Postgraduate Course: Digital Education: Foundations (EDUA11466)

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	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	This course introduces a range of key critical issues in the field of digital education, explored through variety of collaborative and individual learning activities. The course aims to provide a snapshot of some of the current technological possibilities and challenges in digital education, and to discuss some of the key practical and theoretical issues in the field. During the course, students will experiment with a variety of environments and media for communication and for learning from discussion boards and blogs, to social media and engage with a range of conceptual areas important to research and practice in online education. In terms of assessment, students will use a blog to record and reflect on their studies, and complete an additional assignment on a relevant issue in digital education.
Course description	Digital education is a broad category with ever-evolving dynamics. It includes the relation between teaching, learning and digital technologies; the role of big data and AI in education; the changing nature of education due to contemporary apps and platforms; the EdTech industry; the political economy of digitalisation; and much more. This course will help you to get a sense of contemporary field of digital education and the connected educational technology. This course is the first course you will take when you start the Digital Education programme. It will give you the opportunity to explore a range of key themes, as well as become familiar with studying online, and engage in academic thinking and writing. The course will give you the chance to engage hands-on with different technologies and connected material we find and use in education. You will take part in stimulating, confidence-building collaborative activities, which will be backed up with a high level of tutor support. This is a double credit course, successful completion of which will gain you 40 credits toward your MSc.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 0
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 392 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 % There are two assessments in this course: Part 1 (60%): Creation and maintenance throughout the course of a reflective blog, including some structured tasks. (Equivalent 4500 words) Part 2 (40%): Production of an assignment relating to an area covered by the course. Participants will be encouraged to explore alternative forms of literacy in its presentation. (2500 words)
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Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 0
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 392 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 % There are two assessments in this course: Part 1 (60%): Creation and maintenance throughout the course of a reflective blog, including some structured tasks. (Equivalent 4500 words) Part 2 (40%): Production of an assignment relating to an area covered by the course. Participants will be encouraged to explore alternative forms of literacy in its presentation. (2500 words)
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand and critically evaluate a range of digital technologies and their relation with education and its processes, including teaching, learning, and managing education. Critically reflect on key concepts, theories, and ideas from the research of digital education. Contextualise your own practice in contemporary educational technology; and in terms of the key themes emerging from current research in digital education.