Creating Apps in the Classroom (FutureLearn)

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