Digital Transformation in Education (EDUC91329)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
Overview
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This subject examines the relationship between innovation, technology, and change. The subject’s focus is on strategic decisions that educators and leaders in government or industry are required to make in response to policy, to develop new policy, or as part of local processes of technology integration and adaptation. Students will engage with important debates in educational technology research, such as the relationship between technology and educational transformation (local transformation and global transformation), the growing importance of platforms, and the role of multiple forms of Automated Decision Making (ADM). Moreover, students will examine technology and automation through the lenses of decoloniality, inclusion, and sustainability. Through an applied investigation of technology adoption and integration – including non-use and resistance – students will develop a research-informed ability to lead and evaluate processes of digital and non-digital transformation.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically analyse and reflect on major theoretical conceptualisations of technology in education and society
- Describe the relationship between social, economic and technological factors in education
- Analyse the impact of datafication and automation on governance, teaching, and learning
- Critically evaluate the relationship between educational technology, sustainability, decoloniality and social justice
- Identify the enablers of and barriers to innovation and digital transformation (local, global, environmental, cultural).
Generic skills
This subject will assist students to develop the following transferable skills:
- Critical reasoning and thinking
- Change management skills
- Problem solving
- Communication of knowledge through oral, written and digital forms.
Last updated: 4 March 2025