These resources not only provide a valuable synthesis of information about e-portfolios, but also shed light on why e-portfolios are becoming the subject of increasing attention in all educational sectors and may even turn out to be the tools of choice for 21st century learners. The resources illustrate e-portfolio use at the very heart of student learning, capable of supporting more informed and effective progression onto the next stage of education, into employment and through a range of opportunities for learning across a lifetime.

While recognising that some technical, cultural and pedagogical issues still remain to be resolved, case studies contained within the two resources indicate significant emerging benefits for learning, which extend far beyond use of e-portfolio tools to develop repositories of content.

The e-Portfolios infoKit supports a range of ways of accessing information, for instance through a perspective approach. As well as browsing by project, users can search case studies by section or by the themes they illustrate. Each case study also comes with an associated resources area which includes reports, presentations and links to additional material for each project. This online resource encompasses a broad spectrum of e-portfolio use and development and offers a valuable synthesis of JISC-funded projects on e-portfolios in recent years.

Effective Practice with e-Portfolios focuses especially on the value of e-portfolios in the formative processes of learning - through ongoing dialogue and exchange of feedback with peers and tutors, through to personal development planning and the potential for developing and receiving feedback on applications to HE, and the development of skills of critical self-appraisal as a professional. The guide investigates this process from different perspectives - those of learners, practitioners, institutions, professional bodies and potential audiences for e-portfolios and pinpoints key points of guidance for those new to e-portfolio-based learning.

JISC programme manager, Lisa Gray, comments: "These last few years have seen our understanding of the potential for e-portfolios grow and mature. The infoKit and publication draw together the lessons that we have learnt through the many excellent initiatives in this area and highlight as well some emerging practice that can inspire us as we move forward in the coming years."

The infoKit and order form for copies of the Effective Practice with e-Portfolios publication are available from www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/e-portfolios