 The reasons we introduced MEDL, our e-portfolio system, was we were looking for a solution that allowed our learners to be able to develop and upload their work and manage it and track it electronically. So we looked at a number of different solutions, both those that had to be paid for and free solutions, and MEDL, which was a system developed in New Zealand universities, seemed to be the one that fitted the bill, if you like. The advantages are that they have complete ownership of their own work. Nobody else can interfere with it. The learners, as well as being able to upload their images, videos, texts, whatever it might be, but also allows the tutors to give the learners individual feedback. I think what we're looking for is a full rounded experience for the learners where they are able to build and develop their portfolios to take with them at the end of their studying here at the College of Oxford Monarch, allowing them to present it to future employers, whether they're going on to university perhaps, but overall enable them to capture their complete learning experience while they're here at the College. The students quite like it because if they don't meet a target, the little box turns red and they stop danger, you've got a target that you've not met, if they achieve their target they can tick them off like a little to-do list, so it helps to keep them focused and it keeps them on track with their deadlines. It's really easy, it's like using Facebook really, but in a different way because you're always talking to tutors as well by sending them comments back to say if you're stuck on something in the comments you can always work back to the comments then and say what do you mean by this and you can still communicate with your tutors on Merthal as well. I've used Merthal to upload my assignments so the tutors can mark it and then if we need any rework on any certain bit they'll tell us what we need to do so we can go back and do it and they'll tell us if we've passed so we know where we are with our work. What I'd like to see in the future is I'd like to see this extended across to every single learner no matter what their level of learning is if you like, where they all develop these portfolios and record their learning whilst at the College at St Mulloch.