E-learning and Digital Cultures was aimed at teachers, learning technologists, and people with a general interest in education who wanted to deepen their understanding of what it means to teach and learn in the digital age. The course was about how digital cultures intersect with learning cultures online, and how our ideas about online education are shaped through “narratives”, or big stories, about the relationship between people and technology. The course explored some of the most engaging perspectives on digital culture in its popular and academic forms, and considered how our practices as teachers and learners are informed by the difference of the digital. This course looked at how learning and literacy is represented in popular digital-, (or cyber-) culture.
These videos are free resources originally created for the short course E-Learning and Digital Cultures on Coursera. This course is no longer running, but you can still work through the resources in your own time using the videos in this channel.
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From Geoff Fortescue
Dr Hamish Macleod discusses week 5 of the course, using the labyrinth as a metaphor for how to approach thinking about the assessment for the course. If you download… -
From Geoff Fortescue
Jeremy Knox discuss week 4 of the course - redefining the human in the digital age. If you download and reuse this video, please remember to attribute the University of… -
From Geoff Fortescue
Dr Christine Sinclair discusses week 3 of the course - focusing on the philosopher David Hume. If you download and reuse this video, please remember to attribute the… -
From Geoff Fortescue
Dr Jen Ross discusses week 2 of the course. If you download and reuse this video, please remember to attribute the University of Edinburgh and include the relevant… -
From Geoff Fortescue
Dr. Sian Bayne welcomes you to Week 1 and introduces you to some key buildings and figures from Edinburgh's history. If you download and reuse this video, please… -
From Geoff Fortescue
The course team provides an overview of the course and what to expect. If you download and reuse this video, please remember to attribute the University of Edinburgh…