Description

A highly qualified professional master’s degree that will allow you to learn how to use and implement the new tools that the digital world brings to quality teaching"

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This professional master’s degree offers a practical and complete vision of the application of technology in education, from the most basic tools to the development of digital teaching skills. A step forward from the mainly theoretical programs, which do not address the use of technology in the educational environment. The approach provides a far deeper understanding of how technology works at the different educational levels, so that the professional, depending on his or her interests, can have various options for its application in the workplace. 

This professional master’s degree addresses the training required to specialize in educational technology and the digital skills needed to enter the world of teaching, all offered from a very practical perspective 

In this way, the student will learn, based on professional experience, an approach centered on pedagogy based on evidence. This way of working makes the student's training more efficient and accurate. The student gets the opportunity to expand his knowledge and teaching skills from a professional point of view, being able to apply what he has learned from the very first moment. 

In the programming of this professional master’s degree, we rely on the most efficient learning systems, offering you highly effective systems. An intensive assignment that is, however, perfectly compatible with other work or personal occupations. To this end, we have developed a contextual and collaborative learning approach that focuses on the teacher's competence, allowing them to efficiently apply what they have learned to their own reality. All this at a distance, adapting the learning process to the student's rhythm and their own needs in terms of time and evolution. 

The different modules are taught in independent sessions, following an eminently practical approach, with the necessary theoretical support for each. All TECH Master teachers have extensive experience working with people of all educational levels and from diverse socio-familial and educational contexts. 

This content will become, for the professional, an extraordinary training that will make his or her resume much more competitive, with a view to his or her professional growth and increased value in the current labor market.

A professional master’s degree created to be versatile and flexible, allowing you to combine your personal or professional life with the best online training”

This professional master’s degree in Educational Technology and Digital Competencies contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the specialization are:

  • The development of more than 75 case studies presented by experts in educational technology and digital competencies
  • The graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents with which they are presented, provide scientific and practical information on those areas that are essential for professional practice
  • Up-to-date scientific and practical information
  • New developments on the detection and intervention in students with guidance needs
  • Practical self-assessment exercises to improve learning
  • Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
  • Evidence-based methodologies
  • Theoretical sessions, questions to the expert, discussion forums and individual reflection works
  • Content available from any fixed or portable device with Internet connection

Make the most of the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Educational Technology and Digital Competencies" 

It includes in its teaching staff professionals belonging to the field of Educational Technology and Digital Competencies, who bring to this training the experience gained from their work, as well as recognized specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations. 

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the teacher must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the academic program. For this purpose, the teacher will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by recognized experts in the field of Educational Technology and Digital Competencies, with extensive teaching experience. 

With a didactic approach based on the resolution of real situations, you will be trained quickly and efficiently, being able to apply each piece of learning in your work immediately"

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Work in the vanguard of this field with a professional master’s degree that is competitive in terms of both quality and prestige. A unique opportunity to stand out as a professional"

Objectives

The professional master’s degree in Educational Technology and Digital Competencies will allow you to acquire the essential knowledge in this field to be able to apply this valuable activity in your classroom. An intensive and efficient training that will take you one step closer to excellence.

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This professional master’s degree will open up new avenues for your professional and personal development, and will enable your students to benefit from new teaching techniques and approaches”

General Objectives

  • Introduce students to the world of teaching, from a global perspective in order to prepare them for their future employment 
  • Know the new tools and technologies applied to teaching 
  • Explore digital competencies in depth 
  • Show the different options and ways the teacher can work in his or her post
  • Promote the acquisition of communication and knowledge transmission skills and abilities
  • Encourage continuous training of students and an interest in teaching innovation

Specific Objectives

Module 1. The Definition of Learning 

  • Differentiate between formal and informal learning
  • Distinguish between implicit learning and non-formal learning 
  • Define the new perspectives in teaching, training and labor within the digital framework

Module 2. The Psychological Processes Involved in Learning 

  • Describe the processes of memory and attention in learning
  • Discover Nomophobia
  • Discover the cyberbully profile
  • Learn about the consequences of cyberbullying 

Module 3. Types of Learning 

  • Define the principles of the Flipped Classroom
  • Describe the importance of the new role of the teacher in the classroom
  • Explain the role of students and families within the Flipped Classroommodel
  • Discover the benefits of the Flipped Classroom with the diversities of the classroom
  • Identify the differences between traditional teaching and the Flipped Classroom
  • Test the link between the flipped classroom model and Bloom's taxonomy

