入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Honours degree or equivalent approved academic qualification from a recognised institution. The following documents must also be submitted for applications to be considered:
•Two satisfactory references
•A personal statement (one side of A4 paper) explaining why you wish to undertake this degree and how you think you will benefit from it
英语要求：IELTS score of 7.0 with 7.0 in the writing component
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £11,700
课程特征 Course Features：
Course aims
The MA DTCE course aims to:
•help students further their careers through improving their skills and knowledge base in the area of digital technologies and communication, in order that these can be applied in any educational setting;
•enhance students' interpersonal and group communications skills in order to enable them to learn independently and make effective decisions through self-reflection on their own practice;
•develop in students the ability to design their own educational materials using digital technologies and in particular to develop creative and innovative approaches to this work;
•build in students the confidence and ability to identify and critically evaluate the use of digital technologies, whether in formal educational settings or the informal educational processes of society, and with specific reference to their own needs and practice;
•develop students' ability to systematically understand and critically evaluate research and research methodologies relevant to digital technologies in education, and then to apply this knowledge in actual research projects;
•to assist students in developing an ability to manage and understand rapid technological change and its effect on educational processes, institutions and policies.
课程内容 Course Content ：
The MA is a modular course carrying 180 UCET points. It is divided into a taught component of 120 credits (subdivided into eight course units of 15 credits) and a dissertation of 60 credits. The taught component must be successfully completed before the dissertation can be submitted.
The course is semesterised. For on-site participants, this involves Semester 1 (late September - late January), Semester 2 (February-mid-June), and, for full-time participants, a summer semester (mid June - early September) for the dissertation. Part-time participants, whether studying in Manchester or at a distance by elearning, follow the same teaching semesters as full-time participants but with a lighter study load in each. Their dissertations can then be completed over a longer period and submitted in either April or September.
Each 15-credit course unit is normally taught in one semester either through face-to-face classes or through various types of distance/ e-learning. Except where noted below, all courses exist in both a face-to-face and distance version. It is possible for students to complete the degree by a mixture of face-to-face and distance methods, if this is desired. Each 15-credit course unit is designed to fill 150 hours of study time. This time includes both set activities/classes, independent study, and work on assessment projects.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Formalised "lectures" are rare. Instead, classes tend to mix lecturer input with group work, comptuer and video activities, simulations, problem-based learning and class discussions. We make considerable use of "enquiry-based learning" (EBL), encouraging students' critical reflection on their own practice and beliefs: formed both by their professional experiences and intuitions, and theory and research.
We encourage both individual and co-operative learning and research and hope to foster an ethos of life-long-learning. As most of our participants are themselves experienced teachers, we appreciate the wealth of knowledge and practical experience that they bring to the course and we encourage all participants to use all sources of professional insights including their fellow participants. We provide training in the use of electronic databases, library resources, and computer based statistics packages. Many other key skills will be developed during the course.
Progression and assessment
The form of the assessment varies from unit to unit. All the following are used on at least one course unit mentioned above:
•practical project work, i.e. creation of a web site or other educational software
•a written literature review or other essay of approximately 3,500 words
•criticism of existing software, web sites etc.
•creation of a teaching portfolio
•writing reports on schools or other educational settings
•collaborative group work.
For dissertations, you can choose between a Mode A (ie more traditional type) or a Mode B (portfolio type) dissertation. Mode A dissertations report on a research project of your own design or, possibly, discuss or develop theoretical understanding relevant to the field and/or your professional development. Mode B dissertations are more practical, and involve you designing, testing and implementing a technological solution to an educational problem, for example, a web site or piece of interactive multimedia, and then reporting on this process. Mode A dissertations are 15,000 - 20,000 words long - the length of Mode B work can be negotiated, but the overall workload is expected to be equivalent to that of a Mode A.
其他 Other：
Career opportunities
Graduates from the course can follow a number of career paths: some continue to work in their existing posts, but often with enhanced status; some move into teacher education, materials development, publishing, the media, managing self-access facilities, testing and assessment, research; some set up their own businesses. Alternatively, graduates may use the programme as a springboard into further study, eventually leading to a PhD.
For example, we quote one student who studied on this course in 2005-6:
I was employed with my Master's degree at the Arab Open University. It is a non-profit Higher Education Institution established mainly to enable those who missed the chance of attending the University to pursue their higher education through distance learning. I belong to the faculty of computer studies, while they also have languages and business studies. We offer undergraduate as well as postgraduate studies at the AOU! I've planned two modules for this semester. One is "Education and ICT", the other is "Using Computer Software in Education". I'm using the best that I have experienced in Manchester to construct stimulating courses.