Technology in Education Online Master's with Certification and Master's-Only Programs for Teachers

Please note that the program of study outlined below is the general M.Ed. program.

We do have some state specific programs that are now available online as follows:

ECOMP 5100 - Computers, Technology, and Education
This course presents an overview of computers in education including productivity tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and graphics. Students survey examples of educational software, explore the Internet, conduct online learning, and practice APA writing style.

ECOMP 6008 - The World Wide Web as an Educational Resource
Through hands-on experience and readings participants develop skills in using World Wide Web (WWW) resources to communicate and collaborate with others locally and globally, evaluate and access information, conduct research, develop web sites, and apply what is learned in schools, classrooms and graduate studies. Responsible use of the WWW, issues related to educational uses of the WWW, and the changing role and nature of the WWW will be examined and evaluated.

ECOMP 6102 - Classroom Assessment and Technology
This course investigates uses of technology in conducting and transforming assessment practices. Participants learn about technologies that support both formal and alternative/authentic assessment, e. g.: tests, portfolios, observation tools, self- and whole class assessments. Roles of assessment in student learning and meeting an educational organization's needs will be explored (including current assessments of technology's efficacy). Participants design balanced assessment programs that both prove and improve student achievement and use multiple methods to evaluate uses of technology resources in schools.

ECOMP 7100 - Fundamentals of Computer Structure
This course investigates technical aspects of the computer, balancing between hardware and operating system. Methods of maintenance, troubleshooting and repair are demonstrated and experienced. The goal is to demystify the computer, not create technicians. Students learn basic technical language and concepts to communicate about, prevent, and solve basic technical problems, enabling them to function more effectively in educational settings with computers. This includes being able to make technically informed decisions regarding the purchasing and upgrading of computers.

ECOMP 6016 - Teaching and Learning With Digital Media
This course will help educators to harness the power of digital media for teaching and learning. They will learn to use that power to transform traditional teacher-centered classrooms into student-focused learning environments where students use digital media for the acquisition, analysis, construction, and presentation of knowledge. Hands on experiences will also help them develop proficiency with the tools and skills needed for authoring and publishing digital media in a variety of formats.

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ECOMP 5106 - Designing Curriculum to Integrate Technology
Participants will gain practical experience in curriculum planning that takes specific advantage of technology to enhance and extend learning. State academic standards and national technology standards will be used to make decisions about curriculum content and to plan technology-based activities. Participants will use databases and spreadsheets in support of inquiry learning. Writing and presentation software will be used for communication; and multimedia and web-tools will be used to design engaging learning environments.

ECOMP 6101 - Technology: Impact on Society and the Schools
Through discussions, readings, group work, and class activities, the course focuses on current social and political issues in educational technology, issues of effectiveness, and the process of leading change in educational institutions. Students analyze current practice and evolving issues with varied perspectives. Students lead a seminar on one of the course's controversial topics, and develop a plan for change in their own classrooms, schools, or communities.

ECOMP 5003 – Integrating Technology into the Mathematics Curriculum
This course explores how technology supported activities can make mathematics both engaging and understandable to students (and teachers). Using simulations, video, web based applets, spreadsheets, visual databases, and software programs, participants carry out mathematical investigations and connect them to standards based content goals through problem solving, reasoning, communications, and connections to the real world. We also consider how experiences supported by technology can help K-12 students make better sense of mathematics.

ECOMP 5004 – Integrating Technology into the Language Arts Curriculum
Course participants will experience a variety of hands-on activities designed to integrate technological applications to students' research, reading, writing, and publishing across content areas. This course surveys current research and best practice in teaching of language arts in combination with effective use of computers and other technology especially the resources available on the World Wide Web. Participants will preview, evaluate, and discuss applications of a variety of reading software and storybooks, presentation software, writing programs, editing and grammar tools, and desktop publishing packages.

ECOMP 5007 - 21st Century Teaching: Supporting All Learners on the Ability Spectrum
This hands-on course teaches the application of technologies to the special needs curriculum. Participants develop the knowledge and skills to support special needs learners with technologies: understanding the learning characteristics of special needs students; developing customized hypermedia; selecting and evaluating appropriate software; experimenting with and using software and adaptive technologies; discussing special needs research and national legislation; investigating the latest issues of using technology for special needs learners; and integrating technology into the curriculum.

ECOMP 6018 - Introduction to Educational Robotics
This course introduces the principles of robotics as a subject matter and as a concrete three-dimensional classroom tool to be used in many educational environments. Various types of robots are optimized to illustrate how these educational assistants can impact the learning environment and problem solving challenges for math, science, language arts, industrial arts, activities for disabled or special education students, and events for the gifted and talented. The course utilizes Macintosh computers, PC's using Windows, and all laptops to work with remote infrared programming which is linked to vision, sonar, tactile sensors, speech, pattern recognition, voice recognition, and problem solving challenges.

ECOMP 5022 - Technology and Social Studies
This course gives teachers a chance to explore a variety of ways that technology can be used to support and enhance the social studies curriculum such as developing student-centered projects, inquiry, communication and "virtual learning." Students in this course will investigate and evaluate existing standards-based social studies curriculum; build resources; use new tools; and create new curriculum materials for their own classrooms. They will learn and use the "transformative" power of technology in the social studies.

ECOMP 5107 - Evaluation of Educational Software
This course focuses on the assessment and selection of appropriate educational technology applications for use in instruction in a variety of school settings. The course includes an overview of evaluation techniques for software and other instructional technology resources. National and local standards for subject matter content, thinking processes, and technology, as well as pedagogical approach, will inform the evaluation process. Students will develop their own evaluation tools for their own contexts and uses.

ECOMP 6009 - Authoring with HTML - Weaving Worldwide Classroom Webs
This course focuses on web site design and development. Applying the basics of the HTML scripting language and digital imaging techniques, students will synthesize technology with pedagogy, integrating web sites into educational environments. The course emphasizes the student as author--one who designs, develops, and publishes web pages on the Internet-using appropriate instructional design techniques in a logical sequence. Issues of classroom management, student-centered web site development, and school-wide participation will be addressed.

ECOMP 6100 - Educational Uses of Systems Thinking, Models, and Simulations
This course is an introduction to 'Systems Thinking,' a prescribed way of thinking about, describing, and understanding real world phenomena and their relevance to education. System thinking is the art and science of examining real world complexity and understanding patterns in relationships. Through computer-based exploration and discussion, students will develop understanding about this framework and the use of models and simulations as thinking tools in educational settings.

ECOMP 7008 - Technology in Context: Examination, Inquiry, and Reflection on Practice
Using autobiographical teaching experiences, students will examine and write about their understandings, questions, and "private and public theories" that concern technology-supported practice in a self-selected content area. Students will analyze instructional situations, construct questions, design strategies to examine such questions with their K-12 students, reflect on inquires, and interpret and discuss results. This course demystifies a narrative form of research, enabling each participant to create an educative case study on technology-supported practice in his/her classroom.

ECOMP 7010 - Emerging Technologies
Educators experiment with leading edge technologies such as streaming audio and video, GIS, handheld devices, virtual reality environments, web based technologies, and applets to determine their usefulness in teaching, learning, integration into curricula, and matching technologies to students' learning styles. They build knowledge, expertise and experience in identifying the efficacy of future technologies in enhancing student learning and enabling students to learn new topics and ideas previously out of reach.

M.Ed. Technology in Education - Program Requirements