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These measures will be discussed in a disciplinary will outline how they currently use technologies
context and opportunities and constraints identified. and how they might wish to use them in the future.
Students will then attend a workshop in which they
Students will be required to submit a draft of their will evaluate how their teaching can be supported
assignment to Blackboard and will receive detailed through the use of technologies. The workshop will
feedback which they can use to amend their work provide a number of case studies that have used
prior to the final submission. technology to facilitate both in-class and online
learning. After the workshop, students will return to
ECTS credits: 2.5 the online discussion and review their responses in
UKPSF indicative mapping: A1, A2, A4, V1, V2 light of the workshop.
Word count: 740-1500
Tutor: Dr Huw Rees Intended Learning Outcomes:
Digital Learning By the end of the topic students will be better able to:
Aims 1. Identify a range of learning technologies and
their practical uses.
Digital learning has the potential to enrich and
enliven both the student learning and staff teaching 2. Recognise some of the benefits and
experience. There is, however, a tendency to consider limitations of using technologies.
the use of technologies at a relatively late stage
in the educational design process. This topic will 3. Analyse theoretical ideas that support
give participants the opportunity to evaluate how blended and online learning practice.
their current or planned teaching and assessment
practices could make effective use of e-learning. This 4. Integrate the use of technologies with other
will be achieved by creating a learning design that learning activities, such as work-based
incorporates the appropriate use of technologies. learning or face-to-face tuition.
Participants will also have the opportunity to consider
some of the theoretical frameworks for e-learning 5. Compare online and face-to-face learning
and review practical examples of how technologies experiences, through contribution to
have been used to enhance learning at Imperial and discussion forums and the engagement in
elsewhere. online peer feedback.
Teaching Methods Outcome Assignment:
This topic is taught through participation in online Students will be asked to submit a learning design
learning and a face-to-face workshop. One week plan that will detail how they would use technologies
before the session, students will be required to to support student learning within their own teaching
contribute to an online discussion in which they context. The design will include a rationale for the
choices of technology and an explanation of how
they will integrate any face-to-face learning. The
plan should also include an analysis of how these
practices are underpinned by theoretical ideas related
to online learning.
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