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Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM294: Technology and Education Futures

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The precise structure of the module varies year by year, but in general, the first cluster of sessions will focus on some of the key concepts of digital education, such as computer-supported collaborative learning, communities of inquiry, affordance theory, augmented reality and gamification. We will engage with these ideas through engagement with a range of digital tools such as wikis, blogs, twitter and/ or games.

In the second cluster of sessions, we will reflect on some of the core issues around the role of technology in education, such as the promise of openness versus the threat of surveillance and cyber bullying, the loss of literature versus new digital literacies and creativity and education futures. There will be further opportunity to discuss experiences and ideas with fellow students through digital media.

In addition, there will be some practical experiences, for instance through working with educational games, AR technology and interactive technology which will further enhance your understanding of the links between digital technology, practice and pedagogy. We also aim to visit a local school to experience some ideas around digital technology in practice.

Throughout the module, you will participate in online activities, and a host of online materials and digital tools will be made available for both campus and blended students. You will be required to write and develop a digital portfolio, which will enable you to present your developing ideas to peers and to critically reflect on the module content and your own professional practice and the wider literature.

Contributions to online discussions and a reflection on your own learning will also form part of the work that will be assessed. Formative assessment can include a written assignment in which you are asked to review an educational app. Moreover, there will be a variety of activities throughout the module, in which you will be asked to reflect, discuss and debate with other students, which will be formatively assessed by the course tutors.

This module descriptor captures two modes of delivery: campus-based (C) and blended (B). In the Learning and Teaching section below there are two sets of numbers: one pertains to campus-based delivery and one to blended delivery. Students enrolled on the blended mode will be expected to undertake more independent guided study than those on the campus-based mode.

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

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