Blended and Online Education

PGCert / PGDip / MSc Blended and Online Education

Subjects to study

Regardless of the modules you study the first week of the programme is always dedicated to online induction and introductory activities. These are designed to prepare you for studying fully online with opportunities to meet and greet your peers and tutors in what will then become your learning community.

Whether you opt to study for a PGCert, PGDip or the full MSc you will undertake the following core modules, each worth 20 credits at SCQF level 11:

Introduction to Blended and Online Education

Supporting the Blended and Online Student Experience

Curriculum Design and Development for Blended and Online Learning

Completion of the above modules would allow you to exit the programme with a PGCert Blended and Online Education.

To study for a PGDip you will then study three further modules. These should make up 60 credits at SCQF level 11:

You can take modules from your own subject area, or
You can bring credit from previous study into the programme
You can take the modules Customised Study for Blended and Online Education and/or Applied Practice in Blended and Online Teaching, which respectively provide the opportunity to negotiate learning outcomes and coursework activities that are tailored to a particular area of interest, or negotiate a programme of applied teaching practice that you undertake, evaluate, and reflect upon

Unless you already have previous qualifications or experience in educational research, then to help prepare you for the MSc dissertation one of your three module options at the diploma level will include:

Educational Research Methods and Practice

In addition to the above, and to exit with the MSc BOE, you will then complete a 60 credit dissertation researching a suitable area of your own choice (and which can involve pure research, or a developmental project)

See the Qualifications section for further information about how the credit from each module builds into a qualification.