Abstract
ePortfolio Australia’s research community of practice investigated ePortfolios use for assessment across seven Health and Education Faculties. This research revealed both intended and unintended consequences. Several practice gaps came to light concerning issues of digital privacy and information security with vulnerable groups (patients, clients and children). Our work ultimately examined the impact of unintended consequences that emerged as these student cohorts engaged in building their online professional presence.
Outputs from this research include creating guidelines for students while attending placement in Canberra’s health services. While necessary, guidelines only take us so far as students (and educators) also need to understand many nuanced implications of ethical decision making within the digital environment. Therefore, collaborating with other organisations (such as AAEEBL) we have developed further resources that will be useful for ePortfolio practices.