I am planning to pursue a course(masters degree) in education technology and I started finding courses in this area. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a resource where I could find all good courses in ICT / Edtech  except Tony Bates blog which outlines some very high quality online course in this area.

This is a work in progress so I will try to add more universities with time. If you know about a good ICT /edtech/ elearning masters course , please leave a comment.

Key Assumptions/ Findings

1.    Online programmes are as good(and intensive) as classroom programmes. As one of the professors said,” The medium is the message”. But, see whether it works in your country or not. For example, its very difficult to persuade decision making people/potential recruiters in my country to consider an online degree at par with classroom programme. These courses require as much effort and work as traditional on campus programme but they are flexible enough and you can stretch upto 3-5 years to fit in your work life balance. I have listed some online programmes.

2.    Most full time programmes are available in part time/ distance learning mode. If you like courses of full time programme and don’t have time, don’t forget to explore its part time opportunities through email or the course website.

3.    I was more inclined to find courses running in prestigious universities based on their ranking in various country specific or international rankings(Times ranking). I later realised this is wrong assumption as some ICT courses running in some very well known university  are not as good as very high quality ICT courses running in some small unknown universities(to the international students). For UK, I considered RAE 2008 score in “education” but I will not take decision solely based on RAE with discussions and discrepancy reported of the RAE process by British Media.

4.    I personally looked at the history of the programme, when it started, how many students already passed out (most programmes had facebook groups). It gives me an idea of  maturity of course. And, surprisingly, old programmes are more contextual and cutting edge while new courses had modules that I couldn’t find much value for today’s educators.

5.  I focussed my research on courses running in UK, US  and Australia. But I also looked at courses running  in Asia.  I couldnt do my research for elearning courses running in Europe. There must be some fantastic ICT in education courses running in europe with english as language of instruction.

6.  Some good masters courses in US don’t require GRE score.

7.  Contrary to popular belief, you don’t require a bachelor degree in education for doing masters in education technology ( except few universities).

List Of Courses(in no particular order)

1.  College : Institute of Education, University Of london

Country : UK

Course Name :  MA (ICT) in Education

Mode  : Full Time/ Distance Learning

URL : http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=882&882_1=813&var1=5&var2=ICT

Personal Notes :Very Reputed college. The ICT course runs in their dedicated research centre LKL, some great people working there.

2.   College :Teacher’s College, Columbia

Country : US

Course Name :  They have range of courses running under CCTE inluding MA in Instructional Technologoy and media.

Mode  : Full Time/ Distance Learning

URL : http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/mst/CCTE/index.asp?Id=CCTE+Home&Info=CCTE+Home

Personal Notes :Its a prestigious college for educational studies but expensive and in New York.

dcinc66(through twitter) told me that he is enrolled in an online MA (computing in education) program running at Teacher’s College.

http://online.tc.columbia.edu/oice/index.php

3.  College : University Of Oxford

country : UK

Course Name : MSc Education (e-Learning)

URL : http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/courses/masters/eLearnmast/index.php

Personal Notes : Its Oxford.

4. College : University Of HongKong

country : Hong Kong

Course Name : Masters of Science in Information Technology in Education ( MSc (ITE) )

URL : http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/mite/

Personal Notes : Very Good courses. They have various strands to help you opt for whole range of elective courses based on your profession.  One of my favorite course.

5. College : University of Bristol

Country : UK

Course Name : MSc in Education, Technology and Society

URL : http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/postgraduate/2009/prog_details/SSLF/374

Personal Notes : Good school of Education. But, looking at the content, I felt the course is designed as a step towards higher research degree. Its all my assumption.

6. College : University Of Birmingham

Country : UK

Course Name : IT in Education MEd/MA/Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate

URL :  http://www.postgraduate.bham.ac.uk/prog2009/cpd/education/it-education.shtml

7. College : Univerisity of Manchester

Country : UK

Course Name : Digital Technologies, Communication and Education MA

URL : http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taughtdegrees/courses/bysubject/course/?code=06954

Personal Notes : I found the program interesting. A high credit module on educational video production. Takes you to the history and talks about social and economic aspect of technology in education.

8.  College : University of Edinburgh

Country : UK

Course Name : MSc in E-learning

URL : http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/

Personal Notes : Very innovative online course. reputed university. But expensive if compared to similar courses in US.

