UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

EDF3404 Interacting with learners

Faculty of Education

EDF3404 Interacting with learners is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Education. It isn't offered in 2025. It needs EDF1401 and EDF1402.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2025
Not offered
Assessment
No exam
2 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.

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Requisites

After EDF3404

No unit lists EDF3404 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Overview

A significant element in the success of many learning designs is the quality and effectiveness of the synchronous learning sessions, including the interactions between learners and their educators. A synchronous learning session has many moving parts that a learning designer must be aware of, and design for, to maximise learning opportunities for students. Often learning designers find themselves in educational roles or providing detailed planning and resources for educators. This unit develops your skills to design and implement an effective synchronous learning session.

You will learn training/classroom management skills and gain a clearer perspective on how to design for synchronous sessions, whether online, onsite, or in hybrid modes. The unit will explore theories of human interaction, frameworks for group settings, and other concepts which affect how humans behave in a synchronous setting. You will utilise this information to devise strategies, activities, and processes which address these needs and support trainers, educators and teachers in their experiences with implementing your learning designs.

Offerings in 2025

The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for EDF3404.

Assessment

  • Portfolio (1600 words or equivalent)
    40%
  • Design, deliver and evaluate a synchronous learning activity (2400 words or equivalent)
    60%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    plan a synchronous learning session to achieve specific learning outcomes

  2. 2

    demonstrate knowledge of a range of types of learning activities

  3. 3

    implement a learning design in a synchronous session and provide recommendations for improvement

  4. 4

    produce resources and planning artefacts to support the implementation of synchronous learning activities

  5. 5

    critically discuss the implications of different modes of delivery, learning contexts, activity types, and assessment goals

  6. 6

    design for feedback loops in the learning activity

Workload and teaching

  • Lectures12 hours
  • Tutorials12 hours
  • Teaching approachActive learning

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.

Usually, you can expect to engage with:

  • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and
  • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study

Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through, collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.

Learning resources

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Common questions

What are the prerequisites for EDF3404?

You need EDF1401 and EDF1402 before you enrol.

When is EDF3404 offered?

EDF3404 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.

How much work is EDF3404?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does EDF3404 have an exam?

No. EDF3404 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Education
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
20252026