%0 Journal Article %T Validation of Competencies in E-Portfolios: A Qualitative Analysis %A Olaf Zawacki-Richter %A Anke Hanft %A Eva Maria B£¿cker %J International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning %D 2011 %I Athabasca University Press %X This paper uses the example of an Internet-based advanced studies course to show how the portfolio method, as a competence-based form of examination, can be integrated in a blended learning design. Within the framework of a qualitative analysis of project portfolios, we examined which competencies are documented and how students reflected on their competence development process using portfolios. %K Competence development %K competence-based assessment %K e-portfolio %U http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/893/1671