Do you qualify to enroll for the Diploma
Candidates need to:
- Be a full or part-time teacher employed in an educational institution
- Teach over an academic year, for a minimum of 24 weeks/six hours per week
- Be responsible for planning, teaching and formatively assessing learners
The Diploma
The Diploma comprises three modules related to practice:
- Module 1 - Exploring teaching and learning with digital technologies (Certificate)
- Module 2 - Developing reflective practice in teaching with digital technologies*
- Module 3 - Reviewing the impact of digital technologies on education*
*For the Diploma, candidates must achieve a pass or distinction in Module 1 (Certificate) to progress to Module 2. Modules 2 and 3 (Diploma) will then deepen and extend their knowledge, understanding and skills, and lead to the award of the Diploma. Candidates must achieve a pass or distinction for Module 2 before entering for Module 3
Cambridge PDQ Diploma qualifications
- To support school based professional development
- Internationally recognised leading to valuable certification and progression for candidates
- Based on the latest research and best practices in teaching, learning and leadership
- A composition of three learning and assessment modules. Each module must be completed successfully before moving to the next.
- Practice based. Candidates produce a portfolio of evidence of their professional practice, learning and reflection which is submitted to Cambridge when ready for assessment
- Designed to help candidates develop their thinking and practice with expert guidance and support
Course Length
The Diploma course is completed in approximately six months. Each module requires 150 hours of learning, with a balance between:
- Guided active learning: e.g., online workshops & tutorials
- Individual study and collaborative learning: e.g., reading/research/discussion
- School-based learning: e.g., applying new ideas & reflecting on experience
The Cambridge certified programme leader and team teach the guided active learning sessions. Candidates must be committed to giving the time required between sessions to make the most of their individual, collaborative and school-based learning, supported by their programme leader, mentors and peers
What you will learn
The Diploma in Teaching with Digital Technologies enables candidates to:
- understand principles, concepts and issues concerning using digital technologies to support learning, and relate these critically to their own practice
- critically engage with educational theory and research evidence to inform and develop their professional thinking concerning digital technologies in education
- improve their ability to reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of digital technologies in supporting learning,and to adapt their planning and teaching as appropriate
- develop their confidence to experiment and innovate with a growing range of opportunities offered by digital technologies
- develop their ability to reflect on their own experiences, and those of others, of using digital technologies, so that they can critically assess using such technologies in teaching and learning
- develop their confidence in sharing their practice with fellow teachers, and their ability to select, adapt and use ideas from the wider educational community, including their own students
How is the Diploma assessed?
Candidates are assessed through an ePortfolio of evidence, submitted to a team of Cambridge International examiners using Cambridge PDQ Connect, an online platform. In their portfolio, candidates demonstrate their knowledge, skills and understanding in the context of their own work. Portfolio evidence includes:
- observing a colleague’s classroom practice
- planning, teaching, learning and assessment materials that arise naturally out of the teaching process
- feedback from mentor, colleagues, students and others
- the teacher’s own reflections on their learning and practice
Assessment criteria
Candidates will be graded for each of the modules according to the following criteria, applied to the portfolio of evidence as a whole:
- Understanding teaching and learning with digital technologies
- Developing thinking and practice with digital technologies
- Analysis and discussion
- Communication and presentation
Awarding Diploma
To be awarded a Diploma, a candidate must achieve a pass in all three modules
To achieve a Distinction in the Diploma, a candidate must achieve Distinction in at least two module
