Module manager: Dr Katharine Stapleford
Email: K.E.Stapleford@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as an Elective
This module is an independent small-scale research project, designed and carried out with the support of an individual supervisor. You will be expected to present your research using innovative digital tools that are appropriate to the content.
This module aims to help students identify either a topic of immediate individual concern in the field of digital education, either in own professional context or more widely. You will negotiate with an allocated supervisor how this topic might be investigated. This module will enable you to research, design, implement and report on an empirical study or an extended literature review that is directly relevant to your professional context.
On successful completion of the module you will have demonstrated the following subject specific learning outcomes:
1. Identify an appropriate researchable issue in the area of Digital Education with reference to the relevant literature
2. Devise appropriate research questions which are informed by the current research literature in the field of digital education
3. Justify your research design and the analysis and interpretation of your data with reference to appropriate literature
Skills Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module you will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1. Find, evaluate, organise and share information across a variety of formats and media, ensuring the reliability and integrity both of the sources that you use and of the ideas that they help you to generate.
2. Design and implement a small-scale research study which adheres to relevant ethical guidelines
3. Identify, design and implement research approaches and tools which are commensurate with your research questions
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Private study hours | 594 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 6 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 600 | ||
Students progress will be monitored through the supervision meetings. Additional meetings may be arranged, as required, subject to agreement between the student and the supervisor.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | . | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Check the module area in Minerva for your reading list
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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