Why Should I Enroll in the Instructional Technology Program?

The Master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Instructional Technology is a broad-based program designed to improve the candidate’s competence in providing leadership for improving leaning and teaching through the coordinated use of human resources, instructional materials and technology. Specifically, the program provides you many opportunities:

• Chance to upgrade skills - Courses are designed to provide update and current information of new and/or emerging technologies.
• Out-of-State Teachers Earn Clear Credential
  This is an opportunity for out-of-state teachers to clear their teaching credential.
• Life-long Learning
  Increase your professional expertise and network in Silicon Valley.
• Salary Increase
  Individuals with a master's degree typically earn more.

• Expanded Career Options
  An M.A. in Instructional Technology opens doors of opportunity for extra income and future career options.
• Real-world Connections of Learning
  IT affords you the opportunity to apply learning to "real-world" settings.
• Increased Status
  Those with master's degrees enjoy increased status in professional settings.
• Great Practicum Experience
  Use your new skills in a new field or area of expertise - ex. NASA, Tech Museum, local businesses
• Increase your career options
  Change your work setting, consider woring in a community college teaching or educational division of a corporation or work in technology leadership in a school setting.
• Learn to use New and/or Emerging Technologies
  Learn to use new and/or emerging technologies in your professional life.
• Capstone experience tailored to your individual needs.
  Complete a portfolio, project or thesis as a final demonstration of your learning. An educational experience tailored to meet your needs.
• Learn with Peers.
  Network and become part of a learning community.

Schedule of Classes
Look here to see the current schedule of classes, as well as other new information from our department.

About Us
This section explains benefits of the Instructional Technology program, answers some frequently asked questions about our program, gives a general information and information for the international students, as well as the list of IT faculty.

Professional IT Certificate
Those desiring a Professional IT Certificate should check our new on-line program of study for practicing professionals.

Enrollment Options
If you would like to know about enrollment options and programs, we have listed for you all the programs available in our department and a catalog of classes with a brief explanation of our upper division and graduate level classes.

More Information
Check information about Admissions and Records for admission requirements, enrollment deadlines, and other information for San Jose State students; look for all available current classes in the SJSU Schedule of Classses..

Contacting Us
If you have a suggestion for our department's future offerings, if you have questions about entering the program, or if you need information that was not covered in this material, please send email to Dr.Robertta Barba, our Program Director, at: rbarba@email.sjsu.edu

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