Presentation for guests from Kabul University, 30 January 2013.

1. Educational Technology
master’s program in Tallinn
University
Hans Põldoja

2. Educational Technology MA
program in TLU
• 2 year (120 ECTS) master program
• Launched in 2010
• 36 active students
• 1 defended MA thesis

3. 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

4. Target group
• Open master’s program
• Working educational technologists
• Teachers and lecturers
• Trainers and training managers
• ...

5. Structure of the curriculum
General Subjects 8 ECTS
Master Thesis 30 ECTS
Free Electives 16 ECTS
Core Subjects 66 ECTS

6. Core Subjects
ICT development and
Learning design knowledge management Compulsory subjects
13 ECTS in organization 16 ECTS
18 ECTS
Master thesis seminar I
Principles of Learning Design Research Methods
3 ECTS
4 ECTS 4 ECTS
Master thesis seminar II
Learning Environments and 3 ECTS
Innovation Technologies
Learning Networks 3 ECTS
4 ECTS
Creating Digital Learning Electives 19 ECTS
Resources 3 ECTS Research Trends and
Evaluation in Educational Apprenticeship Practice in
Technology 4 ECTS Educational Technology
Councelling in Educational 10 ECTS
Technology 3 ECTS
Knowledge Management
3 ECTS
Learning Analytics
3 ECTS

7. Detailed curriculum

8. 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)
• ...

9. Organization of studies
• Lessons in every second weekend (8 times
in a semester)
• Independent work is supported with e-
learning

10. Experiences with various
learning environments
• EduFeedr
• Dippler
• LePress
• IVA
• Moodle

11. http://opikeskkonnad.wordpress.com

12. http://www.edufeedr.net

13. http://oppematerjalid.wordpress.com

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

16. Open educational practices
• Open learning environments
• Open learning resources
• Open learning goals
• Open online courses

17. 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

18. http://htmag.tlu.ee

19. Thank You!
• hans.poldoja@tlu.ee
• http://htmag.tlu.ee