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What's your major in educational technology?
University major:

Basic educational system: four years | Enrollment target: | Education: technical secondary school | Professional code: 040 104.

Training objectives

Training objectives

Training objectives: This major trains compound talents with good ideological and moral quality, solid knowledge of educational technology and strong application ability, who can design, develop, apply, manage and evaluate the educational informatization construction of teaching media and teaching system in schools, enterprises and institutions at all levels and audio-visual education halls at all levels.

Training requirements: Students in this major mainly study the basic theory and knowledge of educational technology, receive basic training in the design, development, application, management and evaluation of learning information resources and learning process, and master the basic ability of educational application of new technologies.

Graduates should have the following knowledge and abilities:

1. Master the basic theory and knowledge of educational technology;

2. Master the methods and techniques of teaching system design, development, application, management and evaluation;

3. Have the basic ability of teaching media design, development, application, management and evaluation;

4. Familiar with the national guidelines, policies and regulations on educational informatization and educational technology;

5. Understand the theoretical frontier, application prospect and development trend of educational technology at home and abroad;

6. Have certain scientific research and practical work ability, and have certain critical thinking ability.

Main subjects: education, psychology, computer science and technology.

Core knowledge field: this professional knowledge system includes six core knowledge fields, which belong to the basic field level and the application field level respectively. The basic field level mainly lays a professional knowledge foundation for undergraduates, including three core knowledge fields: theoretical foundation of educational technology, computer and communication technology, media and art foundation; The application field mainly cultivates the practical ability of undergraduates to analyze and solve problems, including three core knowledge fields: curriculum development and teaching design, development and management of educational information resources, and development and management of information-based educational equipment and environment.

Example of core courses:

Example 1: introduction to educational technology (36 hours), design of teaching system (54 hours), research methods of educational technology (36 hours), integration of information technology and curriculum (54 hours), theory and practice of teaching media (54 hours), design and development of multimedia and network teaching resources (54 hours), construction of information-based teaching environment (54 hours) and distance education.

Example 2: Introduction to educational technology (32 hours), design of teaching system (48 hours), research methods of educational technology (48 hours), educational communication (32 hours), design and development of multimedia courseware (48 hours), programming and production of educational TV programs (48 hours), application of distance education (48 hours) and teaching theory of information technology courses (48 hours).

Example 3: Introduction to educational technology (36 hours), design of teaching system (54 hours), research methods of educational technology (54 hours), educational communication (36 hours), design and development of multimedia courseware (54 hours), programming and production of educational TV programs (54 hours), application of distance education (54 hours) and application of information technology education (54 hours).

Main practical teaching links: teaching media design and development practice, curriculum design and development practice, educational practice, etc.

Main professional experiments: simulation teaching experiment, teaching design experiment, TV electroacoustic teaching material making experiment, multimedia courseware design and making experiment, educational network development and application experiment, information education equipment and environment development and management experiment, etc.

Length of study: four years.

Degree awarding: Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering.

Professional ability requirements

Professional ability requirements

The main contents of professional teaching

The main contents of professional teaching

Some colleges and universities train the following professional directions: digital media technology, digital media design, information technology education, network and numbers.

Major (skill) direction

Major (skill) direction

Primary and secondary schools: audio-visual education management, courseware making, information technology teaching, campus network management; Radio and TV stations: educational program production.

Example of vocational qualification certificate

Example of vocational qualification certificate

Examples of continuing learning majors

Employment direction

Employment direction

Employment prospects: With the complexity of educational content and the rapid development of information technology, modern education needs to closely combine educational theory, learning theory and practice, and comprehensively use modern educational technology to teach, so that the educated can make full use of visual and auditory channels to obtain more useful knowledge in a limited time. Educational technology cultivates students' efficient learning skills and abilities, enables people to quickly adapt to the rapidly developing society and quickly master all kinds of knowledge and skills, so that educational technology has broad development prospects. China's future information education urgently needs such talents.

Corresponding occupation (post)

Corresponding occupation (post)

Other information:

The curriculum content of educational technology major mainly includes pedagogy, computer science and technology, educational technology, teaching system design, computer education foundation, network education application, distance education, design and production of TV teaching materials, research methods of educational technology, educational communication, computer network, multimedia design, information technology and curriculum integration, introduction to educational technology, theory and practice of teaching media, design and development of multimedia and network teaching resources, construction of information teaching environment and application of distance education.

Supplementary materials:

Educational technology is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, which belongs to pedagogy major. This major trains compound talents with good ideological and moral quality, solid knowledge of educational technology and strong application ability, who can engage in the design, development, application, management and evaluation of educational information construction of teaching media and teaching system in schools, enterprises and institutions at all levels and audio-visual classrooms at all levels. Graduates majoring in educational technology can apply for information technology teaching posts and teaching auxiliary posts in primary and secondary schools, mainly engaged in information technology teaching and teaching auxiliary work in schools at all levels, performance managers and training designers in enterprises and institutions, and research and development and application of educational technology products.