AECT
   

University of Massachusetts: Amherst

Educational technology

http://www.umass.edu

University of Massachusetts: Amherst 
Room 110 Furcolo Building 
Amherst, MA 01003 
Phone: 413-545-0945 
Fax: 413-545-2879 
Program Administrator: Robert W. Maloy 
                           rwm@educ.umass.edu 
 
admittance 
http://www.umass.edu/gradschool 
PREREQUISITES: MASTER'S PROGRAM DURATION:
Higher Education   Yes  Number of required Semesters  4
If yes, number of years or degree required   BA required   Number of weeks long   14
Teaching Certificate   No  Comprehensive Exam Required?   No
Other requirement     Thesis Required?   No
ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSFERS   Yes  Continuous Enrollment Required?   No
  Other Requirements    Steady progress towards completion of degree
OTHER PROGRAMS in educational technology
or instructional development fields:
Does program culminate in a degree in the field of educational communications and technology?    Yes
Certificate Program available?  No  Name of the degree    Masters of Education
Specialist Program available?  No  Is this program part of another degree, certificate, or diploma?   No
Undergraduate Program available?  Yes (Click for more information) If yes, name of the degree, certificate, or diploma   
Doctorate Program available?  EdD (Click for more information)  
Program Content  
http://www.umass.edu/education/departments/main_tecs.htm 
 Number of courses/credits required in Educational Communications and Technology : 33  Areas of Emphasis within the curriculum
Number of other courses/credits required in education : 21 
 AREA
 
 ONLINE
 
 CREDIT HRS or
 
 COURSES
 
Number of courses/credits required outside of education : <12 
  Media Management  No  opt   
  Instructional Development  No  opt   
  Learning Theory  No  opt   
  Instructional Design  No  opt   
  Information Systems  No  opt   
  Educational Change  Yes  opt   
resources 
Distance Education or online coursework are used as part of this program: No
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES available to the student PRODUCTION FACILITIES available to the faculty
Online Library Resources   Yes  Video Production   Yes
Conferencing with Faculty   Yes  Audio Production   Yes
Student Online Study Groups   No   
Online Audio Conferencing  No   
curriculum evaluation
Curriculum Evaluation for this degree program includes the use of:    
Student scores on written exams   No 
Review by department committee(s)   Yes 
Review by committee, whose members include faculty and/or staff outside the department  No 
Anonymous student surveys   Yes 
Other evaluations    
NCATE Accreditation   Yes 
Other Accreditation    
faculty   
Name
 
 Degree/Granting Institution
 Rank
 
 Status
 
 Specialty
 
R.W. Maloy  EdD/Boston Univ.  Lecturer  FT  Tech.& change 
L. Branon  MEd/Boston Univ.  Lecturer  FT  Film 
M.S. Shih  PhD/Univ.Northern Colorado  Adj Prof  PT  Web design 
B.P. Woolf  PhD/Univ. Massachusetts  Prof.  FT  Multimedia 
L.S. Mestre  EdD/Univ. Massachusetts  Adj. Prof.  PT  Information research