Graduate Diploma of Education (Computers in Education)

• Important information
• The course
• Objectives
• Course structure
  • 1997 New enrolments (first year)
  • Continuing enrolments (second year)
• Further information

Important information

Gippsland campus (distance education)

Course code: EPCEDG

Contact: Mr Jeff Richardson (course adviser)

The course

This course is designed to develop knowledge, skills and uses of computers in education to establish a practising teacher as a proficient user of computers in education and as a leader in the school community for the uses of and the management of computers in education. The normal entry requirement is an approved degree or three-year diploma and a recognised teaching qualification. The course is normally offered over two years part-time by distance education. Prospective students must have access to a computer and should be able to access a modem.

Objectives

The objectives of the Graduate Diploma of Education (Computers in Education) course are to provide students with:

• an awareness of computing as an intellectual discipline;
• an awareness of current issues in educational computing and related fields;
• an awareness of the wider impact of computing;
• an ability to adapt the educational use of computers to the individual needs of different students;
• a facility with the educational application of computing;
• an understanding of the implications of computers in society for education, teaching and the curriculum, including issues of gender, equity and participation;
• an awareness of the potentialities of computers in education and the corresponding effect on their role as teachers;
• a facility as computer users in order to enhance the learning experience for children.

• integrate computers into the learning environment and syllabus into the classroom;
• advise the school council and principal on equipment, software and facilities;
• advise on, supervise and coordinate the initiation, maintenance and evaluation of uses of computers in the school;
• encourage staff development in the uses of computers in education;
• be involved in on-the-job training and in-service sessions for staff at the school.

Course structure

The course consists of the following eight six-credit-point subjects:

1997 New enrolments (first year)

First semester

• GEC8612 Introduction to computing in schools
• GEC8620 Computer-mediated communication

• GEC8613 Computer programming for education
• GEC8614 Evaluation of educational software

Continuing enrolments (second year)

First semester

• GEC8615 Technology in society
• GEC8616 Computer use in educational management

• GEC8617 Computers-in-education project
• GEC8618 Facilitating computers in education

Further information

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the student administration office, Gippsland School of Education (telephone (051) 22 6375 or (03) 9902 6375).

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