Education (Digital and Social Change) MSc
University of Oxford
Key Course Facts
Course Description
The MSc Education (Digital and Social Change) is an exciting and innovative programme, in which you will develop a strong theoretical understanding of new technologies, education and society.
At the core of the programme is a strong commitment to digital inclusion and social justice that addresses contemporary issues regarding the impact of digital and social change in education.
At a time when many people are discussing significant moral questions regarding technology and its use in education, including for example, the ethics of Artificial Intelligence, there is a pressing need for a new generation of researchers and practitioners that can affect social change through stronger theoretically-informed practice, research, design and policy.
Examples of topics covered in the course are:
- Key Concepts in Digital Education: What is technology and what is the purpose of Education? How might we theorise how people learn with technologies? How can we conceptualise and enable social change in education?
- Social Justice and Technology: How can we make social justice an underpinning principle of technology design, development, implementation and evaluation? What are the controversies and debates regarding the role of technology in global contexts?
- Education, the Internet and Society: How might we understand society in a digital era and what implications does this have for education? What kinds of educational futures do we wish to create?
- Critical Digital Innovation: What are the potential benefits, emerging risks, and inevitable trade-offs involved in the design and development of educational technologies, particularly given advances in AI? How might we use inclusive design approaches to work with marginalised communities?
The department welcomes students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds including but not limited to education, computer science, sociology, communications and international development. You will have a commitment to social justice in education, a questioning stance on technology and an interest in developing interdisciplinary knowledge.
Aims of the course
- Critically assess and understand the role of technology in education across the lifecourse
- Develop the expertise to address the challenges posed by digital inequality
- Understand how to embed innovative learning technologies in practice
- Cultivate research and design prototyping skills
- Understand the relationship between social justice, technology and learning
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course you will develop:
- The ability to integrate educational theory and practice
- An in-depth and comparative understanding of learning theories and their appropriate use to develop informative research questions
- The necessary research skills for progression to the next stage of your career, including doctoral study
- Specialist technical and social knowledge, enabling the critical evaluation of technologies for digital and social change
- An understanding of the ethics of technology when working with marginalised communities
- Informed insights into state-of-the-art technical tools utilised in machine learning and critically evaluate their application to, and limitations for, digital and social change in education
- The ability to develop and manage a research project, and work collaboratively and reflectively on contemporary research issues.
Entry Requirements / Admissions
Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 6.5
- Graduate Degrees
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- 7.0
- Undergraduate Degrees
- (no subscore less than 6.0)
Costs
Average student cost of living in the UK
Rent | £518 |
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) | £50 |
Supermarket shopping | £81 |
Clothing | £35 |
Eating out | £33 |
Alcohol | £27 |
Takeaways / food deliveries | £30 |
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) | £24 |
Holidays and weekend trips | £78 |
Transport within city | £17 |
Self-care / sports | £20 |
Stationary / books | £13 |
Mobile phone / internet | £13 |
Cable TV / streaming | £7 |
Insurance | £51 |
Other | £95 |
Average student cost of living | £1092 |
London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.
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About University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a prestigious research university located in Oxford, England, and is the oldest English language university in the world. It is made up of 39 partly autonomous constituent colleges, six private halls, and a variety of academic departments which are split into four divisions: Humanities, Mathematical, Physical & Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences.
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Student composition of University of Oxford
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Total number of students enrolled at University of Oxford by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 12425
- postgraduates:
- 9785
- Total:
- 22210
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Number of students enrolled in courses of subject “Education Studies”: Academic year - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
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