Course handbook
Description
In this course students will explore the ways in which new technologies can be used to support and extend student learning. Through project-based tasks students will develop the capacity and confidence to employ digital devices and software applications to construct and communicate new knowledge in and beyond the classroom. Attention will also be given to the social impact of technology; frameworks for thinking about the pedagogical use of new technologies; digital, visual and media literacy; and information literacy processes.
Availability
Port Macquarie Nth Coast Inst
- Summer 3 - 2018
Callaghan
- Summer 3 - 2018
- Winter - 2018
Ourimbah
- Winter - 2018
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Relate relevant pedagogical frameworks and curriculum models to classroom use of new technologies.
2. Use technology as a tool to facilitate quality teaching and learning.
3. Construct and communicate new knowledge using digital devices and software applications.
4. Display an understanding of critical, digital, visual, media, and information literacy.
5. Demonstrate a capacity to work collaboratively on a technology-focused project-based learning task.
6. Explain the social impact of new technologies.
Content
This course will address:
- Frameworks for the pedagogical use of new technologies.
- The role of technology in knowledge construction and communication.
- Digital, visual and media literacy concepts and principles.
- The information literacy process.
- The design process and project-based learning of new technologies.
- Evaluation of new technologies and their social impact.
- Practical skill development with digital technologies.
Requisites
To enrol in this course, students must meet the teacher education admission milestones, if commencing a teaching program from commencement of 2016.
Enrolment in this course is dependent on meeting the teacher education admission milestone of successful completion of - Three HSC band 5s (including one in English) or - 80 units of UoN courses or - Regulatory authority approved comparable pathways or - Commencement in the program pre 2016
Assessment items
Project: Interactive Digital Lesson Resources
Written Assignment: Essays/Written Assignments
Contact hours
Callaghan, Ourimbah and Port Macquarie Nth Coast Inst
Lecture
Face to Face On Campus 10 hour(s) per Term
Course may be delivered on a weekly basis or as compressed delivery as specified in the Course Outline.
Self-Directed Learning
Self-Directed 6 hour(s) per Term
Tutorial
Face to Face On Campus 18 hour(s) per Term