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Chapter XIII
Web Portfolios
in the Information
Society and Future
Introduction
This chapter offers theories behind why the networked e-portfolio (Web
portfolio) will evolve into the post modern identity vehicle for the knowledge
worker of the new millennium. Ideas behind how Web portfolios are narratives
and can change society are established based on writings from information
science theorists and scientists including Jean Francois Lyotard, Dr. Amy
Spaulding, Professor Nicolas Negroponte, Alan Kay, and Frank Webster.
Additionally, the effects of the e-portfolio as a media and information manage-
ment tool in postmodern society are approached with reference to the writings
of Marshall McLuhan, Margot Lovejoy, and Dr. Stephen Covey.
I wrote this chapter to focus on my specialization and fascination with
information studies. However, the thoughts and predictions I offer will be
