EDF1079 · Digital technologies

Overview

This unit encourages you to explore how digital technologies may be used to contribute to teaching and learning. It provides opportunities for you to develop knowledge and skills relevant to the appropriate selection and use of digital technologies for teaching and learning. You are made aware of some contemporary issues and debates regarding digital technologies, such as equity of access and digital citizenship. Importantly, you are encouraged to carefully consider the integration of digital technologies into your teaching. While the unit requires you to learn how to use digital technologies, it has been designed to maximise learning for all students, regardless of your familiarity with digital technologies.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. create a learning and teaching activity using digital technologies
2. demonstrate an emerging knowledge of ICT resources that engage students in learning
3. demonstrate an emerging knowledge of strategies that can be used to evaluate teaching programs to improve student learning
4. demonstrate the capacity to organise a classroom activity and provide clear directions
5. demonstrate emerging knowledge of relevant issues and strategies that support the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.