Unit Synopsis
Learning in a digital age examines the role of technology in adult and tertiary education. You will explore emerging educational technologies and investigate their impact on learning and teaching, especially with regard to changes in student engagement. You will examine the social, cultural and economic impact that digital technologies will have on tertiary education now and into the future. You will learn how to appropriately investigate, integrate, review and evaluate educational technologies within the learning and teaching context.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: OLTC20003 Nature of Learning and Teaching or OLTC20005 Adult Learning in Practice Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Online resource/s | 0% |
| 2. Online resource/s | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
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Term 3 - 2018 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 27.27% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Unit Review
This unit is not being re offered, and will be terminated.
Terminate this unit.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explore emerging technologies impacting on tertiary education
- Evaluate digital technologies for use in specific learning and teaching contexts
- Integrate digital technology into learning and teaching practice
- Examine the social, cultural and economic impact of the digital age on tertiary education.
- Reflect on the changing architecture of participation afforded by digital technology in the digital age.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Online resource/s | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Online resource/s | • | • | |||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Communication | • | • | |||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | |||
| 5 - Self-management | • | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Online resource/s | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Online resource/s | • | • | • | • | |||||