Overview
This 8-week, specialised Developing Digital Artefacts for Learning course from University of Birmingham online explores the implementation of thoughtful and effective digital artefacts for learning in a contemporary education landscape underpinned by technology.
Technology is changing the way education is delivered, and the pace of this change is accelerating. Technologies allow educators to access new paradigms of education, enabling state-of-the-art forms of learning and assessment, and optimising long-standing education workflows. The goal of this module is to understand how to implement thoughtful and effective digital artefacts for learning in an education landscape underpinned by technology.
Why study Developing Digital Artefacts for Learning at Birmingham?
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Appreciate contemporary technologies used in education.
- Evaluate technologies that could be used in education for feasibility, viability and desirability.
- Appreciate web security and its implications for education.
- Understand a range of technology standards.
- Specify, design and implement a digital artefact for education.
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- Our Design for Learning Environments Postgraduate Micro-credential short courses will allow you to focus on specific areas in order for you to develop your career in the way that you want to.
- Each course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to design programmes of learning which will meet the needs of a wide range of learners and organisations in an expanding field.
- We have taken an innovative interdisciplinary approach with our Design for Learning Environments courses, incorporating aspects of design, technology, education, the social sciences, data science and digital development to provide you with a rich diversity of perspectives.
- You will work with academics, active practitioners and designers of learning environments from the fields of education, computer science, theoretical physics and engineering - each bringing their own unique disciplinary perspectives to instructional design.
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
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English requirements
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General requirements
- In order to be eligible for the Applied Data Science for Learning Environments Postgraduate Micro-credential short course, you will need to possess (or be predicted to obtain) an upper second-class degree or equivalent from a UK university or recognised international institution.
- You may also be eligible to apply with a lower second class degree plus 2 years’ work experience in design, computing or education, or no degree plus 5 or more years’ work experience in the above areas.
- If English is not your first language, you will need to also supply an up-to-date English language certificate. We accept up to date Academic IELTS certificates with a score of 6.0, and no less than 5.5 in any band.
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International
850 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 850 GBP for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
850 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 850 GBP for the full programme during 2 months.