Postgraduate Course: Digital Education (EDUA11389)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will provide an opportunity for participants to explore the current opportunity afforded by digital technologies to support and enhance teaching practice and the support of learning. |
| Course description |
The Digital Education course is an option on the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PgCAP). This course will provide an opportunity for participants to explore the current opportunity afforded by digital technologies to support and enhance teaching practice and the support of learning. Participants will be encouraged to review their existing practice in digital education using the Digital Capabilities Six Elements Framework (Jisc, 2015). As the course progresses, participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own teaching practice by identifying future development needs as they consider the impact that digital can have on educational practice.
The first two weeks of the course will consider a series of issues current to the developmental agenda of the University including the importance of digital transformation (Strategic Plan 2016) and the introduction of technologies such as lecture recording and their impact on teaching practices. The middle two weeks will focus on new and emerging pedagogies whilst weeks five and six will encourage participants to consider the role digital can play in assessment practice.
Participants will be encouraged to consider good practice in supporting an inclusive learning experience throughout the course. Technology can act as an enabler and the access and inclusion benefits (and barriers) that digital can bring will be explored during the course with a view to embedding inclusive practice.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate critical awareness and understanding of the key themes, issues and emerging research in digital education
- demonstrate a personal and critical reflection upon, and awareness of, the influences of digital environments on pedagogic practices and assessment strategies
- demonstrate critical awareness of their own developmental trajectory in relation to the use of digital approaches in their teaching and learning practices
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Reading List
Ellis, R. A. and P. Goodyear (2010). Students' experiences of e-learning in higher education: the ecology of sustainable innovation. New York, Routledge.
Selwyn, N. (2011). Education and technology: key issues and debates. London, Continuum.
Re-engineering Assessment Practices in Higher Education (REAP); The University of Strathclyde. http://www.reap.ac.uk/ (accessed 5/1/17)
Jisc (2015) Building digital capability: the six elements defined. http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6239/1/Digital_capabilities_six_elements.pdf (accessed 5/1/17).
Jisc (2016) Supporting an inclusive learning experience in higher education. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/supporting-an-inclusive-learner-experience-in-higher-education (accessed 5/1/17).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Professional skills in the design and delivery of high quality digital education
Critical use of technologies in current and future academic practice
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| Keywords | Digital,Technology supported learning,online |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hazel Christie
Tel: (0131 6)51 6669
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Course secretary | Miss Emily Salvesen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6661
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