Enhancing effective eportfolios through agents

Assessment through portfolios is believed to be a better way to demonstrate learnt skills and expertise. They encourage student-teacher relationship and collaborative learning process. With evolving trend in learning through the use of technology, eportfolios have become an interesting and challenging research area. Most worrying is how portfolios could be used for decision-making. Since, the main advantage of using electronic learning environments is how to create a better customized learning experience for individuals - including the process of self assessment, this paper presents an approach that integrates elearning systems with personal agents for effective management and use of eportfolios. The agent metaphor is put forward as the current best means to support both these ideas.