Aims and Fit of Module

This module is part of a professional development programme for teaching staff at XJTLU and all the aims take into consideration the XJTLU context. Its aims are:


•	To develop the ability of academic staff to plan, develop, implement and evaluate educationally effective learning, teaching and assessment utilising educational technologies and new, emerging forms of pedagogy in higher education.

•	To critically reflect on learning with technologies over the duration of the programme.

•	To generate awareness of, and engagement with, the XJTLU Technology-Enhanced Learning Framework.

•	To generate awareness of, and engagement with, the UK Professional Standards Framework.


The aims of this module are aligned with the UK Professional Standards Framework, which is mapped to Programme-level learning outcomes and module assessments. See Programme Specifications for details. Alignment of module and UKPSF dimensions is also indicated in the table below.

Learning outcomes

A	Identify and design effective learning activities and assessment tasks utilising educational technologies to achieve the required learning outcomes for either a specific teaching session, module or programme.
	

B	Critically evaluate the potential application of emerging models and approaches to higher education provision that utilise educational technologies, such as personalised learning and flipped classroom.
	 

C	Critically reflect on their digital skills and digital literacies to support their effective application of educational technologies and tools within their learning and teaching, and create an improvement plan.


D	Critically reflect on their learning with meaningful and explicit reference to the UKPSF embedded throughout their assessment.

Method of teaching and learning

•	A significant proportion of this module will involve online delivery and online participation by participants. An exception to this will be the face-to-face delivery of the compulsory modules.  

•	Participants will be able to select from a range of practical, reflective and research-based tasks, including effectively implementing technology into their learning and teaching, evaluating the application of technology-informed approaches to the teaching of their own discipline, evaluating their own digital competencies and digital literacies.

•	Use  of  a  wide  variety  of  resources  that  are  available  via the institutional VLE, ICE,  and  the  Higher  Education  Academy  (www.heacademy.ac.uk).

•	Support  from  a  mentor  (normally  a  more  senior  colleague  from  the  same  discipline  as  the  participant and/or a colleague with Senior Fellow HEA). 

•	Participants will be required to become acquainted with the relevant XJTLU Technology-Enhanced Learning Framework and apply it to their own practice.