Module EDUS2451: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2

Department: EDUCATION [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

EDUS2451: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• This module builds upon the skills introduced and the knowledge gained at Level 1.
• It develops skills in the creation of educational CAL packages relevant to a specified area of curriculum focus which are suitable for the primary classroom.
• It develops knowledge and understanding of the educational implications of the uses of Information and Communication Technology as revealed in the research and other appropriate literature.

Content

• In this module students will work with a range of research and other appropriate literature to develop a deeper understanding of the socio-economic, political and educational contexts for the educational uses of Information and Communication Technology.
• Students will develop previously acquired skills to create an educational CAL application relevant to a specified area of the curriculum in the primary school which will demonstrate their ability to: successfully use a wide range of software and hardware to develop a multimedia CAL application.
• search for, assess the quality of and acquire resources via the world wide web.
• understand and apply the educational principles, design techniques and ideas gained from the relevant literature.

Learning Outcomes

• a range of contemporary issues in education;
• the role of ICT within the primary learning environment and a detailed knowledge of a range of appropriate software and its application;
• the role of the curriculum leader for ICT in the primary school;

• think critically and independently;
• analyse, synthesise and evaluate primary and/or secondary data;
• critically analyse literature on a variety of contemporary education issues;
• construct and sustain a reasoned argument.
• develop ICT environments for use in the primary classroom;

• communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in a variety of ways;
• work effectively on given tasks and activities;
• use Information and Communications Technology in a variety of ways;
• manage time and work to deadlines.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Basic facts will be explained in lectures and practicals.
• Concepts and the study of research and other literature will be introduced in lectures and also worked through in seminars.
• Independent learning will be facilitated by asking students to prepare for lectures, seminars and also by working in small groups to produce presentations which will be delivered to the rest of the class and subsequently analysed and discussed and demonstrated in the written assignment.
• Independent learning will also be facilitated by allowing students time, resources and support to develop a CAL package which will demonstrate this.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Seminar and presentation assignments.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University