WELCOME
 

Welcome to the unit EEE726 Digital learning, Design and Assessment.
This unit guide outlines the aims of the unit, covers the broad topics around digital learning to be studied and describes the assessment requirements. The unit guide first is a useful resource for tracking the progress of the unit, reminding yourself of the unit learning outcomes, and it is also useful when preparing to study or embark on an assignment.
I hope you will enjoy the challenges of digital learning design and assessment as much as I do, and that your learning here is rewarding and stimulating.
Please note that your first and principal access to this unit will be through FutureLearn. Each assessment item has its own introduction step and its own submission step. These steps are well sign-posted, including a link to the CloudDeakin site where you will submit your assessments.

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This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this Unit.  For the best chance of success, you should read it very carefully and refer to it frequently throughout the trimester. Your Unit site (accessed in DeakinSync) also provides information about your rights and responsibilities - we will assume you have read this before the Unit commences, and we expect you to refer to it throughout the trimester.

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM?

Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit
 

Lisa Milne

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Unit chair details
 

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Other members of the team and how to contact them
 

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Administrative queries
 

• Contact your Unit Chair or Campus Leader
• Drop in or contact Student Central to speak with a Student Adviser

ABOUT THIS UNIT

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This unit examines principles and theories of digital learning, including the role of digital technologies in contemporary educational contexts. A broad range of digital learning strategies are presented through case studies to analyse how these approaches are aligned with learning outcomes, assessment and learning activities. Specific attention is given to the use of digital learning strategies that promote active, equitable and personally engaging learning experiences for learners from diverse backgrounds. Participants are asked to design and reflect on a digital learning intervention for their own professional context which demonstrates their understanding of relevant educational theories. Participants reflect on their own practice and also provide peer feedback to other participants enrolled in the unit, in order to develop critical thinking and evaluative judgement skills.

Unit development in response to student feedback
 

Every trimester, we ask students to tell us, through eVALUate, what helped and hindered their learning in each unit. You are strongly encouraged to provide constructive feedback for this unit when eVALUate opens (you will be emailed a link).

In order to continuously improve and develop the course, all students will be asked to give feedback during and at the end of trimester (e.g. eVALUate). Please contribute your feedback when given the opportunity, as it will be invaluable in improving the experience of current and future students.

If you have any concerns about the unit during the trimester please contact the unit teaching team - preferably early in the trimester - so we can discuss your concerns, and make adjustments, if appropriate.

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Your course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes
 

Your Unit Learning Outcomes
 

Each unit in your course is a building block towards these Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all units develop and assess every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).

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ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Overview
 

In brief, these are the assessment tasks for this unit (details below):

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Assessment 1 (Individual) - Digital Learning intervention plan (2500 words or equivalent) - 50%
Assessment 2 (Individual, with Group Component) - Professional practice action plan (2500 words or equivalent) - 50%

Summative assessment
 

(tasks that will be graded or marked)
NOTE: It is your responsibility to keep a backup copy of every assignment where it is possible (eg written/digital reports, essays, videos, images). In the unusual event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will need to submit the backup copy. Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism.
 
When you are required to submit an assignment through CloudDeakin (accessed in DeakinSync), you should receive an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment folder after upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.

- Summative assessment task 1
 

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- Summative assessment task 2
 

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Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment
 

To be successful in this unit, you must:

• Read all materials in preparation for your classes or seminars, and follow up each with further study and research on the topic;
• Start your assessment tasks well ahead of the due date;
• Read or listen to all feedback carefully, and use it in your future work;
• Attend and engage in all timetabled learning experiences, listed below.

Scheduled learning activities - cloud
 

Collaborative and interactive learning activities will be undertaken via FutureLearn each week throughout the unit.

Cloud (online): Online independent and collaborative learning activities including online content for each topic which is available on demand.

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Note
 

At Deakin,

• Lectures are referred to as classes (definition: a general meeting for all students, for which students do not need to register and where students are engaged through presentations and learning activities)
• Tutorials, workshops and seminars are referred to as seminars (definition: more interactive meetings for smaller groups of students).
• For the complete list of agreed definitions for learning experiences, see the Course Design and Delivery Procedure (https://policy.deakin.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00127)

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UNIT LEARNING RESOURCES

Your unit learning resources are available in your unit site accessed in DeakinSync.

Learning resources

All resources will be made available to students via the FutureLearn program page.

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Recommended learning resources
 

All resources (e.g. Library materials, open materials) will be made available to students via the FutureLearn program page.

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KEY DATES FOR THIS TRIMESTER
 

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UNIT WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
 

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