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Postgraduate Course: Understanding learning in the online environment (EDUA11145)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education and Sport CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course seeks to provide an introduction to the various theories that have been developed to help us understand how people learn, form personal understandings and construct knowledge. Although not addressing course design per se, it will consider the ways in which understanding of the processes of learning can inform the practices of teaching. The view will be presented that learning online is not fundamentally different from learning through other media and in other settings, but will also explore the potential for online approaches to alter the social and interactional aspects of learning.

Students from outwith the Digital Education programme wishing to enrol for this course or take it on a 'class only' basis must liaise directly with the course secretary before enrolling.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites 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
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, participants will be able to:

demonstrate a critical understanding of a range of theoretical perspectives which have been developed to understand learning

analyse and assess these perspectives in terms of the insights they offer into the nature of learning in online environments

critically evaluate these perspectives, and synthesise their knowledge into an understanding of the implications for the participant's own practice
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information The course is delivered flexibly and online.
KeywordsE-learning,online learning,student learning
Contacts
Course organiserMs Clara O'Shea
Tel: (0131 6)51 6116
Email: clara.oshea@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Shannon Payne
Tel: (0131 6)51 1196
Email: spayne2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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