9.  College : Kings College, London

Country : UK

Course Name : ICT Education MA

URL : http://www.kcl.ac.uk/gsp09/programme/282

Personal Notes : Very reputed college. But, if I have funds to study in London, I will give preference to Institute of Education (see number 1 in this list).

10. College : Boise State

Country : US

Course Name : Masters of Education Technology / MS in Education Technology

URL : http://edtech.boisestate.edu/

Personal Notes : I would put this in top 3 courses in edtech in the world. Amazing course module. A Big staff of well known people in edtech research.  Very affordable course. and Purely online. You dont need GRE.

11. College : San Diego State University

Country : US

Course Name : MA and range of short term courses

URL : http://edtec.sdsu.edu/

Personal Notes : You can’t go wrong if you opt for this course. People in industry know about this course. Again some very good course modules. Both oncampus and online.

12.  College : University of Michigan

Country : US

Course Name : Technology in Education – Global programme

URL : http://globalprogram.umflint.edu/

Personal Notes : 13 months online program with 3 weeks of geneva residencies – opportunity to work with a long list of partners associated with United Nations and NGOs . Truly a Global programme. Very reputed university. Course  also focusses on programming with ruby on rails, javascript, AJAX etc.(I am not sure whether its good or bad). But very impressive portfolio and work. And very expensive.

13. College : University of Sydney

Country : Australia

Course Name : Master of Learning Science and Technology

URL : http://www.edsw.usyd.edu.au/future_students/postgraduate/MLST/

Personal Notes : This prestigious university has a dedicated research centre (COCO). Course is blended with some sessions happening face to face in sydney.  Course offered in two strands – Professional and Research – Based on what you  want to pursue after the course.

14. College : University of Melbourne

Country : Australia

Course Name :Master of Information Technology in Education

URL : https://app.portal.unimelb.edu.au/CSCApplication/view/2009/327-BW

Personal Notes : Please see if you are eligible for the course as they have some tight expectations.

15. College : University of Western  Australia

Country : Australia

Course Name : Master of Educational Management

URL : http://www.education.uwa.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/medman

Personal Notes : Not Exactly an edtech programme. But a popular programme in the region. And you can pick some interesting courses in educational technology from a long list of courses offered.

16.  College : Monash University

Country : Australia

Course Name : Master of Education (ICT in education)

URL : http://www.education.monash.edu.au/courses/coursemaps/2500-icte.html

Personal Notes : As this is a MEd course , please check if you are eligible for it if you dont have bachelor degree in education.

17.  college : University of British Columbia

Country : Canada

URL : http://met.ubc.ca/

Personal Notes : Again a very reputed university with an online course that attracts students from various countries.

18.   College : University of Nottingham

Country : UK

URL : http://pgstudy.nottingham.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/ict-in-education-ma/facilities_785.aspx

Personal Notes : The university is running a dedicated Learning Sciences Research Institute which focuses on research areas in learning and technology.

19. College : Hull University

Country : UK

URL : http://www.hull.ac.uk/CES/courses/post-graduate/taught/medelearning/index.html

20.  College : National Institute Of Education , Singapore

Country : Singapore

Course : MEd ( Learning Sciences and Technology)

URL : http://www.nie.edu.sg/nieweb/programmes/loading.do?id=Graduate&cid=10682369&ppid=11763731

Personal Notes : One of the excellent centres for educational studies in Asia. But, prefer students with prior teaching qualification and experience.

21.  College : University Of Napier

Country : UK

Course :  MSc – Elearning Design and Development

URL :  http://www.courses.napier.ac.uk/W56703.htm?Nav=2

22.   College : Dakota State University

Country : US

Course : Master of Science in Educational Technology

URL :  http://www.dsu.edu/mset/mset-program-delivery.aspx

23.    College : College Of Education , Purdue University

Country : US

Course : MS in Educational Technology

URL :   http://www.edci.purdue.edu/et/ms.html

Notes : Good university. with good college of education. Requires GRE.

24.   College : University of Bolton

Country : UK

Course :    Masters in learning with technology

URL :    http://inquirylearning.wordpress.com/concats/

Personal Notes : This university is running an amazing research centre in educational cybernetics and this program is a purely online offering.

25.  College :  University of Leeds

Country : UK

Course : MA ICT and Education

URL : http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/prospective/programme.php?programme=13

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