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Doctoral Program in Educational Technology: e-learning and knowledge management

General Aims
Doctorate Structure
Lines of Research
Doctoral Thesis Directors
Admission
Contact
Departament
Received grants

For the purposes of the mention of quality, and due to an agreement with the General Direction of Universities, and without prejudice to continuing to belong to the same Official Postgraduate Programme in which it was approved, this PhD may use the following specific denominations:

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

General Aims of the Doctorate

To train PhD students as researchers by means of an intensive specialisation in the different orientations offered by the programme’s lines of research.

Structure of Doctorate

The formation period of the doctorate programme is linked to the following Master's degree introduced on the University (in order to the RD 1393/2007):

Master's Degree in Educational Technology: e-Learning and Knowledge Management

Research Lines and Directors of Doctoral Theses

1.Effects of technological advances on the E-A process: (URV: Á.P. González, M. Gisbert, J.M. Jiménez, L. Marqués, J. de Oliveira, M. Camacho, J. González, C. Barrios, P. Iranzo, J.M. Tierno, José María Cela Ranilla (Dpt. of Pedagogy); UIB: J. Salinas, A. Pérez, S. Urbina, X. Negre; UM: F. Martínez, M.P. Prendes; US: J. Cabero, J. Barroso, R. Romero; UdL: S. Isús, X. Carrera, J. Coiduras; M. Bullen; J. Adell)

Defined in: The possibilities of ICT (computing, telecommunications, software, hardware, etc.), the effects of ICT use on learning (analysis of its use in the education system, etc.), attitudes to technological change, both in teachers and pupils and the education system itself, the educational components of virtual learning.

2.Teaching design in technological environments: (URV: Á.P., González, M. Gisbert, J.M. Jiménez, L. Marqués, C Espuny, J. González, José María Cela Ranilla (Dpt. of Pedagogy); UIB: J. Salinas, A. Pérez, S. Urbina, X. Negre; UM: F. Martínez, M.P. Prendes; US: J. Cabero, J. Barroso, R. Romero; UdL: S. Isús, X. Carrera, J. Coiduras; J. Adell)

Defined in: The study of new methodologies for use in virtual training areas, the design and development of teaching strategies for favouring educational communication in technological environments, the organisation of educational pathways in multimedia materials, studies related to the new educational communication codes, analysis of different teaching structures in the design of media.

3.The context in which to introduce ICT: (URV: Á.P. González, M. Gisbert, J.M. Jiménez, L. Marqués, J. de Oliveira, M. Camacho, C Espuny, J. González, Carme García Yeste (Dpt. of Pedagogy); UIB: J. Salinas, A. Pérez, S. Urbina, X. Negre; UM: F. Martínez, M.P. Prendes; US: J. Cabero, J. Barroso, R. Romero; UdL: S. Isús, X. Carrera; J. Adell)

Defined in: Analysis of educational needs, design of innovation programmes and processes using ICT, accommodation of ICT in specific contexts (cultural, educational, socioeconomics, etc.), study of cultural interfaces, effects of the introduction of the new teaching on the organisation of education.

4.Evaluation and validation of virtual communication environments and tools: (URV: Á.P. González, M. Gisbert, J.M. Jiménez, L. Marqués, J. de Oliveira, C Espuny, J. González, José María Cela Ranilla (Dpt. of Pedagogy); UIB: J. Salinas, A. Pérez, S. Urbina, X. Negre, A. Bibiloni; UM: F. Martínez, M.P. Prendes; US: J. Cabero, J. Barroso, R. Romero; UdL: S. Isús, X. Carrera, J. Coiduras; J. Adell)

Defined in: Evaluative research on virtual education management tools, study of the educational possibilities of the different electronic communications tools, the impact of these tools on teaching methods, the study of the different possibilities for reintroducing contents (hypertexts, conceptual maps, etc.).

5.Content and knowledge management: (URV: M. Gisbert, L. Marqués, J. de Oliveira, M. Camacho, C Espuny, J. González; UIB: J. Salinas, A. Pérez, A. Bibiloni)

Defined in: Content labelling, content servers and content management, organisation and management of virtual learning processes, subject standardisation processes and educational environments. M. Gisbert, L. Marqués

6.Quality management and virtual learning systems: URV: M. Gisbert, L. Marqués, J. de Oliveira, J. González; UIB: J. Salinas, A. Pérez, A. Bibiloni, UdL: S. Isús, X. Carrera, J. Coiduras; M. Bullen)

Defined in: Quality in virtual learning processes, development of environments and multimedia materials for education. M. Gisbert, L. Marqués.

7.Management and organization of technological enviroments of formation: (URV: M. Gisbert, R. Rallo, A. Pío González; UIB: J.Salinas; UMúrcia: F. Martínez; M. Bullen; J. Adell)

8.Training of education professionals with technological environments (URV: María Mercedes Gisbert Cervera (Dpt. of Pedagogy), Robert Rallo (Dpt. of Pedagogy), Ángel Pío González Soto (Dpt. of Pedagogy), Rosario Barrios Arós (Dpt. of Pedagogy), María Pilar Iranzo García (Dpt. of Pedagogy), Juana María Tierno García (Dpt. of Pedagogy); M. Bullen).

Admission

Maximum number of students: 20
Specific admission and selection criteria:

The fulfilment of the established conditions, as a requirement of admission in the 19th article and 4th addicional order of the RD 1393/2007, is necessary to be able to entry at the Doctorate Program while its research mode.

Personal motivation letter. Academic record/s of university studies if coming from another university. Curriculum including documental proof of references.