Overview
The Master of Education in Open, Digital and Distance Education program promotes the development and use of ePortfolios throughout the program. This three-credit course is the final core requirement of the course-based route. Students in the course-based route of the MEd are required to create and share a capstone ePortfolio as the culminating requirement in the program. Building an ePortfolio fosters reflective and reflexive practices and documents the unique learning journey of students as they progress through the program. In MDDE 694: Capstone ePortfolio Project, students receive instructor direction and peer review as support in the ePortfolio creation process. The ePortfolio can be shared with family and friends, colleagues and employers, including as an AU alumni.
ePortfolios provide assessment evidence of and for learning. The capstone ePortfolio provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their acquisition of the core competencies of the program in an integrated and comprehensive manner, critically exploring their growth as learners and as professionals. Development of the ePortfolio involves synthesizing and critically self-reflecting upon the learning students have experienced, and highlights artefacts (e.g., assignments, projects, audio/video productions, blogs, conference postings, workplace interactions) that demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and competencies as graduates of the MEd (ODDE) program.
Students in the course-based route will register in MDDE 694 as the final requirement of the program. Students who decide to pursue the course-based route will need to curate, archive, and tag artifacts throughout the duration of the program, beginning with the first course. Through this process, the ePortfolio artefact curation allows for samples of course work to be archived on a course-by-course basis ready for the deeper understanding offered by MDDE 694.
Outline
The capstone ePortfolio that students will develop and share in MDDE 694 is based on a set of competencies derived from the learning outcomes of the MEd (ODDE) program. During the program, students will curate, archive and tag artefacts (e.g., assignments, group projects, work-related reports, video presentations, etc.) that reflect their learning during the program.
For MDDE 694, students will select five artefacts that best represent their learning in the program across the nine program learning outcomes and create a fulsome reflection for each of these artefacts. An Introduction and a Conclusion are also required. Active collaboration with and responding to feedback from the instructor and other students is expected.
Evaluation
MDDE 694: Capstone ePortfolio Project consists of three assignments. All are graded on a pass/revise and resubmit basis. Students will be required to revise assignments as necessary in order to achieve a pass grade.
| Activity | Weight | Complete by |
| Assignment 1: Submission of Introduction and reflection on first artefact. Students create the introduction page to their capstone ePortfolio and the reflection on the first artefact. These are developed using ePortfolio software (i.e. Pebble Pad). | | pass/revise and resubmit basis |
| Assignment 2: Submission of entire ePortfolio. Students complete their entire capstone ePortfolio on the basis of feedback received on Assignment 1, including an Introduction, Reflections on five artefacts, and a Conclusion. As part of this process, students are required to post the link to their ePortfolio, soliciting feedback from other students and also to review and provide thoughtful and critically-reflective feedback on the ePortfolios of at least two (2) other students. | | pass/revise and resubmit basis |
| Assignment 3: Synchronous presentation and discussion of completed E-Portfolio | | pass/revise and resubmit basis |
Materials
All learning resources are provided online.