Enhanced Practice in ICT and Learning

PROGRAMME DESIGN

The programme is comprised of three compulsory courses:

• Computer-based Learning and Teaching (15 credits)
• Emerging Learning Technologies (15 credits)
• Designing Learning with ICTS (30 credits)

Substitution for the two 15 credit courses may be negotiated with the agreement of the Programme Director.

TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT

The programme is available in full e-learning mode via WEB CT. Participants are encouraged to be active and reflective learners and great emphasis is placed on professional action in the workplace setting. Our programme challenges participants to direct their own professional growth, as they set and achieve new standards of enhanced professionalism and academic excellence.

Formative assessment is a feature of all modules. Formative and Summative assessments are designed to arise naturally in the workplace and from course work. Most assessment tasks focus on workplace applications and/or critical reflection on policy and practice. Each module is assessed by a set assignment.

AIMS

The aims of the programme are to extend the skills, knowledge and understanding of the students by giving them opportunities to:

• Review and appraise critically policy and research literature as a preparation for using ICT to support the development of learning, the curriculum and practice
• Explore critically the values, purposes and learning theories surrounding the use of ICT to support learning
• Identify, explore and evaluate opportunities to develop the use of ICT across the curriculum and in specific settings
• Critically review policy, research and practice in order to identify, plan, implement, evaluate, quality assurance and report on an innovative project in the area of ICT and Learning.