MSc Learning Technologies
Aims of the Programme
This programme is targeted at those with a background in computing or education who wish to gain specialist knowledge of developing and evaluating learning technologies. It focuses on issues in the use of ICT in education, the relationships between pedagogy and technology, and practical aspects of developing and evaluating learning systems.
Students who complete the programme successfully will have gained the ability to analyse problems arising in the use of learning technologies, to evaluate emerging technologies, and to design and develop learning systems.
The programme provides the academic foundations for entry to a career in the learning technologies sector, or for a research degree in the subject.
Students complete the taught element of the programme by choosing from a range of specialist subjects, such as:
- Learning and Teaching with Technology
- Pedagogy, Adaptivity and Technology
- Technologies for Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
- Intelligent Technologies
- Introduction to Software Development
- Semantic Web
- Research Methods in Learning Technologies
In addition to the taught modules, students undertake an individual project, which may be either an Implementation project to design and develop a software system targeted at a specific learning setting, or a Research Dissertation to conduct a piece of social science or education research into a problem in the use of digital technologies for teaching and learning.
Special Features
The programme is distinctive in its twin focus on both the computer science and the learning theory that together underpin the optimal use of learning technologies. We aim to recruit students from both a computing and an education background. Through the project, students will be able to explore the relationship of the topics covered on the programme to their previous study or experience, and to explore new interests.
Most of the core modules of the programme are taught at the London Knowledge Lab , a joint research lab involving Birkbeck and the Institute of Education where our research is exploring the ways in which digital technologies and new media are shaping the future of knowledge and learning.
If you have a question about the MSc Learning Technologies that is not
covered here or on the Birkbeck FAQ , please contact Thomas Epineau.
Apply online Full-time or Part-time or download a postgraduate application form. See also Fees
Programme Administrator:
Thomas Epineau
Admissions Tutors:
Alex Poulovassilis
and
Niall Winters
Programme Directors:
Alex Poulovassilis
and
Niall Winters
Projects Tutor:
Richard Noss