Knowledge Management and E-Learning

234  ◾  Stella Porto and Christine Walti

Institutional ePortfolios (different from the category similarly named by ◾

Lorenzo and Ittelson [2005a]) refer to ePortfolios that function as a “personal

development tool, in which employees record achievements, future plans, and

extracurricular activities (Stefani et al., 2007; p. 11).

According to Stefani et al. (2007), another distinction can be made based on the

European Initiatives Coordination Committee concerning the purpose of the

ePortfolio in different learning contexts:

Assessment ePortfolios “would generally be used in situations where students ◾

are not tested or examined in conventional ways, but rather are expected to

provide evidence of their competence in particular subject area