ED 7050

The ePortfolio is an independent work, separate from the dissertation proposal, where the student provides evidence of their knowledge, skills, and readiness to embark on a dissertation journey. Students collect pieces of their own work completed throughout the program, in a variety of formats, which demonstrate 1) that they have read broadly in the field of educational studies; 2) that they have in-depth knowledge of the literature in one area of research interest, which could be related or unrelated to the intended dissertation topic; and 3) that they have a critical understanding of methodologies and attendant methods used in educational studies, including quantitative and qualitative paradigms. In an introduction to the portfolio, students make a case for the documents they include in the portfolio by justifying how the documents demonstrate that the goals of the comprehensive requirement have been reached. Students' competencies in the course are assessed through a comprehensive examination, which includes an assessment of the eportfolio and an oral defence of their competencies in four areas of competency (i.e., Knowledge of Theory, Research Knowledge, Professional Competencies, and Instructional Competencies).