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Masters in Education (ICT)

 

Postgraduate Programme in

Information Communication Technologies in Education 2012-2013

Courses Offered
Fees & Financial Assistance
Applications (CLOSING DATE: 31 October 2011)
Purpose

Educators and students in the 21st century are increasingly harnessing the affordances of information communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance teaching, learning and research. This Post-graduate programme offers teachers, higher education lecturers and educational policy makers the opportunity to develop their theoretical competence and critical insight for using ICTs in education appropriately, focusing specifically on ICTs in developing country contexts. The programme has a strong emphasis on the theory-practice relationship but does not focus on the development of practical skills.

This programme is offered jointly by the Centre for Educational Technology (CET) and the School of Education (SoE) at the University of Cape Town. It includes both face-to face block sessions and online activities and can only be taken part-time over a one year period for the Post Graduate Diploma in Education and over two years for the Masters in ICTs in Education.

Programme overview

Outcomes

On completion of the course students will be able to:

  • Conceptualise educational challenges and formulate key assumptions about educational technology.
  • Critically engage with the role of ICTs in education in general and educational technologies in particular.
  • Examine practical applications of learning theories.
  • Use theory to construct understandings of cognitive change.
  • Theorise about practical applications of educational technology.
  • Debate the relevance of ICTs in Education in developing countries.
  • Design and develop an online learning intervention.
  • Research and write a rigorous academic essay and present a research seminar.
Structure

The programme is offered in three ways to suit students’ level of academic interest:

  • Post graduate diploma in education
  • Coursework Masters
  • Masters by research

The Masters in Education (ICT) at UCT is a two year programme divided in two parts, coursework (year 1) and dissertation (year 2). All students are registered on the first instance for coursework.

Upon satisfactory completion of coursework, students may proceed to part 2 (minor dissertation) or optionally exit the programme with a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE). Performance is said to be satisfactory when a student achieves a 60% or higher pass mark in each of the four modules including both compulsory and elective courses.

In the second year of the Masters, students do a research design course and submit a minor dissertation (25 000 words maximum). In this way if students obtain above 50% but below 60% in coursework, they exit the programme with a PGDE.

Courses

Compulsory for PGDE Diploma and MEd coursework

  • EDN6099F ICTs in Education: Key Issues and Debates (only offered in a block of 6 full days)
  • EDN6077S Learning, Cognition and Technology (only offered in a block of 6 full days)

Recommended electives for PGDE Diploma and MEd coursework for ICT in Education

  • EDN6102S Educational ICTs for Developing Contexts (only offered in a block of 6 full days)
  • EDN5101S Online Learning Design (only offered in a block of 6 full days)

Compulsory for MEd coursework

  • EDN6015F Advanced Educational Research Design and Methods
  • EDN6057W Minor Dissertation

 Schedule

Course

Year

Dates for 2012

Course co-ordinator
EDN6015F Advanced Educational Research Design and Methods 2 6-11 February Assoc Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams (CET)
EDN6099F ICTs in Education: Key Issues and Debates 1 26-31 March Assoc Professor Dick Ng'ambi (CET)
EDN6102S Educational ICTs for Developing Contexts 1 11-16 June Assoc Professor Dick Ng'ambi (CET)
EDN6077S Learning, Cognition and Technology 1 16-21 July Dr Joanne Hardman (SoE)
EDN5101S Online Learning Design 1 3-8 September Assoc Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams (CET)

Fees & Financial assistance

 
Fees
Course Fees for 2011
EDN6015F Advanced Educational Research Design and Methods  R4 120
EDN6099F ICTs in Education: Key Issues and Debates  R4 120
EDN6102S Educational ICTs for Developing Contexts  R4 120
EDN6077S Learning, Cognition and Technology  R4 120
EDN5101S Online Learning Design  R3 840
EDN6057W Minor dissertation  R9 470
EDN6000W Research masters  R15 560

NB: Fees for 2012 are not yet out. But 2011 fees are available here: http://www.uct.ac.za/usr/finance/fees/fees2011.pdf

Financial assistance

There are a small number of scholarships available to students and it is recommended that you contact the Postgraduate Funding Office.

There are two types of financial support available:

Application for the Mellon Scholarship for the PGDE and the MEd ICT in Education Mellon Scholarship description and application form in PDF or Word format.

(PLEASE note that you have apply to UCT and to the Mellon Scholarship separately as the Mellon Scholarship is a departmental initiative and we do not have direct access to the documents that you send to UCT Admissions. There are a limited number of scholarships available each year - about 8, so there is strong competition. See the Mellon Scholarship description for details).

Send the completed Mellon Scholarship form and documents directly to:

Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
Centre for Educational Technology
Centre for Higher Education Development
Hlanganani Building, North Lane
University of Cape Town
Private Bag X3
Rondebosch 7701
SOUTH AFRICA

Application

Please note: When completing the application form, fill in the following codes:

Academic Plan: HG010

Programme Code: HHX

Postal application:

 Form available at: http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/apply/forms/form1.pdf

Online application:

  • For your convenience you may submit your application online. Please note that in order to apply online you need to have a working email address that is not shared with another UCT applicant.
  • Apply online at http://applyonline.uct.ac.za Please be careful: it is not a URL starting with www.
  • Do submit the declaration, certified copies of transcripts certificates from previous studies and passport.
Closing Date

Closing date will be 31 October 2011 for all Postgraduate applications

Application Fee

Application fee R100.00 and can be payed via direct deposit. Bank: Standard Bank SA Ltd, Branch 025009, Account 071503854.

 

Contact us

Admission queries
Mrs Shoma Moodley
Graduate School in Humanities
Tel: + 27 (0)21 650 2462
Fax: +27 (0)21 650 5751
shoma.moodley@uct.ac.za

Programme queries
Associate Professor Dick Ng'ambi
Centre for Educational Technology
Tel: +27(0)21 650 4760
Fax: +27(0)21 650 5045
dick.ngambi@uct.ac.za

Mellon Foundation Scholarship queries
Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
Centre for Educational Technology
Tel: +27(0)21 650 5030/3841
Fax: +27(0)21 650 5045
cet@uct.ac.za