Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Education

Department of Educational Specialties

Educational Technology, Master of Education


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Available Emphasis Areas:

We designed this plan for graduates who are educators and would like to become educational technology leaders within their school, district, or other professional setting. Our goals are to help you develop expertise and skill integrating educational technologies within any learning environment: from pre-kindergarten to college and from in-person courses to distant-learning ones.

Candidates in this program of study move from educational technology facilitators to educational technology leaders. To successfully complete this master program of study, candidates must demonstrate their understandings of content, pedagogy, and professional knowledge and skills through their performance on key assessments-which are embedded in all ETC courses and presented within the Capstone Portfolio.  

This program is nationally recognized by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

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College of Education

Department of Educational Specialties

Educational Technology, Master of Education


Careers

What Can I Do with a Master of Education in Educational Technology?

Globalization demands new skills from PK-20 teachers; critical thinking, problem solving, communication, creativity, and innovation are skills that the US citizenry need to acquire to be able to compete in the global market. Come and acquire, update, and hone these skills to improve your marketability as a Technology Director.

Through the Educational Technology program, you will be equipped to plan and design online and in-person instruction, organize, teach, and direct effective uses of technology in educational settings, being these in-person or online. Based on the standards for Administrators Technology Director (NETS-D) set by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), you will learn concepts, skills, and attitudes for applying technology on the job.

With further education, one of these paths is possible:
  • School/District technology coordinator
  • Educational technology consultant
  • Military/Corporate professional developer
  • Community college instructor

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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Education

Department of Educational Specialties

Educational Technology, Master of Education


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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Education

Department of Educational Specialties

Educational Technology, Master of Education


Overview

In addition to University Requirements:

Minimum Units for Completion 30
Additional Admission Requirements

Individual program admission requirements over and above admission to NAU are required.

Emphasis Required

An emphasis is required for this degree.

Some online/blended coursework Required
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Purpose Statement

The Master of Education in Education Technology provides graduate students with expertise in the use of technology tools to conduct and enhance any instructional setting. All students entering the program take core courses in curriculum, educational research, and education technology. These courses provide the foundation for students to continue on to complete terminal degrees, such a doctoral degree, or to reintegrate into the workforce in very different positions, ranging for instructional design to online instructor.

The Master of Education in Educational Technology allows students to select one of three emphases: K-12 Teacher, which is suited for schoolteachers who want to advance their technology and leadership skills to be technology administrators, technology coaches, or technology leaders in their school and district. The second emphasis, Adult Learning and Training, prepares graduate students to use technology in an efficient and effective way to instruct adult students. Teaching adults is a burgeoning field with many different job possibilities, such as corporate trainer, post-secondary education instructor, professional developer for publishing houses, etc. The third emphasis, Assistive Technologies, immerses the student in the different uses of technology to assist individual with disabilities at any age and level.

The Master of Education in Educational Technology is an online program delivered in an asynchronous way, but students should expect to have synchronous meetings with team members and, infrequently, with instructors. Because this is a graduate program, our students are busy and engaged adults that exercise self-regulation skills to complete tasks assigned in the program. This program does not require the GRE as an entrance requisite, and it does not require a thesis project to graduate from the program.

Student Learning Outcomes

Outcomes align with Standards from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC).

For learning outcomes, see the International Society for Technology Education Standards for Education Leaders


K-12 Teacher Emphasis
For student learning outcomes for this emphasis, see the International Society for Technology Education Standards for Education Leaders
Adult Learning & Training Emphasis
Assistive Technology Emphasis

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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Education

Department of Educational Specialties

Educational Technology, Master of Education


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College of Education

Department of Educational Specialties

Educational Technology, Master of Education


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