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Stephen Downes

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"Mandating portfolios on a system wide or statewide basis may destroy one of their greatest assets: allowing students to reflect on their learning and feel a sense of hope and control. Once standards are defined by an outside authority, teacher-student collaboration is minimized and the importance of students' own goals and learning assessment diminishes." This quote, from 1994, now reflects the history of portfolios. And personal web spaces in gneral.

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