Digital Technologies
PostgraduateTAS-EMT6082026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $1,281
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Digital Technologies
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject you will be able to:
- Apply digital solutions to reflect good teaching and assessment in Digital Technologies.
- Critically evaluate your own teaching of Digital Technologies.
- Differentiate Digital Literacy (previously ICT) from Digital Technologies, particularly in the context of the Australian Curriculum
- Develop Digital Literacy knowledge and production skills to reflect good teaching and assessment in your own specialism
- Overview of Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies
- Integration of DT/DL/ICT into Teaching
- Differentiating DL/ICT and DT
- Recent Advancement in Computing and Education Technology
- Theories and Applications of DT/DL/ICT in Education: Human-centred Design
- Content Creation and Information Architecture
- Digital Content Navigation and User-experience Patterns
- User Interface in Computing Platforms
- Future Research in Educational Technology and Extended Reality
EMT608 Teaching Digital Technologies is designed specifically for pre-service teachers undertaking a Master of Teaching. It will analyse the distinctions between Digital Literacy (previously ICT) and Digital Technologies and explore how computers can be used, with a major focus on Digital Literacy General Capability or the Digital Technologies subject of the Australian Curriculum. This subject also provides opportunities for you to demonstrate your practical applications of Digital Literacy or Digital Technologies. In addition, you will demonstrate your capacity to design good teaching and assessment strategies, and ethically apply contemporary and emerging computer technology in your professional practice.
- Project (100%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-EDC-MAS-2026 - Master of Teaching (Primary)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement - Weekly online tutorials (2 hours). This unit is conducted wholly online in Semester 1. However, enrolled students in Semester 2 have the option of attending on-campus tutorials in Hobart.
Study load
- 0.0625 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 5 to 6 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateTAS-EDC-MAS