Global Environmental Studies Programme description

The principal topics are:

Digital technologies in school and society: Focuses on social media in a learning context, pedagogical and educational perspectives, teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards digital and social technologies and their design from a contemporary as well as historical perspective. It involves studying the concept of digital literacy, and the relevance of this concept for different contexts. One focus is 'TPCK' (Mishra & Koehler 2006). In this track we will also focus on sociological and philosophical issues with regards to digital technologies.

Designing digital learning environments: Focuses on the concepts and principles for design of digital learning environments, design methodologies and the modalities of social and digital media. This track also involves design and subject methodologies as well as classroom management in technology-rich environments.

Software for social media: Focuses on giving the students experience in a range of learning technologies such as cyber communities, micro blogs, wikis, blogs, video-sharing, visual programming and other emerging technologies and will explore the processes of designing, implementing and critiquing technology-enhanced learning. Technologies for collaborative and peer learning are also relevant. Here we focus on home-school link, possibilities and challenges of digital testing, peer assessment and portfolio methodologies. Cyberspace issues in social media such as e-safety, cyber ethics, privacy and copyright (authorship), e-citizenship/empowerment/participation. We will also explore how digital tools are focused on in different curricula, both national and international perspectives.

The course description is approved by the Faculty Board 19 June 2009

Study plan approved by Rector 1 July 2009

Update approved by the the Vice-Dean on behalf of the Academic Affairs Committee 13 June 2014

Minor changes approved 22 April 2017 and 7 February 2023

Valid from autumn 2023