Educational Technology Certificate

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Program Benefits & Overview

Curriculum

100% Online Educational Technology Certificate

Stand out as a technology leader in your school or district.

Merrimack’s 100% online Educational Technology Certificate helps teachers, administrators, and support staff design interactive, technology-rich learning experiences that inspire tomorrow’s digital-age thinkers and problem solvers. Earn credits toward your next salary step while setting yourself apart with cutting-edge skills.

Certificate Highlights:

  • Six start dates per year
  • Choose three courses based on your interests and goals
  • Courses are 8 weeks long
  • Complete in under 6 months
  • Asynchronous coursework with optional synchronous meetings
  • Competitive tuition ($533 per credit)
  • No Master’s degree or licensure required
  • No Application Fee

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Growth in Educational Technology Tools:

In March 2020, EdTech downloads in the US surged 130% over the worldwide average of 90%. – ImpactEd Report

The increased adoption of EdTech tools presents numerous opportunities for teachers, administrators, and support staff to help facilitate the continued use of digital tools for collaboration, assignments, assessment, and teaching.

Technology will remain a part of teaching and learning. Help schools keep pace with innovations and shape technology policy in your school or district.

Educational Technology Curriculum

Choose three courses based on your interests and goals:

This course is designed to enable students to competently address the needs of students in virtual classroom settings. Students will gain an understanding of the components required to engage their students in a virtual setting, and know how to evaluate resources to use in the classroom. The course will cover topics such as using digital portfolios, creating hypertext lessons, multimedia projects, digital tools, instructional design elements.

Course Description

This course is designed to enable students to meet the standards to be a Digital Literacy/Computer Science teacher at the 5-12 grade levels in Massachusetts. The course will cover topics such as digital Law (e. copyright), User rights, media literacy, equity of access to computing resources, privacy rights and issues, computer networks, and digital literacy and citizenship.

This course is designed to enable students to competently address the unique role of understanding technology in eLearning and teaching. The course will cover topics such as designing high-quality presentations, troubleshooting, assistive technology, academic integrity, internet safety, and netiquette.

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