Make more informed choices about technology in your classroom to enhance student outcomes. Currently only available for organisations. Register individual interest below:
Develop in-demand skills aligned with industry best practice you can apply immediately.
Taught by leading experts
Learn from internationally recognised academics and professionals with years of on the ground experience.
Shareable digital certificate
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What you will learn
Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.
Technology has never been more vital for education, but it can be difficult to decide how to deploy it in the classroom.
This micro-credential provides teachers with a strong evidence base to better harness learning technology for stronger student outcomes.
It has been designed in consultation with Digital Learning and Teaching in Victoria, and the Digital Learning Branch of the Victorian Department of Education. Assessment and learning outcomes are mapped to Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) standards as well as International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards.
Gain frameworks to evaluate learning tech
Explore frameworks, research and literature to help you evaluate the benefits of learning technologies and resources. Gain an evidence base and criteria that can help explain the value of digital tools in your classroom.
Map technology to student learning
Analyse the impact of digital tools on the learning outcomes of different students so you can use technology with purpose.
Assess technology in your educational context
Critically reflect on how to meet learning needs in your educational context and consider how you can better use technology to enhance the outcomes of your students.
Who you will learn from
Learn from skilled academics and professional experts who will share invaluable knowledge you can use in your job.
Dr Catherine Smith
Lecturer
Catherine is a member of the Digital Task Force at the Faculty of Education. Her research focuses on care ethics and social justice in the nexus of evidence-informed policy and practice, concentrating on equity and wellbeing in the use of digital and robotic technologies. In her 30 years as an educator, she has developed and delivered K-12 and tertiary courses, as well as professional education in policy reform in Canada, Guinea-Bissau, UK, Australia and Indonesia.
More from this series
Take multiple courses to deepen your knowledge or stack towards a full degree.
The Transforming Classrooms with Technology series
Our Transforming Classrooms with Technology series is designed to build the capabilities of educators to use technology more effectively in the classroom and enhance student outcomes.
The series aligns with industry standards and best practices, and has been designed in close consultation with key professional associations.
The series provides a pathway into the Master of Education. See course details for more information.
Explore more from the Transforming Classrooms with Technology series:
To take Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching as a stand-alone micro-credential, you'll pay the normal course price.
$990.00 AUD (inc GST)
Please contact Student Support to discuss discounts and payment options for University of Melbourne staff or alumni, or to pay by invoice.
For teams
If you have three or more team members who are keen to upskill with Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching, get in touch to discuss pricing. For large groups, we can also deliver and contextualise this course exclusively for your organisation.
This micro-credential is designed for currently practising educators and those who are currently in or seeking leadership roles. To enrol, you are required to have either:
An undergraduate or graduate initial-teacher qualification, or
A minimum of eight years of education experience in other industries.
It is desirable to have some experience in teaching or learning with digital technologies.
Relevance to your job and industry
This micro-credential aligns with industry standards and best practices.
It's been designed in close consultation with key professional associations, including Digital Learning and Teaching in Victoria and the Digital Learning Branch of the Victorian Department of Education, to ensure technological knowledge is contemporary and future-proof.
Assessment and learning outcomes are mapped to Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) standards, as well as International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards, meaning learning is internationally relevant and applicable to a wide range of educational settings.
The use of digital technologies and ICT in teaching practice is highlighted in the national standards for teaching across four levels of teacher expertise. This micro-credential addresses the outcomes at the Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher (HALT) levels and can be used to add to your portfolio of evidence for HALT applications.
Skills and learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of how to deploy technology in the classroom for better student outcomes. You'll be able to:
Access and use an evidence base to explain the value of specific digital resources in meeting individual student needs
Analyse the impact of a digital technology tool on student learning outcomes
Purposefully use digital technologies to model best practice and expand learning opportunities for students.
Workload and assessment
This course runs over five weeks, which includes four weeks of teaching and one week for assessment.
Your total time commitment is approximately 40.5 hours, which includes:
7 hours guided online learning
2 hours live webinars
17 hours asynchronous, independent study
16 hours assessment tasks.
Assessment:
Short video: mapping technology to student learning (40%)
Your choice of a video, text, podcast or diagram: justify the use of a digital tool using a digital framework (60%).
Your digital certificate
Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching micro-credential. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your micro-credential digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.
Pathways to further study
Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching can be taken as a stand-alone micro-credential, or complemented with any other one in the Transforming Classrooms with Technology series to deepen your knowledge and skills.
It is also designed to provide a pathway – otherwise known as advanced standing – into the Master of Education. To use it in this way, you need to complete all four micro-credentials in the Transforming Classrooms with Technology series, then apply for credit towards the masters.
Delivered fully online, this course provides a convenient way to develop your skillset, from a location that suits you.
In our innovative online learning environment, you'll engage with other practising teachers and education specialists and take part in synchronous and asynchronous learning activities including live webinars, peer-to-peer feedback and discussions, and interactive review tasks.
Expiry of micro-credential
This micro-credential will expire three years from the date of issue as particular knowledge and/or skills may need to be refreshed.
