E-Learning – (M.Sc.)

The MSc in E-learning will provide participants with the skills and knowledge they need in order to assess, develop, deliver and critique the various modes and forms of e-learning. A broad definition of e-learning is taken which incorporates a rigorous understanding of the broad changes undergoing education and training in the digital age.

The MSc in E-learning is structured in a way which enables you to customise it according to your own interests and professional needs. It offers a combination of the hands-on skills development which is essential to practising education and training in the digital age, and the theoretical and conceptual issues which make the field so intriguing and exciting to study.

So, depending on which programme options you choose to pursue, you will have the opportunity to learn how to build courses and learning opportunities using a virtual learning environment, how to build a web sites and construct online assessments, how to formulate an institutional strategy for e-learning, and how to nurture online study skills in your learners. You will also get the chance to investigate a range of fascinating conceptual issues, for example how the digital environment changes the way we construct knowledge, the politics of e-learning and the digital divide, and the ways in which video-gaming might affect post-school education and training.

On completion of the Masters programme, you will:

* be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of the key concepts and theories relating to learning, teaching and training with digital technologies.
* have a practical knowledge of a range of applications and environments for delivering online learning.
* be able critically to assess the relationship between these environments and a range of teaching approaches.
* have an advanced understanding of the critical and conceptual frameworks required in order to take an informed, professional approach to the use of new technologies for learning.
* be able to demonstrate the ability to reflect on your own practice as a professional in the field of e-learning.
* be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of e-learning theory and practice specifically relevant to your own professional context.
* have the ability to develop your own innovative and creative proposals for effective implementation of online learning.
* critically review a range of methodologies and approaches relevant to enquiry into learning in the digital domain.
* plan, implement and complete a programme of high quality independent research in the field of e-learning.