Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction: eLearning/Technology Education

A Concordia University M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction will provide you with the expertise to expand your career options. Using cutting-edge curriculum and easy-to-use online learning tools, Concordia’s experienced faculty will provide you with the best in theory and practice to prepare you to be an instructional leader.

Concordia’s online five-week classes can be accessed via the Internet at a time and location that is most convenient for you. As a candidate you will find that assignment submission is convenient, submission deadlines are appropriate, and all requirements for a course fall within the dates stipulated for the courses.

In addition to meeting the objectives for all CU M.Ed. programs, successful candidates in the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction will demonstrate:

1. Expertise in the utilization of new methods of authentic assessment and strategies as tools to evaluate student learning progress
2. The ability to modify instructional plans and promote alternative goals and strategies when necessary, particularly in relation to assessment results.
3. Effective instructional skills in planning, implementing, and assessing instruction in settings that include diverse cultural populations and special needs students.

This program is designed for K-12 teachers who recognize the sense of urgency and the high demand for effective, transformative online teachers in K-12 education.

Distance (online) education is also a viable educational alternative that can prevent students from dropping out of high school as a result of failure in their often large, impersonal high schools. According to Gregory M. Darnieder, the special assistant and senior adviser to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, 30 percent of the nation’s high school students are not graduating – 7,000 each school day or 1.2 million each year. The Obama administration proposes that education should be made “safe and relevant” and have included “high quality onlineLearning programs” as part of this solution.

All courses are based on ISTE (International Society for Technology Education), iNACOL (International Association for K-12 OnlineLearning) recommendations, and the National Standards of Quality for Online Courses.