What's mine is yours - or is it?

The question here might imply intelectual property. However, as Rikard points out, the real goal is to go "from data possession to knowledge production." The question is also asked, "Why post an assignment online if the audience doesn’t change or the student does not want to be represented by their assignments?" Will it simply be my professors looking at this work? Am I seeking completion rather than learning? Will this eventually be seen by anyone outside of school? If not, the learning represented will be very surface level. And then at that point, is it actually representative of my learning? Or more of what the professors or instructors are askng? Our readers can likely tell if a post was made out of obligation or true thought and we don't have readers, why not just write a traditional paper? An ePortfolio pushes for personality, true refelction, and originality. It aims to dig deep and produces a tool that willl be useful long after the coursework is done.

Taking ownership doesn't kust implicate belonging but pride. Am I willing to show this off as something I have made? As something that represents my connections, my work, and my thinking?

Harapnuik states that "we must enable students to create personal cyberinfrastructures where students become effective architects, narrators, curators, and inhabitants of their own digital lives."

If we expect our students to move from consumers to creators, we must also.

References

Harapnuik, D. (n.d.). Who Owns the ePortfolio. Retrieved April 28, 2021, from http://www.harapnuik.org/?page_id=6050

Rikard, A. (2015). Do I Own My Domain If You Grade It? Retrieved April 28, 2021, from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-08-10-do-i-own-my-domain-if-you-grade-it