Doctoral Programs for Education Technology
With so many technological advances in education, specializing in educational technology allows you to reach a wider range of learners as well as integrate technology into your current curriculum so that those that are not as tech savvy as others can gain some experience.
- Distance learning: This is the most common type of educational technology that many people are using today. By taking doctoral courses in a program such as this, you are able to learn how to best teach online as well other areas that you can help improve a person's technological education experience.
- Instructional leadership: These courses are designed to teach someone all the basic skills and principals they need for teaching online. This is a lot different than teaching in a classroom where you can meet all your students and offer help when needed. Key topics in a class like this would include emailing, memos and online coursework.
- Current media: This type of course is designed to teach you all about the types of technology that can be incorporated into lessons. You will learn things such as best Internet research techniques, as well as PowerPoint, website building and other course design.
- Social impacts: There is a huge social impact of attending school online and integrating technology into the everyday education. Many people do not take lightly to learning online or with technology at all because it takes away from several other aspects of education such as writing skills, socialization skills and some may even argue hand/eye coordination.