EUB008 Engaging with New and Emerging Technologies

Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 10A 2025, Online (Start Date: 08 Sep 2025)

Overview

This unit develops the theoretical and practical approaches to using new and emerging digital technologies across the curriculum to connect and engage with students. It also offers the opportunity to create learning experiences for an authentic teaching and learning context. Working both individually and collaboratively, you will participate in activities that require you to explore investigate technologies and apply them across all learning areas. The aims of this unit are to enable you to acquire skills and knowledge related to (i) introducing and using new and emerging technologies across a range of learning areas, and (ii) theoretical and practical perspectives associated with using these technologies in your future classroom.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of using digital technologies to support learners and enhance learning and teaching.
2. Critically reflect on theories to plan teaching strategies using digital technologies.
3. Create and maintain safe and inclusive learning environments where digital technologies are used ethically.
4. Apply the principles, methods, and strategies of using digital technologies leading to the development of innovative pedagogical approaches.
5. Identify and plan professional learning needs and institutional needs when introducing new and emerging technologies into the classroom.

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit you will learn through engaging in the following:

A range of blended learning approaches including learning forums, hands on sessions, group work, presentations, discussions and self-directed, online learning activities where you will engage in collaborative activity with peers and tutors. Modelled teaching strategies will provide examples of pedagogies and learning strategies for developing knowledgeable, confident and enthusiastic learners using digital tools.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will gain feedback in this unit by participating in sessions with and peers and academics. You will be provided with peer and academic formative feedback during activities, through general comments in the preparatory activities directed at assessment work. You will receive written feedback via criteria sheets for the summative assessment tasks.

Assessment

Overview

There are two assessment pieces in this unit:

1. A digital portfolio of teaching and learning related artefacts created using a range of GenAI tools.
2. A professional discussion to justify the artefacts you created in assessment 1.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Digital Portfolio

You will use GenAI to create a digital portfolio of teaching and learning artefacts

1. design a lesson plan
2. develop a range of resources and materials, and justify the most suitable for use.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Assessment: Professional discussion

You will engage in an approximately 15-minute professional conversation with your tutor where you discuss and justify your choices around the artefacts you created in Task 1. During the conversation, you will discuss the purposeful use of GenAI in developing teaching and learning resources, connect to relevant theory and literature and the Australian Framework for Generative AI in Schools. You will also identify the benefits and challenges afforded by the different GenAI tools used in relation to the artefacts created, and propose the additional staff training and support needed for implementation.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Requirements to Study

Requirements

Blue card required when this unit is offered on the school site.

Resources

Resource Materials

Other

There is no set text for this unit. Online up to date resources will be provided via an online community (e.g. Canvas).

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace Health and Safety protocols associated with computer use will apply.

The Commission for Children and Young People Act 2000 (Qld) requires that all students working with children as part of this unit will need a valid blue card or suitability card which has been registered with QUT. Please refer to Blue Card for full details and appropriate forms.