Graduate Certificate of Secondary Digital Technologies
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Secondary Digital Technologies |
| Deakin course code | E521 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus | This course is only offered Online* * This course is offered in conjunction with the Department of Education (DE). Students will be required to attend intensives at the Geelong (Waurn Ponds) campus and in the Melbourne CBD (Central Business District). * 2025 will be the final intake for this course. |
| Online | Yes |
| Duration | 2 years part-time |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Fees and charges
Course overview
This course is designed to extend the professional studies and qualifications of current (and often out-of-field) secondary school Digital Technologies teachers. It furthers their pedagogical content knowledge and develops their capacity for leadership in this curriculum area in secondary school contexts. The course supports enrolled teachers to develop professional skills in the strands of the Digital Technologies secondary curriculum and to build their professional agency for successful teaching as in-field teachers. It draws on research-informed approaches to Digital Technologies pedagogies, curriculum and assessment, and inclusion and ethics. Graduates of this degree are supported to move into new areas of teaching beyond those recognised through their initial teacher education degree and will enable them to strengthen this curriculum area in their own schools and the schooling sector.
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include online and/or intensive seminars (face-to-face) and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period for each credit point undertaking required teaching, learning and assessment activities.
Career opportunities
The course enhances curriculum leadership opportunities and career progression of practicing teachers in secondary Digital Technologies.
For more information go to DeakinTALENT.
Participation requirements
Course delivery is blended and students are required to dedicate time to weekly engagement with located or online teaching and learning activities and resources. This is recommended at combined total 8-10 hours per week per unit including active learning/engagement either face to face or online, and independent study.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply specialist Digital Technologies curriculum knowledge and teacher capabilities to facilitate innovative, research-informed, Digital Technologies education for diverse secondary school students. |
| Communication | Engage effectively with other educators to receive and give feedback and to influence, share resources, and lead Digital Technologies curriculum development and implementation in schools. |
| Digital literacy | Identify and use evidence and research literature to support, justify and promote teaching and learning practices in Digital technologies education |
| Critical thinking | Create, identify, critique, and adapt resources for teaching and assessing Digital Technologies to meet the needs of diverse students, including those in traditionally underrepresented cohorts. |
| Problem solving | Identify opportunities to engage with other educators, local community, and industry to strengthen Digital Technologies education through place-based problem and solution development |
| Self-management | Reflect on their own and others’ Digital Technologies teaching practices and identify avenues for further professional learning. |
| Teamwork | Not explicitly taught – students will be practicing teachers working in schools with established professional teamwork skills that will be drawn on in the course |
| Global citizenship | Develop Digital Technologies curriculum that respectfully engages the traditional knowledges, current practices, and aspirations of First Nations peoples. |
Approved at Faculty Board May 2023
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Secondary Design and Technologies students must pass 4 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- 4 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Note:
- This course is part-time only.
Course structure
Core Units
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) |
| EDT701 | Creating Digital Solutions: Design Pedagogies |
| EDT702 | Data and Information: Curriculum Innovation |
| EDT703 | Digital Systems: Curriculum Planning and Assessment |
| EDT704 | Teacher Agency in Digital Technologies: Working with Community and Industry |
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.