Educational Technology master’s program in Tallinn

University

Hans Põldoja

Educational Technology MA program in TLU

• 2 year (120 ECTS) master program

• Launched in 2010

• 36 active students

• 1 defended MA thesis

Reasons for opening the MA program

• Multimedia and Learning Systems MA curriculum 2001...2009

• IFI’s increasing research capacity in educational technology

• Increasing need for educational technologists

Target group

• Open master’s program

• Working educational technologists

• Teachers and lecturers

• Trainers and training managers

• ...

Structure of the curriculumGeneral Subjects 8 ECTS

Free Electives 16 ECTSMaster Thesis 30 ECTS

Core Subjects 66 ECTS

Core Subjects

Learning Environments and Learning Networks 3 ECTS

Principles of Learning Design4 ECTS

Councelling in Educational Technology 3 ECTS

Creating Digital Learning Resources 3 ECTS

Research Methods4 ECTS

Innovation Technologies4 ECTS

Research Trends and Evaluation in Educational

Technology 4 ECTS

Knowledge Management3 ECTS

Learning Analytics3 ECTS

Master thesis seminar I3 ECTS

Master thesis seminar II3 ECTS

Apprenticeship Practice in Educational Technology

10 ECTS

Electives 19 ECTS

Learning design13 ECTS

ICT development and knowledge management

in organization18 ECTS

Compulsory subjects16 ECTS

Detailed curriculum

Electives

• Digital Media Production (3 ECTS)

• Multimedia Development (5 ECTS)

• Educational Technology Infrastructure Seminar (3 ECTS)

• Learning Management Systems (3 ECTS)

• Project Management (6 ECTS)

• Legal Issues Related to IT-Development (4 ECTS)

• ...

Organization of studies

• Lessons in every second weekend (8 times in a semester)

• Independent work is supported with e-learning

Experiences with various learning environments

• EduFeedr

• Dippler

• LePress

• IVA

• Moodle

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http://www.edufeedr.net

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http://htk.tlu.ee/dippler/

Open educational practices

• Open learning environments

• Open learning resources

• Open learning goals

• Open online courses

Topic areas of MA thesis

• Digital learning resources in environmental education

• Educational technology competencies

• Cross-subject learning scenarios

• Internet safety

• Course development

• E-learning in vocational education

• E-learning content development

• Communities of practice

• E-portfolios

http://htmag.tlu.ee

Thank You!

• hans.poldoja@tlu.ee

• http://htmag.tlu.ee