Graduate Programs - Instructional Technology
“I had been considering going to Graduate School for several years, but as a busy single mom and small business owner as well as teaching full time did not leave much time for Graduate School. Then, a colleague told me about the Instructional Technology program at the University of Maine. To my delight, I discovered that many of the courses in this program are offered online. Since enrolling, I have been able take classes on my own schedule and timing without having to find childcare for my kids. Every course that I have taken has given me new skills which I have been able to use in my own classroom. I have found that my teaching has been re-energized as I use these new skills that I’m learning to richly integrate technology in my lessons. Since I have enrolled, my colleagues have noticed a difference in my teaching and have asked my about the Instructional Technology program. I highly recommend this program to them and would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about how to engage their students in new and exciting ways using technology.”
Judi Pratt
Music Educator, James F. Doughty School, Bangor, Maine
Designed: to meet the need for graduate-level training in effective, innovative use of current and emerging technology in Maine’s schools. The required coursework, research and clinical experiences are directed at producing highly marketable educational leaders who can build school capacity to continually assess and upgrade the technology available to teachers and students.
Purposes:
- Enhance learning in K-12 classrooms by integrating knowledge of learning and teaching with knowledge of educational technology, media and instructional methods
- Apply and evaluate applications of technology to specific instructional situations and develop materials and strategies needed to enhance learning
- Plan, implement and evaluate mediated instructional and educational technology delivery systems based on knowledge of research
- Evaluate existing instructional technology hardware and software resources in a school or school district and plan, implement and evaluate changes needed to heighten teaching and learning
- Evaluate the instructional technology knowledge and skill levels of teachers, administrators and other school staff and provide needed training and support.
Pre-requisites: A bachelor’s degree, education preferred.
Credits: 36
Thesis: Non-thesis (2 seminars)
Endorsement: After satisfactorily completing specified courses will receive 680 endorsement.
Scheduling: One course per semester in the spring and fall plus at least two summer courses. We have many online and distance education options as well as out reach opportunities. Face-to-face classes are held in the evenings.
Advising: University of Maine faculty member in Instructional Technology
Curriculum: We do not have a strict sequence of classes.
Instructional Technology Core (21 Credits):
- EDT 520, Methods of Teaching Computer Technology
- EDT 525, Telecommunications in K-12 Classrooms
- EDT 530, Hypermedia Tools in Education
- EDT 540, Principles of Instructional Design
- EDT 560, Applying Technology to Assessment in Education
- EDT 616, Seminar -Teaching with Technology
- EDG 657, Educational Practicum, Instructional Technology
Required:
- EDS 520 Educational Assessment
Instructional Electives (12 Credits):
Students may pursue individual interests and those suggested by their employment situations by selecting courses from the following list. The list is expected to change as technology evolves.
- EDT 527, Network &Troubleshooting Basics for Educators
- EDT 535, Multimedia Design for Teaching and Learning I
- EDT 550, Video Production and Integration
- EDT 555, Computers and Cooperative Learning
- Special Topic electives are sometimes offered
This graduate program is provided by the College of Education and Human Development of the University of Maine, Orono. The Masters Degree will be conferred by the University of Maine.
For additional information, contact:
Becky Libby
Graduate Programs and Records
College of Education and Human Development
University of Maine
5766 Shibles Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5766
Telephone: 207-581-2444
Application: Submit an application to the Graduate School. Application is online at http://www2.umaine.edu/graduate
