This program was designed to facilitate the educational use of information technology in a wide variety of settings. The program will be of interest to educators at all levels, including K-12 teachers, school administrators, those in the post-secondary system, business and industry, as well as those in most other adult learning situations. While the co-operatively-offered degree may be awarded at convocation at either CBU or MUN, the degree is conferred by MUN.
Admission Requirements for Master of Education (Information Technology)
Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the requirements in the general degree regulations, Faculty of Education, MUN, candidates must have successfully completed one of: a diploma or certificate in information technology from an accredited institution; CBU EDUC5132; MUN E2751 and MUN E3751; or equivalent, as determined by the program steering committee.
Program Requirements for Master of Education (Information Technology)
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
1. All candidates for the Master of Education (Information Technology) must complete MUN E6100 Research Designs and Methods in Education (3 credits).
2. Candidates on the thesis route must complete three credits from:
MUN E – 6610 Research on Computers in the Curriculum (3 credits)
MUN E – 6615 Educational Software Prototyping and Evaluation (3 credits)
MUN E – 6620 Issues and Trends in Educational Computing (3 credits)
Nine credits selected from the core elective CBU courses approved for this program:
CBU EDUC5101 Assessment of Software and Information Technology Applications for Education (3 credits)
CBU EDUC5103 Integration of Instruction Design and Information Technology (3 credits)
CBU EDUC5104 Applications of Learning Theory in Educational Multimedia Design (3 credits)
CBU EDUC5105 Designing Web-based Learning (3 credits)
CBU EDUC5106 Technology Planning for Education Environments (3 credits)
CBU EDUC5107 Information Management for Education Environments (3 credits)
Three credits from E6426, E6802, E6822, E6823 or from other MUN, Faculty of Education graduate course offerings as deemed appropriate for each candidate’s program and approved by the program steering committee.
3. Candidates on the comprehensive course route must complete:
- 6 credits selected from E6610, E6615, E6620 listed in (ii) above;
- 12 credits selected from CBU EDUC5101, EDUC5103, EDUC5104, EDUC5105, EDUC5106, EDUC5107, listed in (2) above
- E6590 Research and Development Seminar in Information Technology in Education (3 credits);
- 3 credits from E6426, E6802, E6822, E6823 or from other MUN, Faculty of Education graduate course offerings as deemed appropriate for each candidate’s program and approved by the program steering committee;
- Additional credits appropriate to a candidate’s program and approved by the program steering committee, to be chosen from graduate course offerings at MUN, CBU, or any other university to complete the required 30 credits for the comprehensive course route.
4. Normally, candidates will be permitted to register for E6590 only after all other course requirements have been met.
5. Candidates who have successfully completed the CBU graduate-level Certificate in Education (Technology) will be given advanced standing credit for the nine CBU EDUC course credit requirements for the thesis route or 12 CBU EDUC course credit requirements for the comprehensive course route in this program.
6. Candidates who have successfully completed the former CBU EDUC534 and/or EDUC543 with at least a CBU grade of B (70%) toward the CBU graduate-level Certificate in Education (Technology) prior to September 2000, will receive up to 12 advanced standing credits appropriate to their degree option (EDUC534 will be considered equivalent to EDUC5101 and EDUC5103 and EDUC543 (equivalent to EDUC5104 and EDUC5105).
7. Thesis route candidates will be subject to regulation J of the School of Graduate Studies, MUN, supervised by a faculty member at MUN and where feasible, co-supervised by a CBU faculty member.
