Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Develop and use digital skills with novel digital tools.
- Understand the potential of technology for addressing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and understand how technology can be designed and used in a way that is conscious of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, by furthering equity and empowerment of the individual.
- Develop your understanding of digital divides and inequalities in relation to educational technology.
- Develop your capability of teaching with technology and thus, grow in understanding of effective use of technology for education.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Practical classes and workshops | 10 |
| Lecture | 4 |
| Seminar | 6 |
| Follow-up work | 30 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 6 |
| Tutorial | 4 |
| Wider reading or practice | 70 |
| Completion of assessment task | 20 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Module resources. Module resources and materials will be updated on a regular basis via Blackboard. Students and tutors are expected to co-create some online resource collections.
Box of Broadcasts. BoB - Box of Broadcasts on demand TV and radio service for education
Textbooks
Selwyn, N. (2013). Distrusting Educational Technology : Critical Questions For Changing Times. Online: Routledge.
Hargreaves, I. and Hartley, J (2016). Creative citizen unbound. Online: Policy Press.
Selwyn, N (2016). Is technology good for education?. Cambridge, UK: Polity.
Craft, A (2010). Creativity and Education Futures: Learning in a Digital Age. London: Trentham.
Selwyn, N. (2014). Digital Technology and the Contemporary University: Degrees of Digitization. Online: Routledge with SRHE.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Coursework
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Coursework
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assessment | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assessment | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assessment | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External