Designing eportfolio based learning activities to promote learner autonomy: Fourth cohort of the Inter/National Coalition for Research into Electronic Portfolios: final report to the Coalition.

This report is a summary of the activity and findings of a small­‐scale educational research project conducted as the part of the Fourth Cohort of the Inter/National Coalition for Research into Electronic Portfolios. The project was conducted between 2007 and 2010 at the University of Bradford in the UK. It investigates how academic staff are utilising eportfolio tools to support learner development, particularly within specific modules of study. In particular it aims to identify strategies that contribute to the development of learner autonomy.
Modules from a range of subject areas: Psychology, Midwifery, Geography and Combined Studies were included in the study.