Educational Technology (EDTC) Master's Program
Open to educators and non-educators alike, the M.Ed. in Educational Technology (EDTC) program provides a theoretical and practical grounding in educational technology methods and techniques that align the use of educational technology with the principles of how people learn. Electives provide practical experience with emerging technologies, mobile web design, eLearning, social media, assistive technology, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and e-book authoring and publishing. Career trajectories for graduates include eLearning Developer, Instructional Designer, Curriculum Development Specialist, Instructional Technologist, Training and Development Specialist, and Technology Coach.
To demonstrate mastery of the program’s goals, degree candidates complete seven performances, including an instructional design, a technology plan, and an action research project. Depending on the candidate’s career path, these performances are evaluated by rubrics developed according to standards of the International Society for Transforming Education (ISTE) or the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Candidates who hold a basic teaching license follow the ISTE standards, while candidates from higher education, government and industry are assessed via rubrics based on the five AECT standards.
This program is offered in-person or online. The School of Education online education programs are ranked among the top 30 programs nationally by US News & World Report.
Background
In 1998, the University of Delaware created an educational technology specialization within the Master of Education program in Curriculum and Instruction. Since its inception, the educational technology specialization has been a popular program that is growing in importance as all levels of education, especially K-12 schools, work to integrate technology across the curriculum.
In 2005, the University of Delaware elevated the educational technology specialization to the status of an M.Ed. concentration, not only to recognize the increasingly strategic importance of this field in our society, but also to respond to the students’ most frequent request related to this program, which is to have the title “Educational Technology” appear on their transcripts as evidence that the candidates completed a degree program in educational technology.
In 2015, the Faculty Senate approved a program revision that aligns the EDTC program with new educational technology standards issued by both ISTE and AECT.
National Educational Technology Standards
Both the ISTE and AECT standards are informed by a knowledge base of books and articles from the scholarly literature on educational technology. This theoretical grounding in scholarship fits the School of Education’s view of its faculty and students as reflective practitioners who learn from the experience of others in developing their own reflective practice. Appropriate readings from the ISTE and AECT knowledge bases are assigned and interwoven throughout the various courses in the EDTC program. Follow these links to see the standards:
Facilities
As first-place winner of the national EDUCAUSE award for campus networking, UD offers EDTC students one of the nation’s finest technological infrastructures. The award-winning Morris Library houses one of the country’s richest print and electronic research collections enhanced by a state-of-the-art multimedia production facility to which all EDTC students have access. The Maker Gym is part of a campus wide network of maker spaces providing students access to 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC mills, woodworking equipment, and textile machines. Students also have access to artificial intelligence and virtual reality services in CILLT (Center for Innovation in Lifelong Learning and Teaching).
Online and In-Person Options
The EDTC master’s program has two formats: online or face-to-face. In both formats, candidates pay the same graduate tuition rate. In 2026-27, this rate is $908 per credit.
Face-to-face classes meet weekly in a physical classroom space on the University of Delaware’s main campus in Newark, Delaware. Classroom attendance is required for students enrolled in the face-to-face program.
Online classes take place on the Web. Most of the courses are asynchronous, which means that there are no scheduled times when students must meet together online. A few of the courses, however, have occasional synchronous meeting times when all of the students log on to UD’s videoconferencing network. These weekly Web meetings happen in the evenings, typically on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Specific dates are listed each term in the schedule of courses.
