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Postgraduate Course: An introduction to digital environments for learning (EDUA11222)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits40
Home subject areaEducation Other subject areaNone
Course website http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/ Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is aimed at teachers, developers and other practitioners within post-compulsory education who wish to develop both their understanding of the effects of the online mode on educational theory and practice, and their skills in creating and supporting high quality online learning opportunities for their students.

It will give participants the opportunity to engage hands-on with digital learning environments, provide them with structured access to a community of peers and expert tutors, offer practical guidance on the effective use of new technologies for learning, and also explore some of the cultural and contextual issues which define 'elearning' as a vibrant field of study. On completion of the course, participants will have gained a broad overview of how online learning has become a key issue in higher education, what digital environments can offer in terms of the delivery and support of learning programmes, and how the educational project is affected by our engagement in this mode of teaching. Participants will gain first-hand experience of working individually and collaboratively in a formal online-learning programme, will have the opportunity to design their own learning resources, and will have the chance to engage with and debate some of the key ideas about elearning emerging from current research.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information The course is delivered entirely online, with no on-campus class sessions.
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Online Activities 30, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10, Formative Assessment Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 336 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information The course is delivered entirely online, with no on-campus class sessions.
Course Start Date 20/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Online Activities 30, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10, Formative Assessment Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 336 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course students will be able to:

critically evaluate a range of technologies in terms of their impact on teaching and learning

begin to design their own online learning resources, activities and environments

contextualise their own practice in terms of the key issues emerging from current research in the fields associated with e-learning

demonstrate an advanced ability to reflect on the experience of being an online learner, and of the applicability of a range of e-learning approaches to theirown professional teaching context

synthesise their understanding of the impact of the digital on academic knowledge and its dissemination by exploring various digital media for the presentation of their final assignment.
Assessment Information
Equivalent to 8,000 words and comprising:

Part 1 (50%): Creation and maintenance throughout the course of a reflective diary in the form of a weblog. Participants will be required to provide evidence in the weblog that they have been engaging fully with the technologies introduced during the course, and that they have to a reasonable extent been able to synthesise their knowledge of these into a vision of how they might be used within teaching programmes.

Part 2 (50%): Production of an assignment relating to an area covered by the course. Participants define their own specific topic. Participants will be encouraged to explore alternative forms of literacy in its presentation (for example hypertext or wiki essays).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywordse-learning, digital, online, learning
Contacts
Course organiserDr Sian Bayne
Tel: (0131 6)51 6337
Email: sian.bayne@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Angela Hunter
Tel: (0131 6)51 1196
Email: Angela.Hunter@ed.ac.uk
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