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Educational Technology, MS
Teach in the 21st Century!
The entirely online MS in Educational Technology is designed to help you integrate technology into your teaching. It will help you with differentiated instruction, and you’ll engage and motivate your students and assist your students in obtaining higher-level learning. The MS degree builds upon your prior educational coursework and supports your growth as an educator, allowing you to:
- Stay current with the fast pace of changing educational technology
- Improve your teaching, whether it be a k-20 classroom, library, or in the military or corporate training
- Become a leader in your school and be prepared to take on roles such as a technology coordinator or instructional coach
Using Technology to Learn
Entirely Online
Complete your degree from any location. Whether you live in Warrensburg, in Missouri, another state, or even another country, all of the program requirements can be completed from wherever you have an internet connection.
Student Learning Outcomes
As a graduate with a Master of Science in Educational Technology degree, you will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:
- Inspire and participate in the development and implementation of a shared vision for the comprehensive integration of technology to promote excellence and support transformational change throughout the instructional environment
- Assist teachers in using technology effectively for assessing student learning, differentiating instruction, and providing rigorous, relevant, and engaging learning experiences for all students
- Create and support effective digital-age learning environments to maximize the learning of all students
- Conduct needs assessments, develop technology-related professional learning programs, and evaluate the impact on instructional practice and student learning
- Model and promote digital citizenship
- Demonstrate professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions in content, pedagogical,
and technological areas as well as adult learning and leadership and are continuously
deepening their knowledge and expertise
Entrance Requirements
Acceptance into the program requires an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution and one of the following: a 2.75 or higher cumulative undergraduate GPA or a GPA of 3.0 on the last 60 undergraduate hours.
Course Sequencing
Program Requirements
We believe that hands-on experience is ideal. At the end of the program, you will complete an internship at your own school or another location of your choice. This gives you the opportunity to tie together everything you learned throughout your courses with local experts and real life scenarios.
Throughout the program you’ll also collect assignments and activities that you’ll showcase in an online portfolio. By the time you graduate, you will have an end product that you can share with others as well as a way to make connections between accreditation standards and what you have learned.
Accreditations
UCM is the longest continuously CAEP accredited public institution in Missouri
Designated as one of the 50 Best Master’s in Educational Technology Degrees for 2017
