Master programs (all online unless otherwise stated)

University of British Columbia, Canada: Masters in Educational Technology (fully online). Interestingly, as part of a project on one of the courses in the UBC MET program, four students have produced an up-to-date (2010) list of Canadian competitors to the MET program, with a comparative chart, some of which are NOT included in the list below, because I am not familiar myself with the programs.

Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC offers a Master in Learning and technology (hybrid model)

University of Edinburgh, UK: M.Sc. in e-learning www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/

University of Hull, UK: M.Ed in E-learning www.hull.ac.uk

University of Colorado at Denver: Masters in e-Learning design and implementation

Pepperdine University: Masters in of Arts in Learning Technologies. This program is 85% online, the rest requiring attendance at the Malibu campus, California.

University of Maryland University College/Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Masters in Distance Education This award-winning program has a technology specialization.

Athabasca University, Canada: Master in Distance Education. This fully distance program has been re-designed in recent years, and now contains a very strong technology component, with excellent faculty

Open University, UK MA in Online and Distance Education Covers the theory and practice of online and distance education; open to students from countries all over the world.

Concordia University Chicago MA in Educational Technology. This is a blended learning program, combining online learning with periodic classroom instruction. Note that this is a completely different university from Concordia University, Montreal

University of Sydney Master of Learning Science & Technology program (MLS&T) is a research-informed program designed and taught by international team of leaders in the learning sciences, offering both Professional and Research streams. The Professional Stream is designed for those who want to advance their careers in e-learning. The Research Stream can act as a bridge for PhD studies and is designed for students who are hoping to pursue a career as an education or learning-sciences researcher. University of Sydney is the oldest and most prestigious of the Australian state universities.

The University of Northern Iowa offers an M.A. in Instructional Technology aimed primarily at k-12 teachers. There is no differential tuition for international students, at just over $400 per unit.

The Anna Maria College in Massachusetts offers an online Master of Education in Instructional Design and Technology. Anna Maria College is a Catholic college regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Certificates and diplomas (you will need to check with the programs whether residence is required)

Vancouver Island University offers a two year, fully online Graduate diploma in Online Learning and Teaching which ladders successful graduates into VIU’s Masters of Education (Leadership) degree with an additional 10 credits of project work.

The University of Calgary offers a Certificate in e-Learning

The University of Manitoba offers a Certificate in Interdisciplinary Studies: Emerging Technologies for Learning (ETL).

Royal Roads University in Victoria BC offers a graduate Certificate in Learning and Technology.

University of Washington Certificate in e-Learning Design and Development, available fully online from a prestigious state university in the USA.

The University of New Mexico and the Open University of Catalonia offers a Joint Certificate in e-Learning, Design and Development. Although a certificate and not a degree, this has excellent faculty teaching the program.

Seneca College, Ontario, offers Design and Delivery of Online Learning, for a Recognition of Achievement

Most of these programs require a bachelors’ degree (not necessarily in education) from a ‘recognised’ university, and a high standard of English (high school graduation, or a TEOFL score of 500+).

Kapil Bhatia has compiled a list of 25 additional graduate programmes in e-learning, education technology and ICT in education from top universities in UK, US and Australia. Most of the programmes in the list are also offered in distance learning/purely online/blended form.

Doctoral programs

The University of Lancaster, UK, offers a structured, part-time Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning leading to a PhD. This innovative program combines a limited number of face-to-face residential meetings with considerable ‘online’ learning and is available to anyone in the world wishing to develop their e-learning research and practice. This is a nationally accredited public doctoral research university.

The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is offering a Doctor of Education (EdD) in educational technology, a thesis-based degree intended to prepare scholars for careers in research, teaching, and leadership. The program includes web-based and face-to-face courses. This is a provincially accredited public doctoral research university.

Northcentral University offers a fully online Ph.D. in e-learning, based on an excellent professional curriculum on e-learning. Northcentral University s a private, for-profit, accredited university based in Prescott Valley, Arizona. It was established in 1996. Under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, Northcentral is classified as a Doctoral Research University (DRU) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

The Open University of Catalonia (UOC) research centre, the eLearn Centre, offers a Doctoral Programme in Education and Information and Communication Technologies (e-learning). Within its research, the centre offers three main lines of study:

1. Learning processes mediated by information and communication technologies
2. Organization, management and policies in the area of e-learning
3. Educational uses of technological developments for e-learning.

Further details on the the Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT (e-learning) are available here. Applications can be filled out and submited online here.

You could also try: Online PhD Degree programs for more programs, but caveat emptor – many of these are for-profit institutions and I can’t guarantee the quality.