I've skim read various papers and the one I've focussed on provided me with the following drivers:
Beetham 2003:
JISC e-learning and pedagogy program:
- Potential Applications of e-portfolios
- Technical developments
- Organisational, management and regulatory issues
Aalderink & Veugelers (2005):
Dutch Government tries to implement e-portfolios into higher education.
The project provided an integrated learning management system (LMS) and an e-portfolio system (N@tschool). 7 Universities in the Netherlands worked together on a toolkit (website) with information and documents to be used at the start of portfolio implementation. In this paper the Universities of Amsteram and Windesheim are highlighted.
EuroPortfolio:
EifEL: The European consortium for the digital portfolio:
Europortfolio wants to “engage upon an orchestrated effort involving both educational and corporate institutions to define, design, and develop digital portfolio systems that meet the needs of all stakeholders”.