The use of portfolios is deeply embedded in practice within Design education. However, as trends change and technology improves, tensions often arise in the interpretation and presentation of the portfolio activity. Additionally, as more and more digital artefacts are produced by design students, the question arises as to whether the traditional portfolio could be accompanied or replaced by an eportfolio, which could present students’ digital artefacts in a structured fashion. This research investigates how students and faculty in the Design Department of one higher education institution might come together to examine and re-model practices in the context of the design portfolio activity. The study uses Cultural Historical Activity Theory with a Change Laboratory methodology and expansive learning to build transformative agency amongst those involved in the design portfolio activity, with a view to reaching consensus of what a future model of the design eportfolio might look like. Findings indicate that the methodology was successful in collaboratively examining work practices and exposing tensions relating to the current portfolio activity. A tentative future model of a design eportfolio was presented to the group, using institute graduate attributes to provide structure. While the lack of a designer’s ‘personality’ when using a generic eportfolio tool was pointed out, it was agreed that having student work available and accessible in a structured digital format was a requirement for today’s design graduate. Finally, this research approach is considered useful for educational research projects that require collaborative input from various stakeholders into changes in work practices.

投资组合的使用已深深植根于设计教育的实践中。但是，随着趋势的变化和技术的改进，投资组合活动的解释和表述中经常会出现紧张关系。另外，随着越来越多的设计学生制作出数字作品，出现了一个问题，即传统作品集是否可以由电子作品集陪伴或代替，从而可以以结构化的方式展示学生的数字作品。这项研究调查了一个高等教育机构设计系的学生和教职员工如何在设计作品集活动的背景下一起检查和重塑实践。这项研究使用文化历史活动理论和变革实验室方法，并通过广泛的学习，在参与设计作品集活动的参与者之间建立了变革性的代理机构，以期就设计电子作品集的未来模式看起来达成共识。调查结果表明，该方法成功地协同检查了工作实践并揭露了与当前投资组合活动有关的紧张关系。利用研究所的毕业生属性提供结构，向设计人员介绍了设计电子作品集的暂定未来模型。尽管指出使用通用的电子作品集工具时缺乏设计师的“个性”，但人们一致认为，对于当今的设计专业毕业生来说，以结构化数字格式提供和访问学生作品是必需的。最后，