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“E-portfolios are a high-impact practice; they encourage deep learning and knowledge transfer by fostering the student’s ability to make connections between his or her learning experiences in a variety of classroom, workplace, and community settings.”

Chen, H.L. Penny Light, T. (2011).  Electronic Portfolios and Student Success: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Learning. AAC&U LEAP Campus Toolkit. (taken from: http://leap.aacu.org/toolkit/learning-outcomes-assessment/2011/eportfolios-and-student-success).

"Electronic portfolios are an archive of one’s work, achievements, ideas, thoughts and feelings which reflect an individual’s intellectual, emotional and social developments- in essence they are a document of an individual’s learning over time."

Penny Light, T. (2011). Personal Web Site.  (http://tracypennylight.com/research/scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning/eportfolios-2/ Last visited: January 25, 2016.)