Lifelong Learning social media digital age

1. PgCert/PgDip
LIFELONG LEARNING in
the DIGITAL AGE

2. PgCert/PgDip
LIFELONG LEARNING in the DIGITAL AGE
The Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age
course forms a specialised route within
the School of Education’s MEd programme
which can be taken to Postgraduate
Certificate.
This Postgraduate Certificate will harness
the latest innovations in Lifelong Learning
in connection with the digital economy,
given its increasing influence across
different areas of society.
Digital technologies are becoming a vital
tool in an environment that is increasingly
global, where information is the most
valuable asset, and effective collaboration
a strategy on which employers and the
society in general are becoming more
reliant.
The course will focus on debates regarding
the contribution of Lifelong Learning
in responding to economic, social and
environmental challenges and in building a
knowledge society that increasingly relies
on new and emergent technologies.
The programme is aimed at teachers,
professional educators, policy-makers
and administrators working across the
education, business, community and
voluntary sectors. It is also suitable for
those aspiring to enter these fields or
who are interested in Lifelong Learning in
general.
Awards
The programme is offered at Postgraduate
Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma level.
The Certificate is valued at 60 postgraduate
credit points and the Diploma at 120
postgraduate credit points on the University
of Strathclyde Awards framework, which is
compatible with the SCQ framework.
Attendance and Delivery
The course is offered on a part-time basis
over two years, with the following flexible
delivery options:
sequence of classes
face-to-face blended learning and online
learning
evening and weekend classes
Course Structure
The course is delivered by a team of experts
from the School of Education and the
Centre of Lifelong Learning who have both
teaching and research experience in the
areas of Lifelong Learning and Technology
Enhanced Learning.
Students will undertake any three 20-credit
classes in Lifelong Learning in order to
complete the Postgraduate Certificate, and
six 20-credit classes in Lifelong Learning, or
five 20-credit classes in Lifelong Learning
and one 20-credit optional class from the
MEd programme in order to complete the
Postgraduate Diploma.
Modules
Education & Lifelong Learning: International
Perspectives – will provide an introduction
to adult education and lifelong learning
and the theoretical and policy debates
at national and international level. The

3. class will have a European focus, looking
at policies and practices and how they
have developed in the international arena.
Participants will investigate area of their
interest and link this to life and work
contexts.
Innovations in Lifelong Learning – examines
the role and importance of community
learning and its role and importance in
local and regional development. Issues
to be examined will include access to
education, the role of community learning
in development, gender, ethnicity and
adult literacy. A particular emphasis will be
placed on technology and the developing
role it plays in widening access to learning
and developing communities.
related to the demands of our changing
society and the challenges posed by
technological advances, such as the social
web.
Curriculum Innovation with Technology:
Designing for Context – provides students
with the main theoretical principles
underpinning learning design with
technology.The class will focus on concepts
such as responsive and flexible curriculum
design, authentic learning and authentic
assessment, new forms of accreditation
and the combination of neuroscience and
Technology Enhanced Learning.
The above classes can also be taken as
optional classes within the MEd degree.
Technology Enhanced Learning – Theory
and Practice – is designed to provide
students with the main theoretical
principles underpinning practice in the
field of Technology Enhanced Learning,
providing hands-on experience with the
latest relevant technologies and associated
skills.
Assessment
Coursework assignments include a wide
range of activities such as essays, reflective
portfolios, presentations.
Online Communities and Networks
for Lifelong Learning – introduces the
participatory culture of the web and the
potential it presents in cultivating learning
networks, learning in communities of
interest and practice and in pursuing
lifelong learning opportunities suitable to
harness the needs of the digital economy.
Start Date
Applicants may begin their studies at
various points in the year.
Digital Literacies: Living, Working and
Learning in the Network Society – aims
to enhance learners’ digital literacies by
engaging them critically and in a practical
way with contemporary topics and practices
Course Duration
Flexible – students can take up to three
modules per year.

4. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL
SCIENCES
Fees
Please contact us for up-to-date information
on current fee levels.
Studying in the Faculty of Humanities &
Social Sciences (HaSS) you will be part
of a community of students from around
the world who are exploring ideas and
solutions for an increasingly technological
age – and developing the skills needed to
meet these challenges.
How to Apply
Apply online via the Faculty postgraduate
course list:
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/courses/pg
Our research and knowledge exchange
activities have an impact on social, public
and business policy, on health, and in
educational and legal practice. We reflect
on the histories and literatures which
help us understand the cultural world;
we explore language from psychological,
therapeutic, pedagogical and literary
perspectives; and we produce creative
outputs which are themselves a form of
research leading to knowledge exchange.
The HaSS Graduate School is one of the
leading centres of postgraduate research
in the UK. Our Researcher Development
Programme ensures that postgraduate
students have the skills to be effective
researchers, equipped for successful
careers in academic or professional
spheres.
With one of Scotland’s top law schools, and
as Scotland’s largest provider of teacher
education, the Faculty also has significant
expertise in developing the professional
practice needed to equip modern societies
at local, national and global levels. In
addition the Faculty is a leading provider
of continuing professional development
programmes.
Contacts
Dr Cristina Costa, Course Leader
t: +44 (0)141 548 4706
e: cristina.costa@strath.ac.uk
Courses Support Team
t: +44 (0)141 444 8100
e hass-courses-edu@strath.ac.uk
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities
the place of useful learning
www.strath.ac.uk
University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XQ
Information current at December 2013. Please consult the
University website for the most up-to-date information.
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