Module 4. Context in Learning 

  • Determine the differences between active and passive learning 
  • Understand the role of the traditional school in learning
  • Explain the characteristics of the 4.0 School

Module 5. Teachers' Technological Skills 

  • Explain the use of technology in recreation among students
  • Identify the use of educational technology by students
  • Distinguish between Digital Immigrant vs Digital Native
  • Identify technological difficulties in adults 
  • Distinguish between mobile and wifi networks
  • Classify mobile devices: tablets and smartphones
  • Discover the spread of the use of tablets in the classroom
  • Learn about the electronic whiteboard
  • Understand the management of the computerized student body
  • Explain online classes and tutoring

Module 6. Students' Technological Skills 

  • Establish the defining characteristics of educational technology
  • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of educational technology
  • Identify F.O.M.O
  • Understand technology dependence
  • Set Sleep Texting

Module 7. Traditional Teaching with Educational Technology 

  • Classify the defining characteristics of e-learning
  • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning over traditional teaching
  • Differentiate between digital immigrant and digital native
  • Describe the new trends in digital communication

Module 8. Distance Learning 

  • Discern the defining characteristics of distance learning
  • Discover the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning over traditional education 
  • Learn about the new illnesses associated with technologies
  • Introduction to technology assessment tools of technological implementation
  • Identify the costs and benefits of technological implementation

Module 9. Blended Learning 

  • Explain the defining characteristics of Blended Learning
  • Define the advantages and disadvantages of Blended Learning over traditional teaching
  • Explain the importance of digital competencies in teachers
  • Value the importance of virtual learning environments as channels of instruction inside and outside the classroom

Module 10. E-learning 

  • Define the uses that Social Networks provide to teachers.Explain how to manage a communication crisis in Social Networks
  • Explain the evolution of Facebook, how to create and manage a profile, how to use Facebook as a search engine and its use as a teaching tool
  • Recognize all critical factors specific to the Apple environment in the development of our implementation model 
  • Identify and estimate the pedagogical possibilities of Apple's proprietary Apps for the management, creation of content and evaluation
  • Know the main Apps to develop a flipped classroom and gamification strategies, as well as to value these emerging methodologies as learning motivators
  • Explain the evolution of Twitter, how to create and manage a profile, how to use Twitter as a search engine and its use as a teaching tool
  • Explain the evolution of LinkedIn, how to create and manage a profile, how to use LinkedIn as a search engine and its use as a teaching tool
  • Explain the evolution of YouTube, how to create and manage a profile, how to use YouTube as a search engine and its use as a teaching tool 
  • Explain the evolution of Instagram, how to create and manage a profile, how to use Instagram as a search engine and its use as a teaching tool
  • List the different digital formats for the creation of content in the different social networks
  • Describe the different tricks that will help students to be more effective in social networks
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A unique specialization program that will allow you to acquire advanced training in this field" 

Professional Master's Degree in Educational Technology and Digital Skills

A single click is enough to open a whole sea of knowledge. In the past, voluminous encyclopedias were required to learn about a subject, today the quick help of Google is enough. In the past, tutorials required the teacher in charge to go to the student's home; today we have tools such as Zoom or Outlook to interact remotely. Teaching must always be at the forefront of social progress. For this reason, TECH Technological University presents the Professional Master's Degree in Educational Technology and Digital Competences: a thorough look from the teaching point of view to the tools and innovations offered by software and online. This proposal is intended to provide the program graduate with powerful skills in the pedagogical field, not only in a context of job growth, but also for the advantages it implies for classroom training. Since the postgraduate program is 100% online, the applicant will be able to experience first-hand the benefits of new communication technologies and our online learning that leads the world market of higher education.

Educational technology: the graduate degree you should study

Innovation is everything. It applies to both the business and education sectors. Let's look at a practical example: during the quarantine imposed in early 2020 due to the devastating spread of the coronavirus, companies and academic institutions had to reinvent themselves by using digital media to stay afloat in the midst of the wreckage. In New York, for example, a school called New Rochelle produced an online musical whose success surpassed expectations and was even promoted by Apple. Innovation through technology transcends borders and with our Professional Master's Degree you will be able to make the most of it. The content is not only taught by a remarkable staff of experts using high quality multimedia material, but it is self-regulating in its schedule and pace. Here you will delve into topics such as social networks, Apps, branding, augmented reality, video games, etc. If you are looking for an alternative to excel professionally, join the largest Faculty of Online Education in the world.