2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

EDUC5270M Dissertation in Digital Education

60 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Katharine Stapleford
Email: K.E.Stapleford@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is mutually exclusive with

EDUC5001M	Critical Study
EDUC5430M	Dissertation
EDUC5431M	Dissertation in TESOL (China)
EDUC5433M	Dissertation
EDUC5434M	Dissertation in Research Methods
EDUC5435M	Dissertation in Deaf Education
EDUC5436M	Dissertation in TESOL Studies: Portfolio
EDUC5437M	Dissertation in Teaching
EDUC5438M	Dissertation in MA TESOL Studies
EDUC5904M	Dissertation in MA TESOL programmes and MA TESOL Studies

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module is an independent small-scale research project, designed and carried out with the support of an individual supervisor. Students will be expected to present their research using innovative digital tools that are appropriate to the content.

Objectives

In completing this module students will be able to:
- identify either a topic of immediate individual concern in the field of digital education, either in own professional context or more widely;
- engage in discussion with a tutor(s) concerning how this topic might be investigated;
- under supervision, carry out reading and study, and, if appropriate, empirical research, on this topic;
- put this topic in a broader perspective, ensuring where appropriate that the experience of more than one educational institution is considered and that recent evidence/research of the national/local situation is included;
- under supervision, write up and present the study in an appropriate form.

Learning outcomes
- Identifying a researchable problem in the area of Digital Education
- Designing a small-scale research study in the field of Digital Education
- Planning, conducting and writing a literature review
- Conducting a small-scale research project or extended literature review
- Presenting a research project using tools appropriate to the field of Digital Education

Syllabus

Students negotiate their dissertations on an individual basis at a dissertation proposal meeting held with their Academic Tutor.

Research skills will be taught and put into practice through this dissertation.

Students will be allocated a dissertation supervisor who will discuss the dissertation proposal and meet with them on a regular basis as the study progresses.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Tutorial	12	0.50	6.00
Independent online learning hours			594.00
Private study hours			0.00
Total Contact hours			6.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			600.00

Private study

This module is an independent small scale research project although students may choose to undertake an extended literature review. With the support of an individual supervisor, students will work independently to develop research questions, find and read appropriate source material, design a research project (using skills developed in the research module), collect data where appropriate, analyse data and discuss findings in relation to the literature. Students will also work independently to write up the research and to present it using appropriate digital tools.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students progress will be monitored through the supervision meetings. Additional meetings may be arranged, as required, subject to agreement between the student and the supervisor.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Multimodal presentation equivalent to 12,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Resits will be in the same format as the original submission.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 20/09/2019

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