Postgraduate Course: Digital futures for learning (EDUA11214)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Education |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://digital.education.ed.ac.uk |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will give students the opportunity to consider the trajectory and implications of digital technologies for the future of learning. The course takes as its starting point the key themes of personalisation; place, space and mobility; and authorship and collaboration, and uses them to guide exploration of emerging practices and technologies. We will ask: how are more established digital practices evolving? How will new digital technologies and trends impact on learning? How will the students and teachers of tomorrow construct their learning environments and practices?
Of necessity, these are questions the answers to which are highly context-dependent & the future of e-learning technologies is volatile and subject to rapid change. For this reason a significant part of the course will be structured as a series of student-facilitated seminars. Each seminar will take one of the themes or issues from the initial block as a jumping off point for imagining, debating and theorising what digital futures for learning might be like.
The course will draw on literature from e-learning, community education and theories of informal learning, cultural studies, geography, psychology and sociology. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
An introduction to digital environments for learning (EDUA11222)
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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-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course participants will:
be able critically to consider and situate new and emerging trends and technologies;
be aware of some of the social factors influencing technological innovation, and vice versa;
be able to identify the potential of emerging technologies as environments for teaching and learning;
demonstrate practical skill in the deployment of emerging technologies for learning purposes. |
Assessment Information
1) Position Paper (30%): Students will write a position paper which introduces and situates their Open Educational Resource topic.
2) Open Educational Resource (30%, peer assessment, 10% self assessment): Each participant will design, develop and present an Open Educational Resource for their peers.
3) Analysis paper (30%): Students will write a reflective paper about their Open Educational Resource and the feedback they received. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | online learning, digital futures |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jen Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 6133
Email: jen.ross@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Angela Hunter
Tel: (0131 6)51 1196
Email: Angela.Hunter@ed.ac.uk |
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