EDST2091: Digital Literacies in Learning and Teaching

I did this course as my education elective and it was a really small class (less than 20). Because of this, our lectures were a lot more interactive then a normal education class and included group work. Although our lectures sometimes dragged on, our lecturer seemed to really know and understand the content (she works with technology in the department of education so was able to make connections between tools and how we could use them well!). Throughout the term, we learnt a lot of new skills and tools that we could incorporate into our own classes.

As expected, most of this class transitioned online really well. Sandy taught us how to use blackboard collaborate and there weren’t too many issues. However, we had 2 group assignments that were difficult to do as the course went online. One was a group presentation based on a reading (which needed interactive elements), the other a group Webquest. I found it really difficult to keep group members accountable (because we weren’t seeing them in person), and my internet was hardly working before the presentation (which was really stressful).

The assessments for this course were fairly chill. It all culminated in a final education/teacher website with 8 different sections. None of it was hugely academic so although I needed to work out how to use google sites, they didn’t take up as long as some of my other assignments. As part of this, we needed to get an education based twitter and Pinterest account and make 5 posts. For reference this was my website.

2hr lecture, 1hr tute per week

Sandy Phillips

Articles/reading list about tech in areas of education.

4/5

73 CR