Digital Education
The rapidly growing digitalisation has given a purpose to study different areas in the digital world. The digital has a deep influence on learning, society, business, media & entertainment, innovation to mention just a few areas, each of which is growing into a major field of study.
University of Oxford offers an MSc in Education (Digital and Social Change) which develops a “theoretical understanding of new technologies, education & society.” (https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/msc-education-digital-and-social-change) University of Bristol offers an MSc in Education (Learning, Technology and Society) which helps to “improve the knowledge of sociotechnical change and use of digital medium in today’s learning.” (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2021/ssl/msc-education-learning-technology-and-society/) Harvard Graduate School of Education offers a Master’s in Technology, Innovation and Education (TIE) which teaches as to “who are the users, and what educational challenges are they grappling with.” (https://www.gse.harvard.edu/masters/tie)
https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-communication-and-technology)
Few universities focus to improve technology and media-based teaching and learning such as Stanford University, Graduate School of Education has an MS in Learning Design and Technology which concentrates on “powerful contemporary ideas about learning with emergent technologies to design and evaluate learning environments, products, and programs.” (https://ed.stanford.edu/ldt) University of Massachusetts Amherst has an MEd in Learning, Media & Technology which trains “to understand, critique, design, and improve technology – and media-based learning and teaching.” (https://www.umass.edu/education/programs/learning-media-technology/masters) University of East London has an MSc in Digital Education which imparts learning in “Educational Technology, including learning content design, educational technology assessment, and adoption.” (https://www.uel.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/msc-digital-education) University of North Texas has an MS in Learning Technologies which focuses on “learning and educational technologies required to create, deliver and enhance learning experiences in a variety of contexts.” (https://www.unt.edu/academics/grad/learning-technologies-ms) Massey University, University of New Zealand offers a Master of Education in Digital Education, which teaches “to analyse and critique digital education theory and practice” and enhances an “understanding of the complexities of digital learning and teaching”. (https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/programme-course/programme.cfm?major_code=PELRN&prog_id=93478)
The Manchester University has an MA in Digital Technologies, Communication and Education which develops the understanding of creating “own educational materials using digital technologies”, enhances “interpersonal and group communications skills” and develops “an ability to manage and understand rapid technological change and its effect on educational processes, institutions and policies.” (https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/06954/ma-digital-technologies-communication-and-education/course-details/#course-profile)
Few universities concentrates on pedagogical views such as University of the Highlands and Islands offers an MEd in Digital Pedagogy which is helpful for those who are “working in education and training at either tertiary or higher education level, specifically in the contemporary digital environment”. (https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/med-digital-pedagogy/) The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley runs a Master of Education in Educational Technology, which is designed to “prepare persons in K-12, higher education, corporate and military settings to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for the classrooms and boardrooms of tomorrow.” (https://www.utrgv.edu/graduate/for-future-students/graduate-programs/program-requirements/educational-technology-med/index.htm) University College London has an MA in Education and Technology, which implements “the latest evidence to design and implement innovative educational technology and pedagogies that shape the future of education and learning. Supported by scientists from a wide range of fields including education, sociology and computer science, you will develop the skills to design, use and critically appraise ‘EdTech’ across a wide range of settings.” (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/education-technology-ma)
Few universities have a very specific focus such as University of Sheffield offers an MA in Digital Literacies, Culture and Education which teaches “how children learn literacy in the digital age; how we can support young people to be authors as well as players of games; how we ensure that contemporary teaching of literacy is inclusive and socially just.” (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/2023/digital-literacies-culture-and-education-ma) Deakin University has a Master of Digital Learning Leadership which helps “to lead educational organisations” using digital and ever-changing technologies. (https://www.deakin.edu.au/course/master-digital-learning-leadership)