Philip C. Abrami is Professor, Director, and Research Chair at the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University. He is also a founding member of CanKnow: The Canadian Network for Knowledge Utilization. Phil is interested in the use of evidence for policy and practice and the role of systematic reviews in improving education and other facets of the human sciences. His expertise is in educational technology and quantitative methods. He is the lead researcher on the ePEARL project.

Anne Wade is Manager and Information Specialist at the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance of the Concordia University. She is also the Project Coordinator of Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active Reflective Learning (ePEARL), a collaborative project between the CSLP, LEARN and a variety of school boards across Canada. ePEARL software is designed for use in French and English classrooms within Canadian elementary and secondary schools. The aim of this project is to combine research evidence on portfolio use with practical feedback from the field, in an attempt to develop easy to use, powerful software designed to support key processes related to self regulated learning.