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Digital Media Development in Education – (M.A.)
University of Limerick
Faculty of Education and Health Sciences
| Application Deadline: | Application Process is Open for a February 2011 Start | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 2,750 ≈ € 8,056 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Limerick / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | February, September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Limerick
This programme is intended to service the next step in successful ICT implementation in schools, that of supporting teachers in the use of ICT in teaching. It is intended to broaden the intake to include participants that are not qualified teachers.
This programme is intended to provide participants with the necessary skills and confidence to develop skills to allow them to create their own digital content as well as critically evaluate the benefits of digital media in teaching and learning and their impacts on individualised instruction and various pedagogical environments. Participants will also build a store of teaching materials derived from several digital sources.
Objectives
* To equip participants with storyboarding skills to allow them plan the creation of their own digital content and build a store of teaching materials derived from several digital sources.
* To assist participants in developing the necessary skills to evaluate digital media content
* To equip participants with the technical skills to author their own digital content using sound, graphics and digital video.
* To assist in the application of learning theories to the creation of interactive digital content
* To provide participants with the skills to publish their digital content in a variety of media such as Web or CD-Rom
* To equip participants with an understanding of the implications of digital media and other related technologies on student/pupil learning
* To equip participants with the knowledge to select appropriate technologies to assist the achievement of particular learning outcomes
* To identify and critically evaluate the pedagogical assumptions underlying various multimedia applications.
Graduates of the programme will be able to author their own digital content as well as understanding the application of learning theories to the creation of interactive digital content.
Contents
Semester 1
Introduction to Digital Applications, Digital Media and Learning, Project 1.
Semester 2
Digital Publishing to the Web, Pedagogical implication of Digital Media, Project 2.
Summer Semester
Digital Video Production, Project 3.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applicants must normally have a primary degree or approved equivalent qualification. Students entering on the programme will be required to have successfully completed the Prior Learning Programme outlined above or to have taken an equivalent programme. Students claiming this exemption (having taken an equivalent programme or already holding the relevant skills) may be required to demonstrate these skills.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
As all international students are required to possess sufficient language skills to attend lectures and sit examinations at the University of Limerick, students should be competent to communicate through the medium of English prior to their arrival.
Students must have a minimum score of 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer based) 80 (internet based) in TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score in the range of 6.5-7 and not less than 6.0 in any one component.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Accreditation
Programmes at the University are accredited by the various National and international bodies. Contact individual programme directors for details.
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