2021/22 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

EDUC5269M Designing Digital Education (examination)

30 creditsClass Size: 30

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

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

This module is mutually exclusive with

EDUC5258M	Design and Evaluation of Digital Learning Environments
EDUC5261M	Design and Evaluation of Digital Learning Environments (exam
EDUC5267M	Designing Digital Education

Module replaces

EDUC5261M Design and Evaluation of Digital Learning Environments (examination)

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

In this module you will learn about the principles of instructional design, when developing digital education resources. The module will use the principles within instructional design to inform the practise of developing digital resources. As you progress through the module you will design, develop and evaluate digital resources, culminating in delivering usable digital teaching resources. You will be taught together with students taking EDUC5267M Designing Digital Education but instead of the coursework assignment will sit a formal written examination. This module is an option for students in countries where distance learning qualifications can be recognised only if formal written examinations are included in the assessment.

Objectives

This module will take a critical approach to planning, designing, developing and evaluating digital resources for teaching and learning.

Learning outcomes
- Understanding of considerations when planning digital learning resources
- Awareness of different approaches to provision of digital learning resources
- Understanding of relationship between pedagogy, teaching strategies and effective design
- Ability to evaluate digital learning resources

Skills outcomes
- Designing digital resources according to instructional design principles
- Understanding the relationship between design of resources and pedagogy
- Ability to undertake peer review, evaluate digital resources and act upon feedback provided

Syllabus

1. The role of digital in learning environments. What are learning environments and what role can/does digital play in them?
2. Developing digital resources for the learner. Who are your learners and why does it matter?
3. Digital tools – examples (MOOCS, webinars, discussion fora, wikis, blogs, etc.)
4. What is instructional design? – theory, who are the stakeholders, different processes, e.g. Addie.
5. Design for learning. Relationship between pedagogy, teaching strategies and effective design
6. Teaching and learning strategies and the use of digital - Blended, face-to-face, flipped learning, online
7. Communication and collaboration in learning environments, why and how?
8. Design elements (visual, audio, text, …)
9. Accessibility
10. Evaluation of learning resources/environments. Peer review
11. Blue sky thinking – the future in digital resources
12. Towards the examination

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
e-Lecture	12	1.00	12.00
Group learning	12	3.00	36.00
Seminar	12	1.50	18.00
Tutorial	2	0.50	1.00
Independent online learning hours			113.00
Private study hours			120.00
Total Contact hours			67.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Students will be provided each week with online 'lectures' in written and audio formats together with supplementary readings, material, tasks and activities. Students will also be expected to undertake individual and group tasks and directed readings.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Each participant will be expected to make a weekly contribution of between 500-1000 words (or equivalent) per unit, about a specific topic. Each person will be expected to contribute to (and occasionally facilitate) the weekly synchronous online seminar. Each student will have two individual tutorials to discuss progress.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S1)	3 hr	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Students may sit the examination either in Leeds or at British Council offices in their home countries. Students choosing the British Council option will be required to pay the appropriate fee on the day of the examination. The examination will require students to answer questions about a project that they will have undertaken to design and evaluate a resource for education fin their own professional context. Although the questions will vary from year to year they will include topics such as the theoretical underpinnings of the resource; the relationship between the resource and context; changed made in response to feedback and reflections on the design process.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/06/2021 12:18:04

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