INF537 Digital Futures Colloquium (8)

This subject introduces industry experts, exemplary practitioners and thought leaders through a series of seminar presentations designed to provide insights into the impact of knowledge networks, collaboration and innovation in digital cultures of learning. Each seminar provides the stimulus to identify and reflect critically on topics that have implications for a student's own professional development, professional practice and scholarly interest. This subject is the capstone experience providing the opportunity to undertake a study, media project, or article for publication to demonstrate knowledge and skills gained from the course.

Availability

Session 2 (60)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: INF537. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Information Studies

Enrolment Restrictions

Available only to those students undertaking the Master of Education (Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation).

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to consider critically and situate new and emerging trends and technologies for learning and teaching;
  • be able to differentiate between current trends, futurist predictions and theoretical perspectives in the field;
  • be able to identify and reflect critically on relevant up-to-date literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to an identified case study or project;
  • be able to demonstrate how evidence-based practice fits into the cycle of professional enquiry in the landscape of educational change; and
  • be able to demonstrate critical interrogation of the relationship between academic theory, professional practice and connected learning.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Expert colloquia and socratic seminar
  • Issues in digital innovation and education informatics
  • Critical review of relevant literature
  • Evidence-based practice frameworks
  • Specialist project.

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of INF537 in Session 2 2020. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Capstone project proposal
0
2
Digital scholarship interpretive discussion paper
40
3
Capstone project and critical reflection
60

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2021. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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