Edinburgh Napier University

In this module you will be exploring aspects of learning design and open education practices. Based very much on your own context, you will be considering the constraints and requirements of designing learning within your role and explore opportunities for the use of open education resources. You may also draw on your own instition’s strategies, policies and procedures or wider context of national legislation, standards and frameworks. Developing areas which you have already touched on in previous modules, such as accessibility and usability, intellectual property, open access and copyright, you can pursue your own interests within the module activities and assessments. You will develop hands-on experience of evaluation of online CPD provision in an open course, aiding and enhancing your own professional development.

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The content of this module is not pre-existing, but developed by you in consultation with the module team. You will develop effective professional principles and practice through active, experiential and deep learning. You will engage in independent study with subject related or allied cross disciplinary focus. You will define your targets with deliverable results using key indicators. You will engage with time and project management, with support from the module team, your project supervisor by initial negotiation, resource guidance, strategy guidance, monitoring of research, motivation and dialogue.You will engage in consolidation, integration, interpretation application and research.

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In this module you will be exploring practical and theoretical understandings of the use of technology for learning and teaching. The module will give you an overview of teaching approaches and educational technologies, equipping you to evaluate their appropriateness for your context. Emphasising active learning approaches, you will gain an understanding of the use of technology for assessment and feedback. You will get the opportunity to critique learning, teaching and assessment practices using case studies. As part of a community of practice with your fellow learners, you will gain a first-hand knowledge of collaborative learning online and co-construct learning opportunities with your peers. While small blends and low-tech approaches to learning will be addressed, you can also pursue your own interests in this field, continuing these in greater depth in later modules in the programme. Contemporary debates around open education, global and cultural perspectives, accessibility and inclusivity will also form a key part of the development of your critical understanding of the use of technology for learning and teaching. Based on your own context, this module will enable you to develop your own practical teaching strategy, drawing on evidence from the literature and other sources.

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In this module you will be addressing the challenges of being a blended or online learner. You will get opportunities to engage with approaches to supporting students who have a diverse range of cultural, interdisciplinary and technological backgrounds and gain a thorough appreciation of the current broader educational debates.

Addressing accessibility needs, but also incorporating inclusive learning design for blended and online courses, you will get a hands-on experience as both a teacher and a student.

Additionally, you will get a unique opportunity to engage in peer assessment and feedback, thereby gaining an appreciation of design and purpose of student-led teaching.

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