Learning and Communicating Online

Unit code: COM10003
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 8 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit will introduce fundamentals of communication and learning in an online environment. Students will gain increased capability in a range of skills such as online written communication, collaboration in individual and group work, and critiquing and analysing a variety of information sources. Students will be encouraged to draw on their own understanding and experience while contributing and sharing ideas with peers.

Content

• Social media and communication technologies
• Models of online communication
• Current and evolving learning theories
• Identifying and evaluating sources of knowledge
• Critical analysis skills
• Referencing and attributing sources
• Creating and publishing in the online environment
• Strategies for reflecting on your own and others work

This unit is found in:

• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Media Studies.
• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Public Relations.
• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Advertising.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Criminology.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and International Relations.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism.
• Bachelor of Psychological Sciences.
• Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood).
• Bachelor of Education (Primary).