UK, Singapore and Europe have a stong government push to implement eportfolios. I wonder if this infact works as a tick box excersice whereby institutions make eportfolios part of a course so that they can be seen to be complying with these policies but do not provide the training and time required for staff and students to fully engage with these tools. Perhaps the drivers apparent in the USA of lifelong learning, career planning and advise provide a greater impetus for engagement with eportfolios.
In my mind there are 3 types of eportfolio; the institution owned/based one, the off-the-shelf company owned one (eg PebblePad) and a personal learning environment developed by the user using a myriad of Web 2.0 tools to suit their needs. In my opinion there are pros and cons to all three.
For eportfolio use to be embedded in institutions al stakeholders have to see the benefit of the tool.
ePortfolios around the world