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Postgraduate Course: Language, culture and communication in online learning (EDUA11154)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will be suitable for access by participants who have an interest in e-learning, using the WWW and language studies. The course will focus primarily on language as a tool for communication in society, in particular in the use of electronic media. Participants will engage with systematic analysis of language and the use of language in a local and global context.

On completion of the course, participants will have gained an understanding of communication, discourse communities, culture and identity, related to the growing use of communication technology and English as the language of international communication.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: An introduction to digital environments for learning (EDUA11110)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Students will be required to have regular access to a networked computer, and will be responsible for providing their own computing equipment and consumables. Broadband is recommended.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course participants will be able to:

discuss the nature of language, culture and communication in society using a variety of theoretical standpoints

relate issues of culture, identity and globalization to current and emerging technologies

evaluate the role of text and technology in the construction of meaning and the social world

critically evaluate current research and case studies which focus on the relationship between language, communication, culture and e-learning

analyse and evaluate the language of a selected discourse community, in terms of power, identity and culture
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information The course will be delivered flexibly and online.
Keywordse-learning
Contacts
Course organiserMs Ruby Rennie
Tel: (0131 6)51 6331
Email: Ruby.Rennie@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Alison Edie
Tel: (0131 6)50 6528
Email: Alison.Edie@ed.ac.uk
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