2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

EDUC5263M Digital Learning in Practice

30 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Professor Neil Morris
Email: n.p.morris@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally, at least two years relevant postgraduate professional experience.
Ability to use basic digital technology (email, www, office software).

This module is mutually exclusive with

EDUC5254M

e-Learning: Principles & Pract

Module replaces

EDUC5254M e-Learning: Principles and Practices

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

You will be introduced to digital strategy and policy, and discuss current digital technologies in use within educational settings. You will also explore potential future digital technologies on the horizon for use in education.

Objectives

To enable students to consider, explore and discuss current and future digital technologies in use within the education sector and informal learning settings. Students will become aware of the wide range of digital technologies and pedagogic approaches to integrating technology into education settings.

Learning outcomes
- Ability to interpret and begin to devise digital strategies and policies for use with digital technologies in educational settings
- Awareness of current digital technologies in use in the education sector at school, FE and HE level and in informal learning settings
- Awareness of future potential digital technologies that may be used in the education sector, and issues with embedding these in pedagogical approaches

Syllabus

Indicative topics:

1. Developing digital strategy and policy to support relevant pedagogical approaches
2. The increasing focus on distance learning and hybrid courses within formal education settings
3. Factors affecting staff and student technology adoption
4. Openness in digital education
5. Online learning at scale
6. Evaluating tools and techniques for digital assessment
7. Audio and video in education
8. Digital badging, games and gamification to support engagement, motivation and learning
9. Benefits and challenges of mobile learning
10. The emerging role for augmented and virtual reality in education
11. Can learning analytics enhance education?
12. Personalisation and personalised learning spaces

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
On-line Learning	11	4.00	44.00
Seminars	11	1.50	16.50
Tutorial	2	0.50	1.00
Independent online learning hours			118.50
Private study hours			120.00
Total Contact hours			61.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Students will be provided each week with online 'lectures' in written and multimedia formats together with supplementary readings, material, tasks and activities. Students will also be expected to undertake directed reading of academic papers; to post reviews of these papers on an online discussion forum and to respond to reviews that other students have written.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

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

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	6000 words	100.00
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: 26/05/2016

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