Distance Learning Programs

The College of Education at Texas Tech University offers a variety of distance delivered courses and programs of study leading to both graduate degrees and professional certifications. We offer courses that are entirely web-based, courses that are delivered via iTV (interactive televideo / video conferencing), and 'hybrid' courses that include a mix of face to face class sessions and sessions at a distance. Some of our web-based courses are entirely asynchronous (log on any time), while others include some sychronous components (for example, 'live' chat with the course professor and fellow students at scheduled times.)

Our current distance learning PROGRAM offerings include:

Master of Education Degrees:

1. Instructional Technology, Emphasis in Distance Learning
2. Special Education
   1. Emphasis in Visual Impairment
   2. Emphasis in Dual Sensory
   3. Emphasis in Orientation and Mobility
   4. Emphasis: Educational Diagnostician
   5. Emphasis: Generic Special Education
3. Educational Leadership (Hill Country only - see below)

Professional Certifications:

1. Generic Special Education (Supplemental Certificate)
2. Educational Diagnostician (Professional Standards Certificate)
3. Visual Impairment (Supplemental Certificate)
4. Orientation and Mobility (National Certification)
5. Master Technology Teacher (Professional Standards Certificate - Requires initial teaching certificate)
6. Technology Applications, EC - 12 ( Initial teaching certification for undergraduate students, note that only required content area courses are offered at a distance/online - listed "professional education courses" are only offered face-to-face.)

For more information about Texas teacher certification, please refer to our certification website and click the link for PROSPECTIVE students.

Hill Country Programs

Masters Of Education in Educational Leadership

Students attending class at a TTU Hill Country Campus (in Fredricksburg, Marble Falls/Highland Lakes, and Junction) can earn a Masters of Education degree in Educational Leadership via iTV and web-based courses. For more information, visit the EDLD website.

Master Reading Teacher Certification

The Master Reading Teacher (MRT) Certification is part of the Texas Reading Initiative. More information is available, including a program brochure and application information.

More information about Hill Country offerings is on www.hillcountry.ttu.edu. Courses offered for Hill Country students include iTV classes (section C01) and web based courses (sections 270-274).

Current and Past Course Information

Current and upcoming courses are listed in our Distance course offerings database. Past courses offered at a distance are also available only for reference purposes.

More information about iTV courses and procedures for requesting iTV course delivery to your school / area is available.

Our distance education course and program offerings have grown dramatically from 1999 through 2005, as shown in the following graphs (Summer 2005 course numbers are estimated as of April 2005):

For more details on growth of our DE offerings, refer to this February 2005 report, Distance Learning Course and Program Growth in the Texas Tech College of Education: A Case of Sustained and Growing Support . (The above graphs were updated 26 April 2005)

If you have a question not addressed in the program handbook for your area of interest, please contact the respective program coordinator.

Other questions about distance learning in the College of Education at Texas Tech can be directed to support.educ@ttu.edu.

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