A Case Study of Three Educational Technology Graduate Programs and Their Responses to Technological Change

• In Event: 72.066 - Poster Session 16
  In Poster Session: 72.066-3 - Instructional Technology SIG Poster Session

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand the evolution of educational technology (ET) graduate programs. The advances and changes in computer technology raise questions about the levels of knowledge and skill required for future ET practitioners as well as where those skills should be acquired. ET Graduate programs are challenged with staying current in the new trends and technologies, designing curriculum to accommodate the broadness of the field, while working within the constraints and structures their institutions. The focus of ET programs is on using technology to enhance learning; in this study the concern is how students learn about technology to help others learn with technology to become leaders in the field and contribute to the greater ET community.

Author

• Kristen Alicia Sosulski, New York University