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Learning has been flipped on its head, with second-hand learning experiences now being converted to first-hand discovery experiences through experiential and problem-based learning [1]. It is commonl...
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These flipped and informal learning experiences require self-directed learners. However self-directed learning is not synonymous with self-managed learning. This means we will always need the guidance and facilitation of learning curators—educators, mentors, and workplace learning and development managers [3, 4].
This also means as we experience this ongoing development we will need somewhere to house the evidence of our lifelong learning—a place we can call our own, which is not necessarily attached to any formal learning organization or workplace. And unlike Facebook or LinkedIn, this place needs to be where we can store personal and private information, as well as stuff we want to share with the world without having to be whim of changing privacy setting or a "bare all of nothing" scenario. This place is known as a personal, online learning space or an electronic portfolio (eportfolio).