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Course presentation
This is the course for those who want to learn more about digital learning!
The course contains workshops, seminars/webinars, self-study material and assignments on various aspects of digital education.
Topics of the course includes: Introduction to Digital learning, Digital assessment, Online and/or blended learning activities, Theoretical perspectives of digital learning, Digital learning in the light of industry 4.0.
The course aims to contribute to your development of skills and abilities to analyze, plan, create, implement, and evaluate learning and teaching in a digital education environment.
Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Autumn 2020
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Main themes for the course are:
Basic theoretical perspectives on learning and teaching in digital environments.
Design and organisation of web-based courses.
Teaching and learning activities using digital tools.
Assessment and examination using digital tools.
Web-based types of instruction and the role of the teacher in a digital education environment.
Intended learning outcomes
The course intends to contribute to university teachers' development of proficiencies and abilities to analyse, plan, create, carry out and evaluate learning and teaching in a digital education environment.
After passing the course, the participant should be able to:
Describe and apply central concepts, theories and methods in digital learning in relation to their own teaching practices.
Create learning activities and assignments for assessment with digital tools.
Reflect on how digitalisation influence the preconditions for one's own teaching, the students' learning and one's own role as a teacher in a short and long perspective.
Learning activities
This is a blended course with workshops and seminars on Zoom complemented with three face-to-face activities to develop interpersonal relationships and visit KTH video studios and the visualization studio.
The pedagogical approach emphasized in this course is based on the concepts of establishing and sustaining a community of inquiry. We, the teachers and guests in this course, see ourselves as your guides and facilitators in your journey towards becoming more confident in teaching online and blended courses. This means that we will not transmit information in large blocks or chunks with long lectures or with a single textbook. Instead, we look forward to engaging with you in the inquiry process to become a better online and blended teacher. We will provide activities, materials, etc. as a point of departure for you to build upon together with other participants (and us) in collegial discussions.
In turn, to be successful in the course it is important that you as a participant take responsibility for your own involvement with the course by, for example, make sure that you actually have time to participate in the course, direct your own learning, and engage with the content in each module, us teachers and your peers.
The course consists of five modules, where each module runs for two or three weeks. The modules are:
Introduction to Digital learning,
Digital assessment,
Digital learning activities,
Theoretical perspectives of digital learning,
Digital learning in the light of industry 4.0.
For each module, we have two meetings, material that you are expected to read/view, and an assignment.
The first meeting per module are generally given the first week in the module and will be more introductory and practically oriented to the module's theme. The material consists of research papers, book chapters, web pages, and videos. The assignments consist of you creating something and/or reflecting on the module's theme. The second meeting per module will take place at the end of each module. It will have a more reflective focus where we discuss some aspects of the module, further examine the literature, or provide peer feedback on assignments. Several of the meetings will also have guests.
The course is 4.5 ECTS credits. This corresponds to 15 working days in total and 3 working days per module of the course. Out of these 3 days, we have planned so that the two meetings will take 1 day together, the material will take 1 day to complete, and the assignment will take 1 day to finish. The course is designed so that the workload on you as participants should be as even as possible. That said, depending on your previous experiences, some parts of the course might be easier achievable than others. It is advised that you, as a participant, book time in your own calendar of 2 days per module to have enough time to read/view the material and complete the assignment.
Detailed plan
MODULES (AND WEEKS)
SYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITIES
ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITIES
Introduction
Week 35-36
Seminar: Fri 3 sep, 9:00–12:00 Digital
Seminar: Fri 10 sep, 9:00–12:00 Campus: D37
Guests: Leif Kari, Jan Gulliksen, Joakim Lilliesköld.
Readings and video material (available thru Canvas)
Assignment deadline: Wed 8 sep
Digital assessment
Week 37-40
Seminar: Fri 17 sep, 9:00–12:00 Digital
Guest: Ida Naimi-Akbar
Seminar: Fri 8 oct, 9:00–12:00 Digital
Guest: Ida Naimi-Akbar
Readings and video material (available thru Canvas)
Assignment deadline: Tue 5 oct
Digital learning activities
Week 41-43
Seminar: Fri 15 oct, 9:00–12:00. Campus: D37
Seminar: Fri 29 oct, 9:00–12:00. Digital
Readings and video material (available thru Canvas)
Assignment deadline: Tue 29 oct
Theoretical perspectives
Week 45-47
Seminar: Tue 9 nov, 16:00–19:00. Digital
Please note the time in order to enable the participation of a North American guest.
Guest: Marti Cleveland-Innes
Seminar: Fri 26 nov, 9:00-12:00 Digital
Readings and video material (available thru Canvas)
Assignment deadline: Tue 23 nov
Digital learning in the light of industry 4.0
Week 48-50
Seminar: Fri 3 dec, 9:00–12:00 Campus D37
Guest: Björn Thuresson,
Seminar: Fri 17 dec, 9:00–12:00 Digital
Readings and video material (available thru Canvas)
The course literature consists of research papers, book chapters, webpages, and videos. All courses literature is digital and available for free in Canvas either as open access or thru a KTH library subscription. For each module of the course, the material is listed in Canvas as either mandatory or optional.
Equipment
A computer with internet access of high quality along with a webcam and headset is needed for the course. Furthermore, a smartphone or tablet is recommended to fully be able to test the different tools of the course and for some of the course assignments.
Support for students with disabilities
Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:
Project ( PROA )
Consists of five assignments, one assignment per module. All assignments need to be passed in order to pass PROA.
Seminars ( SEM1 )
Consists of active participation in all course meetings.
Other requirements for final grade
Active participation in the learning activities of the course.
Grading criteria/assessment criteria
Learning outcomes
Examined how...
Describe and apply central concepts, theories, and methods in digital learning in relation to their own teaching practices.
The learning outcome is in general examined by assessing how the participants use and refer to central concepts, theories, and methods in the assignments (PROA) and the seminars (SEM1) given in the course.
The learning objective is particularly examined through the assignment (part of PROA) and the seminar (part of SEM1) that deals with theoretical perspectives on digital education.
Create learning activities and assignments for assessment with digital tools.
The learning outcome is examined through the assignments (PROA) where the participants create some learning and/or assessment activity and share it with the course teachers and other course participants.
Reflect on how digitalization influences the preconditions for one's own teaching, the students' learning, and one's own role as a teacher in a short and long perspective.
In the short-term perspective, the learning objective is examined through all the smaller assignments (PROA) and the seminars (SEM1) in the course except the module on the long term perspective.
In the long-term perspective, the learning objective is examined through the assignment (part of PROA) and the seminar (part of SEM1) that deals with digital education in the long term (10-20 years).
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
If you miss up to three course meetings, you can still pass SEM1 by completing replacement tasks. If you miss more, you will have to reattend those meetings the next time the course is given.
For PRO1 late submissions may be accepted after consultation with the course responsible.
Reporting of exam results
The reporting of results will be done continuously in Canvas grades.
Ethical approach
All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
If the course is changed or discontinued
If the test elements are changed, transitional provisions in the syllabus will define how the person who has left old examination scans will be examined. When the course is no longer given, the student has the opportunity to be examined for two more academic years.
Further information
No information inserted
Contacts
Communication during course
During the course, the discussion forums for the course and the mail function in Canvas are used.
