ED5302 - Webucation

Credit points:	04
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:

Available to Graduate Certificate of Education (Tertiary Teaching), Postgraduate Certificate of Education and other Masters students.

Tertiary teachers are expected to engage with educational technologies. This subject will provide the participants with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge, skills and confidence in the use of educational technologies. In particular, the place of online learning in tertiary education will be examined with an emphasis on flexible models in a mixed mode setting. Students will study the design, development, delivery, evaluation and management of courses and subjects supported through the use of online learning in the context of their own teaching. The effective use of other ICT such as videoconferencing will also be examined.

Learning Outcomes

• to use a basic set of online learning tools currently available centrally at James Cook University;
• have a working knowledge of how the WWW operates and be able to efficiently use a variety of online learning tools;
• to critically evaluate how the WWW can be used effectively in teaching;
• to identify and examine processes and learning frameworks used in the design and development of course content for online learning;
• to develop, implement and evaluate an online approach to teaching.

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Face to face teaching (Face-to-face sessions plus on-line materials and discussions.)
Coordinator:	jc127936
Assessment:	(20%); (40%); (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.