ObjectivesOur Master of Education in eLearning programme aims to provide professionals in education and training with a critical understanding of the core issues involved in the design, development and implementation of e-learning, with specific focus and emphasis placed on students’ professional working context.
Entry requirementsThe programme is aimed at professionals in a range of education and training roles working in various educational sectors across the world, including further and higher education, the school sector, corporate sector, the voluntary sector and the health care area.
Academic titleMaster of Education in eLearning
Course descriptionParticipants on the programme have had a range of promotions and career developments either during or shortly after completing the programme. There are optional exit points after 60 credits (Advanced Certificate) and 120 credits (Advanced Diploma).
COURSE CONTENT
The effective implementation of emerging educational technologies is rapidly becoming of strategic importance for many branches of education and training within UK, Europe and across the world. The diverse range of learning activities on the MEd in eLearning programme will help develop the critical understanding and skills to address the exciting challenges and opportunities which the new developments present.
The students actually study key theoretical and practical issues involved in learning, teaching and assessment online; policies and aspects of e-learning in relation to wider organisational, national and global contexts; issues in the effective implementation of new and emerging technologies; and the theory and practice of educational research within the context of e-learning.
The course deepens students’ understanding and skills in relation to e-learning within the professional working context, including the design, production and management of resources for e-learning and the development and delivery of online learning courses. Students will have a flexible structure tailored to their personal and professional needs, offering a unique opportunity to meet and interact with professionals from all over the world, supported by online tutors.
CORE MODULES
-Foundations of Online Learning and Teaching
-eTutoring and eLearning Course Design
-eResourcing
-eLearning: Context, Management and Implementation
-Educational Technology – Issues in Implementation
-lResearch Methods in Education Contexts
FURTHER MODULE INFORMATION
All modules can be taken on a stand-alone basis.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment takes a variety of forms, including written assignments; project work; group assignments and reports; reflective tasks; collaborative development of an e-dossier relating to e-learning management in context; self-assessment; and peer-assessment.
SPECIAL FEATURES
-Access to your personalised online learning environment, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
-Admission to a resource centre providing access to supplementary materials, web links and the electronic resources and journals supported by the University’s Brynmor Jones Library.
-Students can enrol on the programme in September and February each year.
RESEARCH AREAS
-Student-centred approaches to learning and assessment
-Teacher development for e-learning
-The pedagogy of online learning and teaching
-Course development, design and evaluation