Media Enhanced Learning

Course code PIDP 3240

Credit 3.0

Length 45.0 hours

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The Media Enhanced Learning course enables participants to create, select, use and justify media, technology and tools for their various teaching and learning environments. The course emphasizes the application of media related concepts, copyright laws, media approaches and learning theories in the creation and selection of instructional media. Participants will investigate the current trends and issues, and will work with a wide range of instructional media tools.

Prerequisites

Course type

This is a standalone course that can be taken individually without enrolling in a VCC program.
International students: Contact [email protected] to confirm whether this course is available to international students.

  • Operational definitions
  • Creative commons guidelines and copyright law
  • Characteristics of different media/tech/tools
  • Trends and Issues in technology and tools
  • Models for selecting media/technology/tools
  • Impact of conceptual frameworks on selecting media/technology/tools
  • Instructional technology and tools (e.g. blogs, wikis, clickers)

1. Actual curriculum products / portfolio created and used by the applicant in their workplace which are judged equivalent to the curriculum documents required in the PIDP 3240 course assignments.
2. A successful interview with the SIE Department Head or one of the full-time SIE faculty.
3. An essay in which the applicant describes the development of their thinking related to the themes, issues, and concepts of the 3240 course.

For more information or register to this course, please contact the School of Instructor Education at 604.871.7488 or 604.871.7499 or by email at [email protected].

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
70209 September 8, 2026
to November 15, 2026
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70225 October 5, 2026
to December 13, 2026
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70244 November 2, 2026
to January 24, 2027
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70253 December 7, 2026
to February 21, 2027
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Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule. All self-paced courses have on-campus tests. Off-site certified invigilation centres may be used at the student's expense.

CRN# Duration Delivery Location
40120 January 4, 2027
to March 12, 2027
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40121 March 1, 2027
to May 9, 2027
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40153 February 1, 2027
to April 11, 2027
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Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule. All self-paced courses have on-campus tests. Off-site certified invigilation centres may be used at the student's expense.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please email at [email protected].

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.