ED5812 - Teaching and Learning with New ICTs

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to Postgraduate Certificate, BEd (Professional Development), Graduate Diploma of Education and Master of Education and other Master degree students.

The subject provides a theoretical and productive outcomes approach to learning, teaching and utilizing new Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in schools, higher education, government, and/or industry workplaces. The subject includes the design, production, and use of Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, Learning Objects, Learning Management Systems, Web 2.0, educational online games and simulations, interactive SMARTboard, handhelds, and/or uploading sound and video. Other areas examined include the links among ICTs and various learning theories as well as inclusive issues of gender, culture, disability, ethics and eco sustainability. The subject is designed to provide relevant, individualized and collaborative situated learning activities that take into account current and intended work contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate effective information literacy skills with new ICTs;
• demonstrate an in-depth, critical, and reflective understanding of relevant literature;
• critique theories, ethics and pedagogies underpinning various ICTs;
• design and produce a web supported learning activity using a variety of new ICTs in educational and workplace contexts.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2012
Coordinator:	Professor Neil Anderson
Lecturer:	Mr Aaron Agius.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	presentations (25%); essays (25%); web based learning activity (50%).

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.