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EDUC3043 Growing up in the Digital Age

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Dr Aisha Walker
Email: S.A.Walker@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is mutually exclusive with

EDUC1172Children in the Digital Age

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Assumptions are often made about the impact of new digital media on children, but what does research tell us? Using research evidence, you will consider the impact of new digital media on children and you will explore a range of digital media including games, video (e.g. YouTube), and social media (e.g. Facebook). Through this focus, you will also explore the importance of media literacy and of understanding the interrelatedness of different types of digital media and technologies. You will draw on ideas about childhood and child development to construct a set of critical questions that you will use to explore and analyse what it means to grow up in a the digital age. You will develop a critical understanding of- the roles that digital media play in children's lives and in their learning;- contemporary research which examines children's participation in media and digital technologies;- recent discourses about childhood and digital technologies;- the need for children to develop digital/media literacy and how this may be achieved.You will be expected to engage in online discussions and to prepare group presentations throughout the module.

Objectives

This module draws on ideas about childhood and child development to construct a set of critical questions that will be used to explore and analyse growing up in a digital age. Using research evidence, you will consider the impact of new digital media on children and you will explore a range of digital media including games, video (e.g. YouTube), and social media (e.g. Facebook). Taking a global perspective, you will consider the significance of the range of new digital media for children and young people, as well as their role in constructing childhood. Through this focus, the module also introduces the importance of media literacy and of understanding the interrelatedness of different types of digital media and technologies.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will have increased understanding of:
- a range of key concepts in the areas of media and digital technologies;
- the roles that digital media play in children's lives and in their learning;
- contemporary research which examines children's participation in media and digital technologies.
- recent discourses about childhood and digital technologies
- the need for children to develop digital/media literacy and how this may be achieved

Skills outcomes
Media and digital literacy skills
Creating video and/or multimodal presentations


Syllabus

Indicative content:
What are digital technologies and why are they important?
Introduction to the module.

Digital Childhoods
How are contemporary 'digital' childhoods constructed? Exploration of media texts (news and opinion) about children and digital technologies.

Playing the text
How do children read, play, talk and create media at home and at school?

Critical, Cultural and Creative
What is media literacy and how do children achieve it?

Places for predators or pals
The debates about social online spaces such as Facebook exploring both positive aspects of online socialising and negative facets such as 'cyberbullying'.

Virtual lives
What is the impact of playing computer/video games on child development and language?

Making, 'modding' and uploading
How children and young people can becomes producers of digital media.

The 21st Century soundtrack
The role of digital music in the personal and public lives of children and young people.

Policy and practice
Debating what children should learn, both at home and in school, about digital technologies.

Assessment support

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture112.0022.00
Seminar31.003.00
Independent online learning hours11.00
Private study hours164.00
Total Contact hours25.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Students will be expected to participate in online discussions. These will involve exploring and reporting on various digital tools with regard to the implications for children and young people. Independent study includes directed readings and reflections on engagement with digital media and technologies.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Group presentations and online discussions provide frequent opportunities for monitoring student progress. Students will be invited to submit a plan of the assignment for discussion in a 1-1 tutorial. The seminars will provide opportunities to present, discuss and receive feedback on ideas for the assignment.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
ProjectVideo or multimodal presentation equivalent to 5000 words100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 14/05/2019

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