Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning
with Technology

Gain the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to incorporate technology, tools, and instructional systems in a variety of learning environments as an educational practitioner. If you're a teacher or corporate trainer, a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with Technology degree prepares you for rewarding careers with the technological skills necessary to meet the ever changing needs of 21st century students and trainees.

Course requirements:

(30 semester credits, all courses are 3 credits. Courses are listed in the recommended sequence.)

EDU 648 Introduction to Teaching & Learning with Technology

This first course is an overview of the field of educational technology including instructional design, influence of learning theory on technology application as well as the various technologies available and their application to learning.

EDU 649 Technologies for Teaching & Learning

This course focuses on indentifying appropriate technologies for teaching and learning. Special attention will be directed in analyzing teaching and learning styles. Identifying and evaluating technologies to meet individual needs will be explored in both educational and corporate environments.

EDU 651 Collaboration & Learning in a Virtual Environment

Students will explore teaching and learning in virtual worlds. Project-based design, facilitation, and evaluation of instruction, research, and other resources will be examined. The use of on line collaboration for student learning and effective uses of various technologies for social networking will be explored.

EDU 652 Instructional Design & Delivery

This course covers various elements of the instructional design process including needs assessment, instructional problems, learner characteristics, instructional objectives, content sequencing, instructional strategies, and evaluation instruments. Students are expected to learn how to plan, develop, evaluate, and manage the design of effective instructional materials.

EDU 655 Trends & Issues in Instructional Design & Technology for Online Learning

Students gain the necessary skills and knowledge to design effective instructional materials for use in an on-line learning environment. Powerful innovations that may redefine teaching and learning practices will be explored throughout the course.

EDU 656 Technology Solutions for Just in Time Training & Learning

This course will allow students to develop an understanding of the planning for and application of technology for training that meets institutional and organizational needs. Students will utilize technology to effectively develop a request for proposal plan for training utilizing technology to inform, motivate, and prepare learners.

EDU 658 Instructional Leadership

This course focuses on leadership in the educational or corporate environment to bring about change required to meet learning and training needs. Students will evaluate their personal leadership in their professional environment. Leadership tools to provide increased learning opportunities will be used to design learning experiences and evaluate results.

EDU 618 Assessment of Learning Outcomes with Technology

Learner-centered principles are used in this course to present a multidimensional approach to assessing learner outcomes. Technology is utilized to integrate fundamental statistics, learning systems designs, and learner characteristics into the assessment of outcomes.

EDU 626 Research Design & Methodology

In this course the student accesses sources of educational information, evaluates research evidence, studies various types of educational resources, and applies research to the instructional setting. The focus of this course is research on issues in educational technology and the use of technology tools for making data-driven decisions using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

EDU 697 MATLT Capstone

Capstone is a course in which students will demonstrate their attainment of the program outcomes through application of an applied research topic related to an educational setting, need or interest. This Capstone experience is designed to extensively explore a topic within the student's area of interest which utilizes a technology solution. The product of the Capstone experience is a final project which demonstrates an application of program outcomes.

If this program sounds like it will fit your personal and professional goals, contact us at 866-711-1700 to learn more, or click here to request additional information.