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aculty of Education - New Graduate Program
Master of Educational Technology

Present Calendar Entry: N/A

Proposed Calendar Location: 2001/02 Calendar, page 220, in the "Education" entry in column 3, between the entries for "Master of Arts in Education and the Master of Education" and "Off-Campus Graduate Work"

Proposed Calendar Entry:

The Master of Educational Technology (MET) is a Faculty of Education joint degree program offered online in partnership with Tec de Monterrey, a Mexican University that specializes in online education. It provides students with an opportunity to participate with a culturally diverse student population.

The MET degree supports a professional development, course-based program (non-thesis) consisting of a minimum of 30 credits of course work with at least 12 credits of core course work and 18 credits of electives. Fees are on a per course basis. Students are required to meet the general requirements for admission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies at UBC. Technology Based Distributed Learning (TBDL) Certificate program students at UBC may be eligible to request transfer credits.

Rationale:

The Master of Educational Technology degree is a new designation that is distinct from the MA and MEd degrees currently offered by the Faculty of Education. A new degree will afford the Faculty several opportunities: a) our partner institution, Tec de Monterrey, already has a Master of Educational Technology degree: by creating a MET degree at UBC we can partner with them under the same degree title, b) the MET degree is a recognized degree found at many universities and as such has currency in our profession (giving us a stronger marketing profile), and c) by creating a new degree that is dedicated to a totally online course-based program in educational technology, we can easily set this program apart from our current MEd and MA programs that address educational technology through mixed methods and thesis/project based requirements. Partnering between UBC and Tec de Monterrey also means a new program with its own fee structure and course delivery. It seems prudent to ensure that no confusion arises.

Train the students to use resources
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Make a virtue out of using appropriate
technologies. Enhance learning by understanding the
strengths and weaknesses of each system.