The MSc programme consists of three core courses and a range of options. You can choose to complete the whole MSc or exit with a Postgraduate Certificate (two courses) or Postgraduate Diploma (five courses). View the timetable for course delivery here.
Courses
Core courses
An introduction to digital environments for learning
Build a strong foundation for your studies and become familiar with the programme team and our teaching methods.
Dissertation
Design and complete a programme of independent research in an area which is relevant to your own professional and academic interests, supported by your personal supervisor.
Research methods
Build your knowledge of approaches to research in digital education, and plan your dissertation project.Option Courses
Assessment, learning and digital education
Explore the purposes and guiding principles of assessment, examining present practice and its digital futures.
Course design for digital environments
Consider the philosophical and ideological influences on learning design alongside the practical aspects of designing an online course.
Digital education in global context
Examine the sociological and political aspects of online education, and its potential for helping learners negotiate the shifting landscape of the digital.
Digital education: strategy and policy
Look in-depth at the policy context of digital education and apply your knowledge to your own organisation.
Digital futures for learning
Understand the trajectory of our digital education future and build your own vision of how this might be shaped.
Education and digital culture
Understand the emergence of digital culture, looking at how it interfaces with learning cultures, popular culture, and ideas of virtual community.
Introduction to digital game-based learning
Learn how to apply digital games, narrative and role play in educational settings.
Learning analytics: process and theory
Learn about an emerging challenging field in educational research and practice, and develop your own proposal for applying learning analytics to an educational setting.
The digital student experience
Explore what it means to be a student online, and what that means for the work of educators.
Understanding learning in the online environment
Build your knowledge of the various theories that help us understand how people learn, form personal understandings and construct knowledge.