The advent of open knowledge and open source and the ubiquity of the phenomenon identified as Web 2.0, as evidenced by the phenomenal growth of Facebook, Google, and hundreds of other open and social Internet applications, have ramifications for education. At the same time, educators have been slow to understand that it is how a technology is implemented, not the technology itself, that most influences learning. This article examines how ePortfolios are being and will be used, depending in large measure on the teaching beliefs that guide their implementation and the quality of learning that follows.
where he serves as the coordinator for an inter-disciplinary capstone design sequence that draws students from across the College of Engineering. Over the last ten years, he has been part of several NSF grants that have developed assessment instruments focused on professional skills and piloted these with capstone design students.
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