Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is offering a one-year interdisciplinary professional Masters in Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science (METALS).

Applicants to apply for consideration for the fall 2014 class by January 31, 2014.

This one-year interdisciplinary masters jointly taught by the Human Computer Interaction Institute and the Psychology Department is designed for individuals with backgrounds in education, psychology, computer science, design, information technology, and business. It trains students to design, develop and evaluate evidenced-based programs for learning in settings that range from schools to homes, workplaces to museums, and online to offline learning environments.

Students will challenge the future of learning by re-examining the goals of education and assessment and making innovative change. Through case studies and confronting real world problems, students will learn to engineer and implement effective educational solutions. Student will employ “in vivo” experiments and educational data mining techniques and be trained in how to develop continuous improvement programs that reliably identify both best practices and opportunities for change.  Students will gain expertise in psychometric and educational data mining methods, interaction design, cognitive and social psychology principles, design, implementation, and evaluation of educational interventions.

Graduates of the program are expected to become leaders in the educational technology revolution. They will be ready to take key positions in corporations, schools, private and public universities.  Graduates will be prepared to become designers, developers, and evaluators of educational technologies as well as learning engineers, curriculum developers, learning technology policy-makers, and even chief learning officers.

The application and more information about this exciting program can be found at http://www.metals.cs.cmu.edu.