Andy Powell wrote:
>> At the risk of being simplistic:
>>
>> ePortfolio = a presentation of digital items that provides
>> evidence of what a person can do.
>>
>> ePortfolio system [not necessarily one piece of software] = a
>> set of tools brought together for the purpose of producing
>> one or more ePortfolios.
>>
>
> Apologies for being thick(!), but what is 'a presentation' in this
> context? Intuitively, for me, that phrasing doesn't work. I don't
> think people would naturally refer to a 'portfolio' as a 'presentation'
> would they?
>
>
This made me cough a little at first but, on reflection, I understood it
(to borrow some of your words Andy) as: presentation = a setting forth
with explicit assertions
And, like you I incline towards a definition of portfolio that excludes
the explicit assertion.
Adam
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