Education and Child Studies: Digital Media in Human Development
Welcome to the specialisation Digital Media in Human Development, which is part of the Master’s Degree Programme in Education and Child Studies. Language of instruction in this specialisation is English.
The Master’s specialisation in Digital Media in Human Development distinguishes itself from other programmes in the field of digital media by paying explicit attention to the role of digital media in child rearing, education, the treatment of problems and how digital media influence child development.
Themes that will be addressed are:
Digital beginnings: growing up with digital media: young children learning through augmented reality compared to real life action – effects of virtual worlds in apps;
Digital media and digital culture: synergy between children’s online and offline digital literacy practices, with the proliferation of apps and toys that embed augmented reality: relationship between childhood cultures, play and literacy;
Excessive media consumption as a cause of addiction and other kinds of developmental psychopathology and differential susceptibility to media effects;
Internet: online opportunities, risks and safety – harmful consequences: EU Kids Online;
Use of social media in new forms of child maltreatment and bullying;
Family rules and monitoring regarding children’s (social) media use;
Games and learning: design and play practices of games, role of feedback, children’s media industry;
Media and literacy: promise of multimedia, the boundaries between traditional and new literacy practices;
Current best practices in digital learning and teaching in nursery and primary schools: the role of online tutoring, the use of built in pedagogical agents, pedagogical implications of technology development for teachers;
Using social media to enhance the effects of family interventions, online therapy – interapie – signaling child problems through internet.
Timetable
For the timetable of all courses please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
NOTE As of the academic year 2021-2022, you must register for all courses in uSis.
You do this twice a year: once for the courses you want to take in semester 1 and once for the courses you want to take in semester 2.
Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from July. The exact date on which the registration starts will be published on the website of the Student Service Center (SSC)
Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from December. The exact date on which the registration starts will be published on the website of the Student Service Center (SSC)
The registration period for all courses closes five calendar days before the start of the course.
By registering for a course you are also automatically registered for the Brightspace module and for the first sit of the exam of that course. Anyone who is not registered for a course therefore does not have access to the Brightspace module and cannot participate in the first sit of the exam of that course.
Also read the complete registration procedure
More information
For more information you can contact our study advisers.
For Dutch students
De Leidse Masterspecialisatie Digital Media in Human Development voldoet, in combinatie met de Leidse Bacheloropleiding Pedagogische Wetenschappen, aan alle eisen die gesteld worden door de Nederlandse Vereniging van Pedagogen en Onderwijskundigen (NVO) voor de registratie Basis-Pedagoog. Studenten die elders een universitaire Bacheloropleiding Pedagogische Wetenschappen hebben behaald kunnen, soms na het behalen van één of enkele extra vakken, ook in aanmerking komen voor de NVO-registratie Basis-Pedagoog. Lees de Brochure Beroepsregistraties voor alle informatie.
NB Voor personen die via het Pre-master programma Pedagogische Wetenschappen in de Master instromen geldt een aparte regeling waarmee men zich kan kwalificeren voor de registratie Basis-Pedagoog.