What is special about this course?

This MEd Digital Pedagogy course is designed to support the professional development of individuals working in education and training at either tertiary or higher education levels, specifically in the contemporary digital environment. The intention is to strengthen and enhance participants' understanding of digital educational issues, whilst raising their professional profiles.

You will be encouraged to discuss and analyze information from a wide range of theoretical perspectives and apply them to your professional practice. This will be focused especially on teaching and learning in the digital environment and you will be critically analyzing and creating digital educational resources. You will have the opportunity to focus your studies on an area of professional educational interest, whilst developing research skills and an understanding of ethical principles in higher education.

The course can help you to make changes in your professional practice that can have a positive impact on you and your learners.

Special features

• The course is available to study part-time online, through the university’s virtual learning environment (VLE), enabling you to fit your studies around your personal and professional commitments
• Option for a face-to-face induction which, although not compulsory, is highly recommended
• Reflective learning is at the heart of this course, allowing you to use your learning to enhance your professional practice
• You can choose to study individual modules for continuing professional development (CPD) or work towards the PgCert, PgDip, or full master's degree
• If you are a member of staff or a postgraduate research student of the University of the Highlands and Islands and are practicing higher education learning and teaching, you will be eligible to use your work on the PgCert to achieve Associate Fellow or Fellow of the Higher Education Academy