Welcome
Below is a letter for prospective students which welcomes you to the MDE, explains the program and provides you with further information. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact [email protected].
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Welcome and thank
you for your interest in the Master of Distance Education & E-learning.
Here is some further information about the program:
The Master of Distance Education & E-learning (MDE) program - (http://www.umuc.edu/grad/gradprograms/mde.cfm) - is offered by the Graduate School of Management and Technology (GSMT) at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) in partnership with the Center for Life-long Learning (C3L) at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (OL).
The Master of Distance Education program is designed for working adults who want to complete their degree without interrupting their careers, and aspire to enhancing their professional skills and competencies within or moving into the distance education field. The recent rapid growth of distance education – and e-learning – in both public and private education, as well as in the training sectors, has created an enormous demand for qualified professionals. The MDE provides the comprehensive, practical knowledge needed to lead the distance education enterprise within educational, business, government, and non-profit organizations.
The curriculum requires 36 credits of coursework and is divided into 15 credits of required core coursework, and 21 credits of required coursework, including a 3-credit capstone course, from one of the program specializations.
The program offers three specializations:
Distance education technology - This specialization provides grounding in the relevant history pertaining to media and technology in distance education and sets a framework for guiding appropriate technology choices. The specialization then builds on that knowledge providing an in depth understanding of both asynchronous and synchronous technologies, as well as the use of internet technologies and multimedia in the area of distance education.
Distance education teaching and training - Emerging information and communication technologies confronts teaching personnel and trainers with new demands. The specialization is grounded the Teaching and Learning in Online Education. Managing online teaching requires some mastery of the instructional design process as well as the integration of the appropriate selection of media. The specialization also provides the understanding of techniques and necessary skills to manage training at a distance, and exposes students to the understanding of the use of Internet-based technologies in the K-12 sector.
Distance education policy and management - The core of this specialization is linked to Costs and Economics of Distance Education. It presents the reason why investment in education is valued by governments and individuals, and how distance education programs are budgeted and costs evaluated. The focus of this specialization is the macro understanding and systemic view of distance education organizations. The students will be exposed to content related to the business of e-learning, as well as several issues related to the management and leadership of organizations, which offer distance learning in some form.
MDE graduates will be able to:
Here are some important links for prospective students:
Here is some further information about the program:
The Master of Distance Education & E-learning (MDE) program - (http://www.umuc.edu/grad/gradprograms/mde.cfm) - is offered by the Graduate School of Management and Technology (GSMT) at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) in partnership with the Center for Life-long Learning (C3L) at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (OL).
The Master of Distance Education program is designed for working adults who want to complete their degree without interrupting their careers, and aspire to enhancing their professional skills and competencies within or moving into the distance education field. The recent rapid growth of distance education – and e-learning – in both public and private education, as well as in the training sectors, has created an enormous demand for qualified professionals. The MDE provides the comprehensive, practical knowledge needed to lead the distance education enterprise within educational, business, government, and non-profit organizations.
The curriculum requires 36 credits of coursework and is divided into 15 credits of required core coursework, and 21 credits of required coursework, including a 3-credit capstone course, from one of the program specializations.
The program offers three specializations:
Distance education technology - This specialization provides grounding in the relevant history pertaining to media and technology in distance education and sets a framework for guiding appropriate technology choices. The specialization then builds on that knowledge providing an in depth understanding of both asynchronous and synchronous technologies, as well as the use of internet technologies and multimedia in the area of distance education.
Distance education teaching and training - Emerging information and communication technologies confronts teaching personnel and trainers with new demands. The specialization is grounded the Teaching and Learning in Online Education. Managing online teaching requires some mastery of the instructional design process as well as the integration of the appropriate selection of media. The specialization also provides the understanding of techniques and necessary skills to manage training at a distance, and exposes students to the understanding of the use of Internet-based technologies in the K-12 sector.
Distance education policy and management - The core of this specialization is linked to Costs and Economics of Distance Education. It presents the reason why investment in education is valued by governments and individuals, and how distance education programs are budgeted and costs evaluated. The focus of this specialization is the macro understanding and systemic view of distance education organizations. The students will be exposed to content related to the business of e-learning, as well as several issues related to the management and leadership of organizations, which offer distance learning in some form.
MDE graduates will be able to:
- Develop and communicate a mission and vision for the implementation of distance education within an organization
- Function effectively as leader, manager and team member within a distance education or training organization
- Develop strategic goals and business plans for distance education within an organization
- Analyze and recommend an organizational distance education technology plan, and manage the implementation of that technology in distance delivery
- Design, implement, and assess the necessary support services for a distance education program
- Organizational and management processes
- Leadership and change management
- Information technology
- Business development, strategic action planning, problem solving, ethics, and social responsibility
Here are some important links for prospective students:
- How to apply: http://www.umuc.edu/students/admissions/apply/index.cfm
- Calendar: http://www.umuc.edu/students/academics/calendar/
- Financial Aid: http://www.umuc.edu/students/aid/index.cfm
- Schedule of classes - http://www.umuc.edu/students/catalogs/index.cfm