Using an e-portfolio of competences in higher education. Technological issues and outcomes

This paper presents the final results of a study that involved the use of an e-portfolio system (Mahara) as part of a university course, with the overarching aim to enhance the students’ recognition of their own learning, even for those students belonging to the traditional postsecondary age group. We focus here on technological issues, namely relating to e-portfolio structure and communication tools, bringing a data analysis coming from Mahara internal database. Moreover the paper presents some considerations about the use of virtual machines in an educational context.