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An informal survey of Naace members on ePortfolios from Ian Usher
A few weeks ago I sent a message to the Naacetalk Advisory list - the general mailing list for members of Naace. 36 people filled in the survey to some extent. (See original article for links to a Google Spreadsheet summary):

• There’s an approximate 50-50 split between those who have selected and have yet to select their ePortfolio system;
• Most respondents are planning on using the same system for both primary and secondary phases;
• The majority of respondents plan on offering an ePortfolio to both pupils and staff;
• Two respondents anticipated that their system(s) would have more than half a million users; the majority anticipated under 100,000 users;
• Most respondents anticipate supplementing their core provision by allowing their ePortfolio system to access other (external) online storage services;
• Unsurprisingly, there’s a vast range of ideas about storage capacities for staff and pupil users at primary and secondary phases.

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For the last five months,  selected schools from the Bromley Learning Alliance have been engaged in a project to see if the use of eportfolios made an effective contribution to student learning.

Thanks to a partnership with Spider Networks , a standalone eportfolio module was provided for each of the participating schools (enough for one class of thirty students  per school). The enclosed report indicated that the project had a major positive effect especially in the Key Stage 2 area of the curriculum. It also highlighted some issues that schools need to take on board if they want to exploit the potential of eportfolios.

Special thanks to Hayes Primary School, Royston Primary School, Princes Plain, St Mary’s Catholic School and Langley Park School for Girls for their participation in the trial.