Educational Innovation and Technology, MS

Central to Enhancing Instruction with Technology

Educational (Instructional) Technology is an innovative and practical master’s program that blends instructional design, visualization, and production (technology) processes to enhance classroom instruction. The program’s uniqueness is its curriculum structure, which scaffolds courses to establish linkage and relationship throughout the student’s experience.

The program applies the three processes in a hands-on, project-based experience. Students learn by doing, learning first to design and then to build. Student performance is based on how well the instructional projects are developed. The result is a strong and effective instructional project for the classroom.

Program Features

• Starts every January and August
• 30-credit program, including a research and capstone project
• Attend full- or part-time
• Flexible classes offered in the evening
• Classes are all asynchronous with optional weekly meeting in the lab.
• Courses linked in developmental sequence to provide maximum relevance and unity
• Learning laboratories where students apply learned skills
• Access to excellent faculty mentors
• Financial aid is available
• No GMAT/GRE required

Goal

The design, visualization, & production of effective mediated instruction 

Basic Information

• There are no prerequisites other than basic computer skills (turning on the machine, saving files, browsing the web, etc.). 
• The program offers Mac laptop loaners that can be used for the duration of the program. 
• The Educational Technology master’s program does not offer a teaching certification.
• Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.  Applicants must also have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.70 on a 4.00-point scale (where A is 4.00), or its equivalent, and good standing (3.00 GPA) in all post-baccalaureate coursework.

Courses

EDT 515 Instructional Design and Evaluation
EDT 517 Message Design and Production
EDT 502 Design Tools
EDT 520 eLearning
EDT 530 Design of Online Instruction
EDT 535 Interactive Multimedia for Instruction I
EDT 536 Interactive Multimedia for Instruction II
EDT 525 Instructional Video & Audio
EDT 505 Inquiry in Educational Technology
EDT 597 Final Project  Plan

How long will it take to complete the program?

Attending part time and enrolling in two courses per term (recommended) as well as summer classes, the program will be completed in two years.

Summer
EDT 502 Design Tools
EDT 505 Inquiry in Educational Technology
Fall
EDT 515 Instructional Design and Evaluation
EDT 517 Message Design and Production
Spring
EDT 520 eLearning
EDT 530 Design of Online Instruction
Summer
None
Fall
EDT 525 Instructional Video & Audio
Spring
EDT 535 Interactive Multimedia for Instruction I
EDT 597 Final Project Plan
Summer
EDT 536 Interactive Multimedia for Instruction II Graduate in August

Program Learning Outcomes

Program outcomes indicate how well students understand and apply:
LO 1 Instructional design process
LO 2 Visualization process
LO 3 Production process
LO 4 Learner characteristics applied to the three processes
LO 5 Inquiry skills in educational technology research
LO 6 Project management skills in applying instructional technology

Online Innovative Features

A. Immediacy of faculty response time for feedback, review, and clarification.
B. Flexibility of instruction to allow students to choose when and how they learn
C. Multiple avenues for communication to allow for maximum connection: virtual chat, in person lab meetings, email, and phone
D. Adapting instruction to meet graduate student's needs, interests and experiences
E. Instructional sequence within modules is flexible.

Delivery of instruction

• All ten courses are asynchronous, self-paced & stand-alone. The program uses two state-of-the-art laboratories to complement course instruction.

Graduate Student Profile

Most students in this program are teachers, including elementary, middle, high school, and specials. The program also attracts noneducators (2%) to move into business, i.e., Training and Development.

Faculty 

One full-time faculty and two adjuncts

Contact

Dr. Farough Abed, Ed.D, Professor and Program Director
Email: abedf@ccsu.edu