Global Markets
Technology and Global Markets
The explosion of Web 2.0 technologies and applications, the online learning communities fostered by e-learning or distance learning, and the vital development of 21st century literacies in students are all examples of both how and why learning technologies have become a viable venture on a global scale.
Today`s environment is ripe for the introduction of learning technologies ventures that answer the call for educational applications and technologies that:
However, there is much to be considered before learning technology vision ends in successful venture within the global marketplace! The University of British Columbia's MET program has embraced the entrepreneurial aspect of technological education, while it explores the critical aspects and considerations necessary for students to take ideas to successful fruition.
Today`s environment is ripe for the introduction of learning technologies ventures that answer the call for educational applications and technologies that:
- eliminate geography, space and time as barriers to education,
- expand access to lifelong learning
- aid schools in keeping pace with the technological lives and skills of their students
- promote and aid in student development of the multiple skills of global, digital, technological, visual and informational literacies, collectively known as 21st century literacies (Robin, 2006 & Board, n.d.)
However, there is much to be considered before learning technology vision ends in successful venture within the global marketplace! The University of British Columbia's MET program has embraced the entrepreneurial aspect of technological education, while it explores the critical aspects and considerations necessary for students to take ideas to successful fruition.
MET Program and Global Markets
For MET students with interests in entering the global market of learning technology, several elective courses focus on:
- components of launching successful learning technology ventures
- emphasis on emerging global markets
- practical and theoretical issues such as cultural identity (UBC, 2012).
The following highlights the elective courses offered through the MET program which hold particular relevance for graduate students with interests in entering the learning technologies global marketplace. A brief description of each course, as provided through UBC's MET (2012) website follows.
For a complete description of each course, please click the title link!
ETEC 531: Curriculum Issues in Cultural and Media Studies
New media technologies have intensified and transformed the way we communicate, the way we learn, and the way we teach. They have, we might say, transformed the student and transformed the teacher. But what is the nature of these changes? Cultural and new media studies are specifically oriented toward understanding the ways in which culture, nature and technology are converging to intensify and transform everyday life. This course provides a forum for exploring technocultural issues such as cyborgs and hybridity, digital property, cyberpunk fiction, the posthuman, AI and AEI, information warfare, virtual reality, third nature and religion. |
ETEC 522: VENTURES IN LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
Take ETEC 522 if you want to understand what it takes to launch a successful learning technologies venture. The course provides an online immersion in the global learning technologies marketplace with particular emphasis on emerging markets for learning technologies in public and commercial domains. ETEC 522 is delivered in a case-study modality from a venture and market analysis perspective. ETEC 521: Indigeneity, Technology and Education
This is an important course for understanding issues related to globalization and indigeneity as these ideas relate to educational technology. Practical and theoretical issues, such as cultural property and the dilemma of place-based education, will be discussed in-depth. |
If Global Markets is your area of specialization, please post your opinions and comments to the questions contained within the Global Markets MET Specializations Discussion Forum. |
References:
Board, J. (n.d.). Technology in education: Higher education. Education Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2496/Technology-in-Education-HIGHER-EDUCATION.html
Robin, B. R. (2006). The educational uses of digital storytelling. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of society for information technology & teacher education international conference 2006, 709-716. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
University of British Columbia. (2012). Master of Educational Technology. Retrieved from http://met.ubc.ca/index.htm
Robin, B. R. (2006). The educational uses of digital storytelling. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of society for information technology & teacher education international conference 2006, 709-716. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
University of British Columbia. (2012). Master of Educational Technology. Retrieved from http://met.ubc.ca/index.htm