 | | |
 | | |
 |  | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
 | | |
STATE AND INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
United Kingdom
MEd Degree in eLearning
(entirely online)
University of Sheffield, UK, School of Education
Masters In Education Degree, Professional Development In E-Learning
MEd Course Details Available at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/csnl/
Brochure request by email to: cpd@sheffield.ac.uk
The School obtained the full 24/24 for Teaching Quality and the QAA subject report says of the MEd: "The MEd in E-Learning is testimony to the innovative approach to course design, embracing appropriate technologies in order to meet changing needs" http://www.qaa.ac.uk/revreps/subjrev/All/q391_01.pdf
Are you interested in:
- Learning and teaching via the Internet / Web / ICT?
- Do you want to develop your professional practice in networked learning, e-learning and incorporate this new form of teaching into your courses?
- Are you interested in researching your practice as it relates to networked e- learning?
- Do you want to study in an e-learning, research community with like-minded professionals?
If so then this course may be of interest to you:
The MEd in networked E-Learning (Learning and Teaching via the Internet) is a two year part time, professional development course run entirely via the Internet which can be studied anywhere in the world. It is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive grounding in the theory and application of networked e-learning.
The course will:
- Give you a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of networked e-learning
- Develop your skills in the use of ICT, the Internet and computer mediated communications technologies
- Help you, through an action research perspective, find and use resources on the Internet for the development of your professional/organisational practice
Specifically, you will learn how to:
- Use the World Wide Web and other Internet-based technologies, and incorporate them into your own teaching, learning, projects and research
- Design virtual learning environments which can be easily accessed by your learners, and where learning and project resources can be held for easy access
- Use advanced computer mediated communications systems, and examine the issues that need to be considered when working with collaborative groups in these environments. Groupwork on the programme is carried out using Web-CT and other Web communication technologies which allow you to study wherever you wish while still communicating with other course participants and tutors
- Access networked resources, and understand the role of learning-support personnel
- Use the Internet tools for carrying out research into learning in your own subject/professional area
- Carry out a major action research project that will focus on your own professional practice and will lead to the incorporation of networked e-learning into your everyday work.
- The MEd is suitable for a wide variety of professional people who wish to develop their understanding of, and expertise in, this new form of teaching and learning.
Current participants include:
- Professional trainers and developers, self employed or in public and private sector organisations
- Teachers and lecturers in Further, Higher and Open Education
- Adult continuing educators
- People working in libraries and resource centres
- Open and distance learning educators and developers
The course is offered by the University of Sheffield School of Education, a top 5(A) rated UK research department (ranked number three out of 87 Education Schools in 2002).
Contact:
Nicholas Bowskill, Open & Flexible Learning Adviser,
Staff Development Unit, 301 Glossop Road,
University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2HL England
TEL: +44- (0)114-222-2466, Email: N.Bowskill@sheffield.ac.uk
In
This Issue
| Podium | Featured Articles | Student Exchange | Technology Exchange
State Exchange | Positions
Available | Calendar | Call For Papers | Past Issues