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Creating Apps in the Classroom (FutureLearn)

Offered by Queensland University of Technology,
Creating Apps in the Classroom (FutureLearn)

Find out how to create your own educational apps to support learning activities in your classroom. Learn how to create apps to use in your own teaching practice. There are many educational apps available, but the majority are created by non-educators. Platforms for developing apps are becoming increasingly user-friendly, so it’s easier for teachers to create apps to support their own classroom activities.

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In this course, you’ll learn how to play a more proactive role as an app creator. You’ll learn how to create at least five pages of a simple app that can be used to demonstrate how content, technology and pedagogy are related.
By the end of the course, you’ll know how to use an app creation site to design and develop a sample app.

What topics will you cover?

  • Why use digital technologies in the classroom
  • How content, technology and pedagogy are related
  • How other educators have engaged with app creation activities
  • How an app works
  • The process of creating an app

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Explain the interconnectness between content, technology and pedagogy
  • Describe in general terms how an app works
  • Design a simple app using a set of instructions
  • Explain how teacher-developed resources open doors for entrepreneurship
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