Careers in Education Technology.

Educational Technology Programmes around the world:

-Credit Dr. Sahana Murthy.

Ph.D. and Masters Programmes

• Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, Univ. of Georgia.
• Learning systems institute, Florida State University
• Educational Technology, University of Florida.
• Arizona State University
• Indiana University
• M.Sc. Education – e-learning. Oxford University.
• M.Sc. e-learning. University of Edinburgh
• Program in Learning, Design and Technology. Stanford Univ.

Educational Technology Programmes in India:

• PGD in Instructional Design, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Pune
• Masters in Educational Technology, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
• M.Tech and Ph.D., NIIT University, Neemrana
• Ph.D. IIT Kharagpur
• Ph.D. IIT Bombay

Educational Technology @ IIT Bombay:

• Started April 2010
• Ph.D. programme
• Faculty from:
  • CSE, Engineering, Humanities & Social Sciences , Management, Design, Education
• More than 13 Ph.D. students
• Several research projects

http://www.et.iitb.ac.in

ET research within IIT Bombay

The thrust areas of research with in IIT Bombay’s Inter-Disciplinary Program in Educational Technology fall into two major categories. One theme is the development of new technology tools, both hardware and software, that address educational problems. The other theme is related to the implementation, use and evaluation of these tools, strategies and processes. The interplay between pedagogy and technology is an important factor in ET research.

Some researchers are working on content development for e-learning, such as animation and simulation, or videos for distance learning. For example what should be the pedagogical guidelines behind designing an animation? Assessment and evaluation of e-learning content, technology tools developed and pedagogical strategies is an important field that our students and faculty are involved in.

The ET Inter-Disciplinary Program at IIT Bombay

As the name suggests to IDP in ET is truly interdisciplinary. Along with core faculty in educational technology, we have faculty members within several science and engineering disciplines, and from HSS, SOM and IDC

The ET IDP in IIT offers a PhD programme. Currently we have 13 Phd students enrolled in this programme, many of whom are college teachers, who use results of their research in their classrooms. This illustrates the interplay and integration between research and teaching inherent in this field.

PhD students do courses related to learning theories, instructional design, new technologies and research methods in education, as well as a dissertation.