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EDF1028

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 22 November 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Dr Ibrahim Latheef

Offered

Peninsula

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit develops students' understanding of technological developments and how to utilise these in innovative ways in schools. Students explore the construction of knowledge and interaction in the digital age. They develop capabilities in understanding how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are associated with information access and management, information creation and presentation, problem solving, decision making, communication, creative expression and empirical reasoning. Students develop knowledge, skills and dispositions around ICTs and the ability to transfer these across diverse environments, applications and pedagogical contexts. They are exposed to the diversity and interconnectedness of ICTs, including mobile technology, social networking and emerging innovative and creative technologies.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. understand, analyse and respond pedagogically to current and ongoing developments in ICTs
  2. understand and respond to the new and evolving forms of knowledge construction implicit in this digital age
  3. demonstrate an understanding of how ICTs pervade all areas of daily life
  4. understand, analyse and respond pedagogically to current (e.g. mobile technology, social networking) and future ICTs.

Assessment

E-portfolio of diverse strategies for using ICTs (can include individual and/or group work) (1600 words or equivalent per student, 40%)
Research-based essay outlining the past and future of ICTs in education (can include individual and/or group work) (2400 words or equivalent per student, 60%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 2 hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

  • 10 hours of independent study per week

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ibrahim Latheef

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Primary education