I'm just now searching out programs for a distance doctorate and would like some input from others, please. I'm an IT manager for a large company and have an interest in learning technology...particularly how IT people learn new technologies, the best learning environments for IT, and how managers should be taught to gain a simple grasp of the technologies they might implement, etc. I'm thinking that something like this might come under an educational technology program. So, most likely I might be looking at an EdD program. Most of the EdD programs I see are for K-12 teachers who want to become administators. I don't fit that bill as a I have an MBA(Cal State-Dom. Hills)...although I teach a lot of classes at work on .NET, Rational, and Use Case technology. Any thoughts on where I might find a good program? I looked at Union and like it. However, it's just too expensive. So, I have been thinking about the likes of UNISA, Pretoria, and other less expensive programs. Does anyone have experience in a DL doctorate with them? Or even another suggestion? U.S. regional accreditation doesn't mean all that much to me, as I don't have thoughts to work for a university. However, I don't want a worthless piece of paper from a mill.
I have the perfect program for you: Indiana State University's DL PhD in Technology Management. It's not an education program per se, but it's flexible enough to allow you to make that an emphasis. It's reasonably priced, comes from a well-known fully-accredited university, is delivered primarily online, and would seem to be perfectly down your alley. http://web.indstate.edu/ConsortPhD/ http://www.indstate.edu/consortphd/faq.html#q1
Pepperdine has a program that might interest you: http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/academics/education/edd-edtech/
Excellent programs all. Fielding and Pepperdine were expensive. Likely for 16K per year tuition I would go with Union, really. I looked at the Indiana State program before. They did not like the fact that I had an MBA and did not want to give much credit for that. So, this program was going to be expensive for me in both time and money. However, it was a good program. Thanks for the suggestions everyone!
Try here: www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/elearning/tables/edu_reg.htm http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/elearning/tools/elsearch.htm
NCU offers an EdD and a PhD in Education with an Education Technology Management specialization. EdD version... http://www.ncu.edu/university_information/dpro_spec.asp?dpro_id=31&dpro_section_main_id=218 PhD version... http://www.ncu.edu/university_information/dpro_spec.asp?dpro_id=32&dpro_section_main_id=223
Education technology has been my career for over 17 years and I am familiar with the top programs in the field. There is virtually no difference between most Ph.D. and Ed.D. prgorams in educational technology (the title depend on which degree the school wishes to offer). Both Pepperdine and Nova southeastern offer credible programs in Ed Tech will a decent DL component. You may also wish to check out Capella U.'s program. These will be expensive options. I do not know where you are located, but most of the faculty in San Diego State's department of Educational Technology have very solid industry credentials. They have an excellent doctoral program jointly with the University of San Diego. If you can get into that program, you would not be sorry. Other top programs in ed tech that send many grads into industry are Florida State (instructional systems), Arizona State (educational technology), Utah State (instructional technology), Penn State (instructional systems), Syracuse (instructional design & development) and Brigham Young (instructional psychology & technology). Indiana U. (instructional systems) is also excellent, but more academia based. Although many of these programs offer online masters degrees, they are not yet offering DL doctorates. Tony Pina Coordinator of Learning Technologies Northeastern Illinois University
TUI has a PhD E-Learning program I’m just finishing up the course component of my PhD program at TUI in E-Learning. Although it is in the Edu department, we have many corporate students working on utilizing edu tech for training/instructional purposes. The program is flexible enough to allow you to concentrate on your interests. I’ve been able to focus on both how people learn technology and how one would go about evaluating, developing and deploying mechanisms in an organization to improve the technical ability as a whole (training/knowledge management/learning tools etc). TUI also allows you to customize your program. In other words you could take the core coursework in the Edu department, throw in some Bus coursework plus some techie classes if it works for you. It’s all online as well.
So, after looking at the various suggestions it appears that NorthCentral has the lowest cost of the bunch....and is RA. NCU tuition for what I am interested in, and they have a specialization in that area, is around $25,000. That seems a financial bargain compared to Capella, Walden, or Fielding at costs close to $60K. I looked at UNISA. I think South African schools are a lost cause for me because I will never be able to comfortably navigate their websites or figure their programs out in the next 3-4 years(and might not get a response back from them for a year). The SA schools are low cost but appear incredibly difficult to navigate. I would rather get going in a program. Touro was nearly the same as NorthCentral. Touro seemed to charge more for the dissertation...and that's a wildcard which one might pay a few rounds of $1500 for. This might make them more expensive in the end. Plus, NCU has the 5% cap. Aussie schools seemed like a better bargain but I never could get a feel for whether I had to go over there...or how many times I would have to go. Also, my company is getting cozier with the idea of maybe helping me with some tuiton reimbursement. They will only do that with U.S. RA schools. That puts Australia out then. I still can't believe the nearly $60K price tag for the 3...Capella, Walden, and Fielding. Wow! Thanks for everyone's input.
Nova Southeastern Link I'd definitely look at two different Nova Southeastner Programs -one in their education school and the other in their computer and information sciences program: 1. Computer and Information Science 2. Education Offering Neither is cheap - but they've been around for a while. Regards - Andy
Re: Nova Southeastern Link Going along with Andy’s suggestion – Nova also offers a PhD or an EdD in Computing Technology in Education, which is a cheaper program than their EdD in Instructional Technology and Distance Education Program. This program is offered through their Computer Science Departments and, with residencies (including airfare, hotel, transportation, parking, etc.), costs about 10K more than NCU. I seriously considered this one because it also offers an EdS prior to earning the doctorate. In other words: when you finish the coursework, you can graduate with an EdS and then decide if you want to go on, complete the dissertation, and earn the doctorate (PhD or EdD). I ruled it out because, for me, another 10K on a degree that is not necessary for my job was not worth it. Just another thought...
I was accepted into Nova's Master program In Educational Technology for this summer. One of the things that helped me decide on Nova was that they offer early entry into the Doctorate program If i choose to go that way. You can take four doctorate level classes to count toward your masters degree. Also for any one thats interested in the Masters program there is no on campus component. That is only for the Doctorate.
