The Digital Pedagogy,PG Cert is a Graduate Certificate degree offered by Leeds Beckett University on the Distance Learning campus in Leeds, United Kingdom. The program is delivered online as a Part Time course in English and requires approximately 1 year to complete. Students study at the Distance Learning campus while gaining the knowledge and practical experience expected for this area of study. The tuition fee is USD 4,504 / year, and the next intake is available from September 21, 2026.
Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.
All applications should be supported by a reference, either academic or professional; you can download our reference template for completion.
All applicants should satisfy our University English language requirements.
Digital Pedagogy
Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.
All applications should be supported by a reference, either academic or professional; you can download our reference template for completion.
All applicants should satisfy our University English language requirements.
IELTS 6.0 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification. The University provides excellent support for any applicant who may be required to undertake additional English language courses.
We may use selection criteria based on your personal attributes; experience and/or commitment to the area of study. This information will be derived from your personal statement and reference and will only be used if you have met the general entry requirements.
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As someone working in the educational sphere, this course will enable you to critically analyse, and make informed decisions around, the design and implementation of digital pedagogy in educational and training spaces. You’ll explore the potential of digital learning and gain the expertise to work as a leader in this area of education as you develop your theoretically informed teaching practice.
On completion, you’ll have gained a future-facing understanding of the impact that digital learning can have on the learner experience and environment. You’ll have developed a critical appreciation of the conditions required for creating successful digital pedagogy. Putting your understanding into practice during your course will enable you to build your experience of creating digital learning artefacts and approaches that are relevant to your professional context.
Upon successful completion, you’ll be able to transfer your credits from this course and study our MSc Digital Pedagogy.
This course has been designed to support educational stakeholders in responding to unprecedented change, through developing your understanding, implementation of and evaluation of approaches to the digitisation of your pedagogy. The course fuses contemporary thinking in digital pedagogy, with our existing pedigree in delivering professionally relevant, student-focused post-graduate study in the field of education.
Course Director for Digital Pedagogy
Dr Steve Burton is the Head of Subject for Digital Transformative Education in the Carnegie School of Education. He undertakes research in digital learning, and lectures in the areas of digital learning, safeguarding, digital safety, leadership, and professionalism in education.
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