Postgraduate Course: Emerging Issues in Academic Practice (EDUA11456)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education and Sport |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed for students with an interest in learning and teaching. The aim of the course is to allow students to design and implement an in-depth learning project into a topical issue of their choice in academic practice. The course will allow students to develop their educational research and design skills, produce writing and outputs appropriate to their project and engage in academic debate that is useful and relevant to their roles.
While the topic will be the students¿ choice, it is envisaged that they will include topics relevant to their School¿s Learning and Teaching Strategy, to wider University strategy, mission, policy and objective, as well as emerging issues in the higher education sector. |
| Course description |
This will be a co-created course where students work in conjunction with teaching staff to define and critically investigate learning and teaching practices. Students will lead in directing peer discussions, finding appropriate resources and making use of and investigating their topics.
The course will be taught on-line in common with the rest of the PgCAP programme. This includes Microsoft teams for regular, synchronous conversations and a Learn Ultra site with discussion forums for asynchronous dialogue, and other interactive visual, audio and graphical modes of communication.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2023 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 15,
Online Activities 9,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written exam 0%, course work 100%, practical exam 0%
This is a pass/fail course so no relative weightings are given
Assessment will comprise three things:
Learning and teaching project proposal (1000 words)
Learning project presentation
Learning and teaching project final report (2000 words) |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback is generated on an on-going basis through interactive and asynchronous discussion. Tutors will give individual and detailed formative feedback on the proposal, the presentation. Summative feedback will be given on the final project. Peer feedback will also be given for the presentation. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Propose and undertake an independent and self-driven learning and teaching project on a topic of your choosing
- Critically evaluate and synthesise the knowledge base relevant to your project
- Apply an evaluation or research-based framework appropriate to the learning project, and analyse the evidence to show the efficacy of your approach
- Share the findings from the learning project in a format appropriate to the learning environment and context.
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Reading List
Educase (2022) Horizon Report: Learning and Teaching Edition. https://library.educause.edu/resources/2022/4/2022-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition
Creativity Toolbox: Creative approaches to improvement https://education.gov.scot/improvement/self-evaluation/creativity-toolbox-creative-approaches-to-improvement
Cremin, T. and K. Chappell (2021) Creative pedagogies: a systematic review. Research Papers in Education 36(3): 299-331.
Marshall, S. (2018) Shaping the University of the Future: Using technology to catalyse change in university learning and teaching. Springer
Utrecht University. Utrecht University roadmap for scholarship of teaching and learning. https://www.uu.nl/en/education/centre-for-academic-teaching/educational-scholarship/scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning/utrecht-roadmap-for-scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Mindset ¿ enquiry and lifelong learning
Skill group ¿ research and enquiry, communication |
| Keywords | higher education,academic practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jacqueline Dohaney
Tel: (01316) 516662
Email: j.dohaney@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emily Salvesen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6661
Email: Emily.Salvesen@ed.ac.uk |
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