New Zealand is fast becoming a knowledge society, and under the New Zealand Curriculum, students are encouraged to become "competent thinkers and problem solvers, [who] actively seek, use, and create knowledge". Our future-oriented education system reflects these changes. This paper is designed for teachers and educators who are interested in supporting young people to develop their capacities in creating knowledge in a future-oriented society. This paper will appeal to future-oriented teachers or educators and will examine theories and practices related to computer-supported collaborative learning and knowledge-building pedagogies. Knowledge Forum will be used in this paper to provide hands-on experience in creating knowledge building environments. No technical computing knowledge is required to take this paper.
| Paper title | Special Topic: Digital Technologies and Knowledge Building |
|---|---|
| Paper code | EDUC432 |
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Second Semester |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,098.05 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $4,352.87 |
- Prerequisite
- 72 300-level EDUX or EDUC points
- Restriction
- EDUX 432
- Notes
- Students who have not passed the normal prerequisite may be admitted with approval from the Dean of the College of Education.
- Eligibility
- You should be a teacher or have some background in education
- Contact
- postgrad.education@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
- Professor Kwok-Wing Lai
- Paper Structure
- The paper is arranged around several discussion conferences, each looking at a separate topic related to the knowledge-building communities (KBC) model. Conferences normally run for two weeks and involve a combination of readings and online asynchronous discussions.
- Teaching Arrangements
- This is an online distance learning paper.
- Textbooks
- Students will be expected to access required readings via the library and the Internet and to source their own relevant readings.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Critical thinking, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to
- Critically review theories and practices of computer-supported collaborative learning and knowledge-building pedagogies
- Critically review the relationship between digital technologies and informal learning
- Develop strategies to facilitate knowledge building in educational settings
- Develop expertise in using the networking software Knowledge Forum
