Graduate Certificate in Education (Information and Communications Technology - ICT)

Overview

• Ideal for educators who want to extend their knowledge in ICT.
• Designed to transform professional practice, extend your knowledge or change your career.
• Study contemporary digital technology issues impacting curriculum, pedagogy, learners and leadership.
• Prepare yourself for a career in a classroom or in administration.
• Commonwealth Supported Places available for Australian citizens and permanent visa holders, and New Zealand citizens (subject to change).
   

QUT course code	ED61
Attendance	Part-time Note: ICT cannot be completed in one semester as the units are offered in either semester 1 or 2. Therefore it must be studied part-time.
Course duration	4 months full-time 1 year part-time
Start month	2013 February, July
Delivery	External Online
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Course contact	Student Business Services (SBS) Admissions: Email: askqut@qut.edu.au Telephone: +61 7 3138 2000
Careers	e-learning expert ICT administrator

Details

Graduate Certificate in Education (Information and Communication Technology –ICT) focuses on the different roles that technology, particularly contemporary digital technology, plays across all education sectors. It helps you re-think teaching and learning in contemporary contexts characterised by significant and rapid technological change. Educators, including classroom teachers, technology leaders and knowledge workers, have used the skills and perspectives of this course to solve critical problems and take on innovative leadership roles. The ICT study area has been used to transform professional practice, to seek promotion, and to open up new career pathways.

The ICT study area is built around units that advance deep perspectives of the roles that digital technology can have in curricula, pedagogy, learners and leadership. You will critique the rhetoric and reality of ICT integration in learning networks, learn about the significance of digital learning for the future of our information and learning society, investigate the nature of emergent technologies and apply this understanding to a learning context. The units will also assist you in designing and moderating worthwhile learning experiences in online environments or physical environments that make use of digital technologies.

Across these units, emphasis is placed on a balance of practical and theoretical issues, which are used to better understand contemporary practice involving digital technology. Assessment is scoped so that educators from different sectors, including schools, vocational institutes, government, and industry are encouraged to apply their ICT understandings around real projects and issues.

Career outcomes

You will graduate from thisstudy area with an understanding of complex relationships between digital technology and pedagogy and the nature of digital technologies as they relate to educational change. You will develop the ability to blend school-orchestrated activity with online elements, including a deeper study of technology foundations, pedagogy, leadership and radical innovation. You can apply this knowledge in a classroom or in administrative roles.

Units

In the ICT study area you are required to complete the following four (4) core units (a total of 48 credit points):

• MDN642 Digital Pedagogies;
• MDN643 Digital Perspectives;
• MDN644 Digital Expectancies: Innovative Practices with Emerging Technologies; and
• MDN645 Digital Leadership: Policy and Planning For the Future.

Please find important information about the study area and unit availabilities in the 'All course structures' link below.

Entry requirements

An appropriate four (4) year Bachelor degree or equivalent at a standard acceptable to the Executive Dean or a three (3) year Bachelor degree or equivalent at a standard acceptable to the Executive Dean PLUS at least one year of appropriate professional or industrial experience.  (Applicants who have completed a three (3) year Bachelor degree or equivalent are asked to supply an original copy of a letter from their employer outlining details of their employment history)

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

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Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments