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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.
| Paper title | Technology-enhanced Learning |
|---|---|
| Paper code | EDUC423 |
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2022 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,174.57 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 54 300-level EDUC or EDUX points
- Restriction
- EDUX 423
- 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 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 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
- 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
