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Digital Learning Design

Lincoln College University Centre

UCAS Code: X990 | Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE

Lincoln College University Centre

UCAS Code: X990 | Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE

Entry requirements

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Currently in a teaching, assessing, or teaching-adjacent support role. Plus: GCSE English - Grade C/4 or above GCSE Maths - Grade C/4 or above

About this course

Course option

1year

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Education studies

**The Certificate of Higher Education: Digital Learning Design programme, offers students the opportunity to learn and create engaging and effective online and blended delivery courses for use in schools, further and higher education sectors, within businesses, training organisations and by individual content authors.**

The programme contains modules of study providing discrete digital and planning skills that, when combined with the course project, allow the creation of a fully formed digital course. Assessment activities focus on producing tangible outputs that can be of significant practical value in real world education and training situations.

Who is the course suitable for?

This course is suitable for any teaching practitioner/trainer wishing to create digital learning materials for learners from Further Education level and onwards. Candidates wishing to enrol should have active learners for whom they are able to distribute episodes of digital learning to as this is part of the assessment process.

Learners on the course will have access to the Virtual Learning Environment Canvas in which to practice their skills. It is expected, however, that candidates have access to a VLE or LMS in their professional role in which to design and distribute digital learning content to their learners externally.

Modules

Typical Modules Include:

Digital Authoring
21st Century learning design principles
Principles of online pedagogy
Project

Assessment methods

The assessment methods typically used throughout the programme include:
Reports
Essays
Coursework
Project-style tasks
Individual and group presentations
Case studies
Websites

This programme has a strong emphasis on practicality and applicability. Students are not merely assessed on their understanding of the key pedagogical and technical principles of digital learning design, but their ability to apply them within their own professional environment.

A number of modules will be assessed using portfolios which require the completion of a number of smaller tasks that are spread across the academic semester. This ensures that assessment deadlines are not bunched at the end of a semester and that students receive feedback on a regular basis that contributes to their development and improvement.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,500
per year
England
£8,500
per year
EU
£9,500
per year
International
£9,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£8,500
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,500
per year
Scotland
£8,500
per year
Wales
£8,500
per year

The Uni

Course location:

Lincoln College University Centre

Department:

Higher Education

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