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EDU8117 Networked and Global Learning

Semester 2, 2020 Online
Short Description: Networked and Global Learning
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
School or Department : School of Education
Student contribution band : National Priority - Teaching
ASCED code : 070303 - Education Studies
Grading basis : Graded

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Rationale

The ubiquity and enhanced networking capacity of information and communication technologies (ICTs) coupled with distributed organisations and mobile learners has redefined the learning place. Learners from all over the world are able to join networked and global learning communities. With maturation, questions about the potential of networked and global learning have been replaced by critical examination of conditions conducive to productive learning in these third spaces.

Synopsis

Through this course participants will critically examine the practice of networked and global learning (N&GL) using a variety of theoretical lenses. They will use these lenses to situate themselves within N&GL communities and investigate, reflect upon and evaluate their experiences of N&GL. This will include an exploration of current tools for and trends in N&GL. Participants will develop insights around how to harness N&GL to support their learning and learners.

Objectives

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. The assessment item(s) that may be used to assess student achievement of an objective are shown in parenthesis. On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. identify different types of networked and global learning communities and situated self within the communities as a lifelong learning practice (Assignment 1);
  2. using a collaborative approach within a critical community of learners, use a range of contemporary research literature and personal experience to define and problematise the concepts of learning communities and explore the structures and developmental stages of these communities (Assignment 1);
  3. analyse and reflect on pedagogies and learner support for individual and collaborative learning with reference to theories within situated networked learning and global learning (Assignment 2);
  4. design learning experiences for pluralist educational settings that consider educational sustainability, cultural diversity/convergence, inclusiveness/differentiation (Assignment 2);
  5. demonstrate competence in and appropriate use of language and literacy, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic referencing (All Assignments).

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Definition, structures and developmental stages of learning communities 20.00
2. The individual and the learning community; the individual and the learning network - the learning experience of identity formation and learning trajectories, participation and outsideness 20.00
3. Analysis tools as lenses into global learning, networked learning and learning communities - appreciative inquiry, lifecycle biography and activity theory. A third space? 20.00
4. Pluralist educational settings: diversity/convergence, sustainability, inclusiveness/differentiation 20.00
5. Design for pedagogical and learner support within networked and global learning communities 20.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=EDU8117)

Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)

There are no texts or materials required for this course.

Reference materials

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.
Kimble, C, Hildreth, PM & Bourdon, I 2008, Communities of practice: creating learning environments for educators, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Wenger, E 1998, Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity, Cambridge 精东传媒app Press, Cambridge, UK.
Whether you are on, or off campus, the USQ Library is an excellent source of information .

Student workload expectations

Activity Hours
Directed 精东传媒app 80.00
Independent 精东传媒app 85.00

Assessment details

Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Notes
ASSIGNMENT 1 60 60 09 Sep 2020
ASSIGNMENT 2 40 40 21 Oct 2020

Important assessment information

  1. Attendance requirements:
    There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students' responsibility to participate appropriately in all activities including discussion fora scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. This course contains a discussion forum where students' participation is formally assessed and successful participation in that discussion group is required to complete the requirements to be awarded a passing grade in the course.

  2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
    To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks.

  3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
    Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)

  4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
    To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.

  5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
    The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.

  6. Examination information:
    There is no examination in this course.

  7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
    Not applicable.

  8. 精东传媒app Student Policies:
    Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene 精东传媒app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .

Assessment notes

  1. APA style is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use APA style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide at .

Other requirements

  1. Students will require access to e-mail and have Internet access to UConnect for this course.

Date printed 6 November 2020