12 Assessment
Throughout the module you will be working in small groups with your peers on a series of Problem-Based Learning inquiries. You will select one of the presentations for assessment. This will be accompanied by a short critical reflective narrative about your own contribution and learning. Consider making it available as an open educational resource under a Creative Commons licence to enable it to travel further.
The assessment will enable you to evidence engagement and learning linked to the concept, theories, debates and practices explored in this module through collaboration and reflection and evidence how you meet the module learning outcomes. This approach aims to help you develop the capacity to apply your learning to a professional context while also helping you do develop as a critical reflective practitioner to make a positive contribution in the future.
Module learning outcomes
LO1: Critically assess key contemporary debates of digital technology, education and society in your professional context.
LO2: Apply specific learning theories relevant to digital education in your professional context.
LO3: Critically reflect on a range of digital technologies and practices in your professional context.
All learning activities including the warm-up activities and the collaborative PBL activities have been designed to enable you to work on your narrative as you progress through the module.
Your narrative will have a focus on the past, present and the future of education in your professional context.
Please note, your professional context can also be aspirational. An area you wish to enter.
It is expected that you will engage critically with the literature and creatively with digital media to create a narrative that demonstrates with clarity your learning on this module aligned to the module learning outcomes. The final output can be multimodal. Consider the affordances of a range of media. Your narrative should be engaging, meaningful and interesting for others and help them consider your insights going forward.
About GenAI as a tool and collaborator to support your learning
While in your narrative your authentic critical voice, perspective and writing style, should shine through, you can use GenAI as a tool or collaborator where appropriate, to support your learning as you will have done throughout the module. The capabilities of GenAI are constantly evolving (OECD, 2025). We all know this.
Hopefully you will find the assessment meaningful for your further development as an educator. Bypassing deep and meaningful engagement, responsible thinking (Costa and Murphy, 2025) and learning through letting GenAI do the work for you is better to be avoided. If you need some help to better understand the requirements for the assessment, please reach out and let your tutors know, ok?
Mistakes
Remember, we all make mistakes. However, be mindful that mistakes can present valuable learning opportunities. Also, learning while most of the time is exhilarating, it can at times cause disorientation, confusion and feel uncomfortable – this is normal and happens to all of us! – keep going and reach out if you need help. When we get it, it is so rewarding!
