Master of Arts in Education (MAED) Program Learning Outcomes

The MAED program helps established professional educators develop skills to become exemplary educators by enhancing their teaching abilities, keeping them up-to-date with recent developments in the educational field, and enabling them to use current technologies in their classroom.

Curriculum and Instruction

1. Integrate Intentional Design: Research and develop instructional content and pedagogy in order to apply learned skills to support and assess the attainment of learning outcomes for all students. 

2. Apply Disciplinary Competencies: Demonstrate analytical skills and knowledge necessary to develop and implement effective and ethically informed content and pedagogy.

3. Model Ethical Leadership: Model servant leadership by supporting, collaborating, and sharing expertise within a diverse professional community.

4. Exercise Informed Reflection: Implement a balanced approach to the analysis and development of teaching and learning processes.

5. Promote Active Learning: Identify effective strategies for lifelong learning in a global and digital world, including shaping a personal learning network to support continuous professional growth in curriculum and instruction.

Learning, Design, and Technology

1. Integrate Intentional Design: Develop an understanding of the dynamic relationship between technology, pedagogy, and content in order to creatively apply a variety of technologies to support and assess the attainment of learning outcomes for all students. 

2. Apply Disciplinary Competencies: Demonstrate and apply the requisite technical skills and knowledge necessary for effectively integrating technology into the curriculum.

3. Model Ethical Leadership: Model servant leadership as applied to the role of an effective and ethical technology steward by supporting, collaborating, and sharing expertise within a professional community.

4. Exercise Informed Reflection: Demonstrate a balanced, informed, and reflective approach to the integration of technology into the teaching and learning processes.

5. Promote Active Learning: Identify effective strategies for lifelong learning in a global and digital world including shaping a personal learning network to support continuous professional growth in educational technology.