Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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None Participants will have the opportunity to resubmit the above assessment requirements |
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Description This module aims to equip those engaged in teaching in higher education with competence in teaching online, with the ability to identify opportunities to use technology to enhance their teaching and to gain enhanced educational technology skills. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Evaluate their own teaching with a view to identifying opportunities to incorporate educational technologies to support student learning. 2. Critique a range of educational technology tools to determine suitability for their own teaching and appropriate to their own competence level with technology. 3. Synthesise pedagogic and technology skills and strategies to design effective learning opportunities in an online learning environment. 4. Reflect on the experience of being an online learner and how this might influence their own teaching approaches. 5. Produce a portfolio of tools, approaches and techniques, to enable them to incorporate increased utilisation of educational technology in at least one module which they teach. 6. Produce a plan, with timelines, tasks, and evaluation plans for use of appropriate technologies described in their portfolio. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Module OrientationGetting Started; Module Overview, Aim and Structure; Module Expectations & Requirements (participation and assessment); Online Module guidelines, netiquette and terminology; Reflective Practice).Introduction to Online LearningOnline Learning and the 21st Century Learner; Pedagogical Characteristics of Online Learning; Changing Roles of Teachers and Learners; Current Trends & Emerging Technologies; Learning Technologies (Part 1)– Blogs & RSS.Teaching in the Online EnvironmentOnline Learning Communities; Online Communication and Interaction;Skills & Competencies for Online Teaching; Models of Online Teaching; Learning Technologies(Part 2) – Wikis.Managing the Online EnvironmentOnline Course Management; Motivating Online Learners; Managing Difficult Learners; Managing Online Discussions; Learning Technologies (Part 3) – Social Networks & Media Sharing.Online Resources and Learning ActivitiesOnline Educational Resources; Accessing & Integrating Resources; Creating Online Learning Activities; Learning Technologies (Part 4) – Various Emerging tools and applications; Course Summary & Feedback. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of Last Revision | 28-MAR-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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