This is a collaborative article co-authored by an EdD Director and five doctoral students who are embarking on their final year research journey. The article offers 1) a discussion of the design and development of a global and career-advancement-centered doctoral digital portfolio (DDP), and 2) an advocacy towards alternative dissertation formats with social media dissemination while maintaining research rigor. The doctoral students corroborate the significance and benefits of the DDP for democratizing the knowledge dissemination with improved accessibility and interactivity. Most importantly, the DDP offers a new possibility for EdD doctoral students to transform traditional textual dissertations into a digital format that is relevant to the diversified audience and readership, including potential employers.
Lee‐Johnson et al. (Fri,) studied this question.