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Educational Applications of Digital Technologies
Postgraduate | CUR-EDMP501 | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
View information for 2021 course intakeExamine how the digital age influences habits, behaviours and learning. Select and apply appropriate digital technologies by designing and creating a digital resource that demonstrates effective use of digital technology in the education contexts.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Educational Applications of Digital Technologies
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- examine a range of digital technologies for teaching and learning purposes
- deconstruct how the digital age has influenced habits, behaviours, preferences and learning
- evaluate and critique the impact that digital technologies have on learning and teaching
- design and create a digital resource that demonstrates effective use of digital technology in educational learning contexts.
- How do we define a 'digital age'?
- Big Data: why is everything so 'big'?
- Digital crowds: understanding how this influences digital trends
- Social media and how it shapes our world
- Transmedia and digital convergence
- Digital Blurring
- The struggle to be digital: who misses out?
- Mobile learning
- The rise of digital literacy: what does this mean?
- Digital technologies: what should we use in the classroom?
- Creative technologies and virtual worlds
- Digital relevancy: future-proofing ourselves and our students
This subject examines the selection and application of appropriate current and emergent digital technologies in educational learning contexts. It will include a detailed analysis of the current digital age and how this has impacted teaching and learning. It will involve the consideration and application of a range of digital technologies in teaching and learning.
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- Resource Creation & Evaluation (50%)
- Essay (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio/Visual equipment
- Other requirements -
- Additional materials
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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