Units
Cyberlearning
Unit code: CLN601
Contact hours:
Credit points: 12
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This unit addresses the challenges, opportunities and implications for learning and teaching in dynamic, information-rich online environments. It enables students to: critically and creatively engage with contemporary concepts, technologies and practices for diverse educational, professional and information contexts, including school libraries; participate in an online learning community; collaborate in the design, development and evaluation of online learning resources.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 1 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
Cyberlearning involves using online technologies critically, ethically and creatively to learn. Contemporary learners are immersed in an online learning environment that is information-rich and rapidly changing. Educators, including teacher-librarians, need to engage confidently with current and emerging online technologies in order to support learning. This unit develops conceptual understandings and pedagogical practices that enable teacher-librarians and other educators to respond innovatively to cyberlearning opportunities and challenges
Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide a forum for you to experience and critique cyberlearning (or online learning) as learner and educator in a dynamic online environment.
Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Apply cyberlearning theory to practical online learning design (GC: A, B, C, D)
2. Collaboratively create cyberlearning resources. (GC: A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
3. Critically evaluate cyberlearning practices and resources (GC: A, B, C, D, F)
4 Critically reflect on your cyberlearning experiences and outcomes (GC: A, B, C, D, F)
Content
The unit includes the following topics:
- What is cyberlearning?
- Learner perspectives
- Educator perspectives
- ICT perspectives
- Cyberlearning design
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
For both internet and internal students, this unit fosters online interaction, exploration, co-construction, independent study and evaluation. You will experience cyberlearning from the varying perspectives of learner, educator, information/knowledge creator, critic and communicator. You will critically and creatively engage with concepts, technologies and practices for diverse learning and information contexts, including school libraries. As a member of the CLN601 cyberlearning community you will communicate via a range of online media. You will collaborate in a virtual team project to create a cyberlearning resource. Inderpendendently you will design a cyberlearning experience, evaluate online resources and critically reflect on your learning in this unit. The teaching team will act as cyberlearning advisers to support your collaborative and independent learning.
Assessment
Assessment activities will allow you to demonstrate your developing cyberlearning knowledge and practice.The teaching team will provide regular oral and written feedback, via online media, phone and in person (as appropriate to internet and internal students).
Assessment name:
Project (applied)
Description:
Assignment 1 requires you to:
a) as a member of a virtual team, collaboratively design and create an online learning resource
b) independently evaluate other teams' online learning resources
c) critically reflect on on your virtual team experiences
Length: Equivalent to 3000 words
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3 & 4
Weight:
60%
Internal or external:
Both
Group or individual:
Group with Individual Component
Due date:
Mid-Semester
Assessment name:
Design
Description:
Assignment 2 requires you to:
a) design a framework for an innovative and original cyberlearning experience
b) critically analyse the design of the cyberlearning framework
c) critically reflect on your (cyber) learning experiences and outcomes throughout the whole unit.
Relates to objectives:
1, 3 & 4
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Both
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End-Semester
Academic Honesty
QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.
A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
Texts
There is no set text for this unit.
Recommended Resources
A wide selection of quality learning resources are available via the unit Blackboard site, the CMD, QUT Library and recommended Internet sites. Recommended resources include:
APA is the required referencing style.
Risk assessment statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. Usual workplace health and safety protocols will be followed.
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 14-Jan-2013
