Department of Learning Technologies

Main Office
Discovery Park, Room G150
3940 North Elm Street
Denton, TX 76203-0530
940-565-2057

Fax: 940-565-4194

J. Michael Spector, Chair

The Department of Learning Technologies offers course work in applied technology, training and development; and computer education, instructional technology and cognitive systems; and learning technologies.

Degree programs and certifications focus on such areas as learning technologies, instructional and educational technologies, technological solutions in education, career technical education, non-traditional education, performance improvement, computer education, and applied technology.

Financial support may be available on a limited basis for research, teaching and internships. Funds vary depending on grants and other activities of the faculty in the department.

Research

Faculty in the department have extensive research interests in the areas of learning technologies, performance technologies and computing technologies.

Faculty interests include but are not limited to instructional and educational technology, technology integration for teaching and learning, distributed learning, technology-based learning environments, social and behavioral assessment, designing effective instructional environments, computer-assisted and managed instructional environments, academic acceleration, social and emotional aspects of giftedness, artificial intelligence, multimedia, human-computer interfaces, virtual environments, mobile technology, cognitive development and information processing of traditional and special populations, utilization of technology in assessment, ethical considerations of the application of technology, statistical modeling, program evaluation, and strategies for working with adult populations.

Grants

Grants from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, Texas Education Agency, Job Training Partnership Program and other sources provide financial support to graduate students, depending on program needs. Tuition and stipend support is available for both full- and part-time students in the areas of emotional and behavior disorders, autism and autism intervention, and transition and correctional special education.

Center for Knowledge Solutions

The Center for Knowledge Solutions empowers scholars and scholar-practitioners to make evidence-based decisions that optimize learning and performance systems to improve organizational knowledge. The uniqueness of the center is learning and performance across disciplines and professions. CKS’s mission is to generate, integrate and disseminate knowledge solutions through learning and performance innovation for business and education. The center enables constituents and funding agencies to implement knowledge solutions for improving their organizational systems.

Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning

The Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning (IITTL) promotes the infusion of information technologies into daily teaching/learning practices. IITTL conducts research in the field of teaching and learning at the local, national and international levels.

Texas Center for Educational Technology

The Texas Center for Educational Technology (TCET) is designed to promote research and development collaboration among universities, school districts, the Educational Service Centers and the technology industry for the purpose of integrating the use of technology into Texas schools. Educational technology information and products are disseminated statewide via monthly publications transmitted in print and electronically. Research projects focusing on technology development, use and quality are supported.

Degree programs

The department offers the following degrees at the master’s and doctoral level:

Master of Education with a major in applied technology and performance improvement
Master of Science with a major in applied technology and performance improvement
Master of Science with a major in learning technologies
Doctor of Philosophy with a major in applied technology and performance improvement
Doctor of Philosophy with a major in learning technologies

Further specialization at the master’s level is offered in applied technology and performance improvement, educational media, health science technology, instructional systems design, instructional systems technology, interactive and virtual digital communications, learning and assessment technologies, marketing education, teaching and learning with technology, trade and industrial education, training and development.

The department also supports an interdisciplinary master’s degree and an interdisciplinary doctorate with a major in information science. Additional information on these programs is available from the Toulouse Graduate School and from the Department of Library and Information Sciences respectively.

Depending on the degree attained, graduates of these programs normally seek employment in business, education, industry, military, as teachers, trainers, instructional designers, instructional systems designers and managers, program administrators, supervisory personnel, training technologists, research and evaluation specialists, and faculty at community college and university settings.

Applicants must meet requirements for admission to the Toulouse Graduate School and meet all requirements of the Department of Learning Technologies. For admission to any program in this department, the applicant should file an application portfolio with the program area of interest and schedule an interview with a program representative.

Routes to certification for graduate students

Certification with an advanced degree

Students can obtain certain initial, advanced, and supplemental educator certificates while earning an advanced degree. The department, program and certification available are listed below. The specific requirements for each degree and certification are found in their individual program sections.

Initial certification

ATTD – Health Science Technology Education
ATTD – Marketing Education
ATTD – Trade and Industrial Education

Further information

Additional information is available on the program web site (lt.unt.edu).

Programs

Master’s Degree

Doctorate

Teacher Certification

Courses

Applied Technology, Training and Development

Computer Education and Cognitive Systems

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