Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Year 1 – PGCert (indicative modules)
Teaching Reflectively in Higher Education and Design and Development in Higher Education.
Participants usually commence the MA studying the above two modules in one year. Together these offer a foundation in the practice theory and praxis of classroom teaching in different HE contexts. These two modules have been mapped to the UK Professional Standards Framework and successful completion of both allows participants to be awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Participants may also elect to leave the programme with the exit award of Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in HE.
Year 2 – TaLwT (indicative modules)
Technology Enhanced Learning and a Technology Project
The Diploma stage of the MA in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education programme comprises two core modules, Technology Enhanced Learning and the Learning Technology Project. The module explores contemporary theory, practice and tensions involved in teaching and learner support using social media, virtual and managed learning environments, assistive and mobile technology and classroom ICT. The Learning Technology Project is a course which extends and consolidates the learning on Technology Enhanced Learning by exploring the application of technology to teaching practice.
Participants may elect to leave the programme with the exit award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Year 3 – Action Research
The capstone module of the MA in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is the 60 credit Action Research Dissertation. Participants spend a semester exploring educational research practices and methods as training for their own study. They determine a project for investigation, independently or collaboratively with colleagues and/or students using Action Research as the underpinning philosophy or methodology. Projects are all required to follow University of Keele ethical procedures.