and Director of ePortConsortium.org; and co-Founder of ANGELlearning.com. Dr. Jafari has initiated, directed, and co-developed several high-profile, successful technology solutions for education, including the Oncourse Course Management System currently used by the Indiana University campuses; as well as the ANGEL Learning Management System, now a commercial product; and the new Epsilen Environment. Catherine Kaufman serves as Coordinator of ePortConsortium, an association of individuals within higher education and IT commercial institutions who are interested in the development of academic ePortfolio software systems and the establishment of standards for such systems. She is responsible for maintaining communication among ePortConsortium members regarding news, resources, and events associated with electronic portfolio systems. She previously interned with Ali Jafari within the CyberLab at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA, where she wrote user instructions for the initial version of the Epsilen ePortfolio software system. Her experience includes more than ten years of editing legal documents, and she is currently on hiatus from enrollment in the MBA program of the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA.