Postgraduate Course: Digital Education: Strategy (EDUA11471)
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 | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Digital education policies and institutional strategies are understand as closely entangled in their influence on one another. This course examines approaches to the analysis of supragovernmental, national and regional policies for digital education and how these may shape strategies at sectoral and organisational levels. The course will give participants the frameworks and approaches to critically explore the digital education strategy-making and the implications of digital transformations of education.
Students from outside the Digital Education programme wishing to enroll for this course or take it on a 'class only' basis must liaise directly with the course secretary before enrolling. |
| Course description |
Education is changing fast, often classed as undergoing 'digital transformation'. This is not an easy process, not least because it means very different things to different people and organisations. Aims, values, and technologies of digital transformation in education are not always shared among education stakeholders. If digital transformation is to be successful, it needs to be supported with sound policies and supported strategies.
This course explores the intricate relationship between government policies, organisational strategies, and digital education practices. It equips educators and policymakers with the skills to navigate the complexities of digital transformation in education. The course focuses on the development and implementation of digital education and learning policies and strategies in post-compulsory education and training, critically examining key influences at both national and organizational levels.
Students will explore various approaches to conceptualising and analysing digital education policies at local, national, and supranational levels. A significant portion of the course is dedicated to examining the digital transformation of education, with a particular emphasis on its implications for pedagogies, people, and practices within educational organisations. Participants will also engage with theories, models and frameworks related to policy, strategy-making, and digital transformation, applying these concepts to their own organizational contexts. Through case studies, students will have the opportunity to investigate practical instances of digital education and learning transformations.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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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 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
You will engage with the world of practice and concrete material. There are two assignments in this course:
Policy analysis (30%);
You will choose an education policy of interest, which may be from your professional context, your learning environment, or other area of interest related to education. You will use tools and skills from the course to thoroughly engage with the chosen policy and conduct a thematic critical analysis. This will be 1,200 words.
Case analysis (70%):
You will choose a digital transformation strategy for education relevant to your organisation or an organisation with which you are familiar. You will apply frameworks, knowledge and tools from the course to conduct a case analysis.
This analysis will be based on a synthesis of the exercises conducted throughout the course. The analysis may be presented through a medium of your choice, such as a recorded presentation, film, blog, or other multimodal artefact or a traditional assignment. The assignment is equivalent to 2,800 words.
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| Feedback |
Formative peer-student and tutor feedback is provided on the discussion fora throughout the duration of the course. This includes in the general discussions as well as in the structured exercises that take place throughout the course. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Critically analyse local, sectoral, national and supra-national policy contexts relevant to your own institutional setting and role.
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a range of alternative models for the development and implementation of digital education.
- Critically assess and evaluate the impact of the multiple factors affecting the successful implementation of digital education.
- Identify and apply the knowledge and theoretical frameworks to formulate a transformative digital education strategy in different contexts.
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Reading List
Indicative readings are:
Bayne, S. & Gallagher, M. (2021), Near Future Teaching: practice, policy and digital education futures. Policy Futures in Education, 19(5), 607-625.
Fan, G. (2020) Handbook of Education Policy Studies : Values, Governance, Globalization, and Methodology, Volume 1. 1st ed. 2020. Guorui. Fan & Thomas S. Popkewitz (eds.). Singapore: Springer Nature.
OECD. (2019). Trends shaping education 2019. Paris: OECD Publishing. 25, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
The course will also engage with a range of policy documents and organisational strategies identified by the tutors and students. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Digital transformation,Digital strategy,Policy,Power relations,Management |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Peter Evans
Tel: (0131 6)51 6345
Email: peter.evans@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Annemarijn Huizinga
Tel:
Email: ahuizing@ed.ac.uk |
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