Overview
Introduces various theoretical perspectives on the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning and discusses the practical issues resulting from this. Issues on knowledge construction and creation, and the culture of change, are also considered.
Digital technologies are ubiquitous and have changed the way people learn, communicate and engage in leisure activities. This paper will help teachers, or those interested in education, explore various responses to these changes and how digital and mobile technology use has changed teaching, learning and education. No technical computing knowledge is required to take this paper.
About this paper
| Paper title | Technology-enhanced Learning |
|---|---|
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,090.50 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- PGCertEdLn, PGDipEdLn, MEdLn, BA(Hons), PGDipArts, MA(Coursework), MA(Thesis)
- Notes
- Students outside of the approved programmes, with 54 300-level EDUC points, may be admitted with approval from the Dean of the College of Education.
- Eligibility
- You should be a teacher or have some background experience in teaching or education.
- Contact
- postgrad.education@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
- The paper is arranged around several discussion conferences, each looking at a separate topic related to information and communications technology (ICT) in education. Conferences normally run for two weeks and involve a combination of readings and online asynchronous discussions.
- Teaching Arrangements
This distance learning paper is taught remotely.
- 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:
- Develop an understanding of contemporary learning theories underpinning the use of ICT to support personalised, collaborative and lifelong learning
- Develop an understanding of how knowledge is being constructed in an online learning environment
- Develop skills of self-appraisal and reflective enquiry as a teacher/educator in a computer-supported learning environment
Overview
Introduces various theoretical perspectives on the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning and discusses the practical issues resulting from this. Issues on knowledge construction and creation, and the culture of change, are also considered.
Digital technologies are ubiquitous and have changed the way people learn, communicate and engage in leisure activities. This paper will help teachers, or those interested in education, explore various responses to these changes and how digital and mobile technology use has changed teaching, learning and education. No technical computing knowledge is required to take this paper.
About this paper
| Paper title | Technology-enhanced Learning |
|---|---|
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Full Year (Distance learning) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- PGCertEdLn, PGDipEdLn, MEdLn, BA(Hons), PGDipArts, MA(Coursework), MA(Thesis)
- Notes
- Students outside of the approved programmes, with 54 300-level EDUC points, may be admitted with approval from the Dean of the College of Education.
- Eligibility
You should be a teacher or have some background experience in teaching or education.
- Contact
- postgrad.education@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
The paper is arranged around several discussion conferences, each looking at a separate topic related to information and communications technology (ICT) in education. Conferences normally run for two weeks and involve a combination of readings and online asynchronous discussions.
- Teaching Arrangements
This distance learning paper is taught remotely.
- 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:
- Develop an understanding of contemporary learning theories underpinning the use of ICT to support personalised, collaborative and lifelong learning.
- Develop an understanding of how knowledge is being constructed in an online learning environment.
- Develop skills of self-appraisal and reflective enquiry as a teacher/educator in a computer-supported learning environment.