While this Table of Contents appears as a linear offering of the document, it is fully hyperlinked so you can explore and jump to sections at will. This is your reading experience, offered as a choose-your-own-story.

1. Personal Introduction
   • My Media Making Spaces
   • Learning Experiences
2. Welcome to the Labyrinth
   • Labyrinth Navigation
   • Labyrinth as metaphor
   • Labyrinth explored
   • Labyrinth construction
3. Step By Step: The Path is Made By Walking
   • Academic growth through the courses
     • Doctoral Seminar 1
     • Cognition and Learning
     • Self Directed Study
     • Doctoral Seminar 2
     • Research Colloquium
   • Scholarly Tasks
     • Publications
     • Conference Contributions
     • Funding Applications
       • Teaching as a Scholarly Task
       • Service to Lakehead University
       • Membership and Volunteer Service
4. The Centre of the Labyrinth
   • Literature Review
     • Purpose and Rationale
     • Research Questions
     • Researcher Positionality
     • Literacy
       • Media Literacy
       • Digital Literacy
       • Literacies: Untangling a Concept
     • Open Education
       • OER: Open Resources
       • OEP: Open Pedagogy
       • OEPr: Open Practices
     • Teacher Education
   • Research Frameworks
     • Theoretical Frameworks
     • Conceptual Frameworks
       • Methodology
       • Method
       • Validity = Credibility + Trustworthiness
       • Ethics
   • Alternative Dissertation Format
5. Conclusion
   • Comprehensive Portfolio Presentation 
6. References
7. Supporting Documentation
   • Appendix A: Scholarly Publications
   • Appendix B: Conference Contributions
   • Appendix C: Funding Applications
   • Appendix D: Teaching 
   • Appendix E: Service to the Lakehead University Community
   • Appendix F: Membership and Volunteer Service Work 
   • Appendix G: Curriculum Vitae
   • Appendix H: Glossary