The aim of the project “Education & technology” (E&T) is to develop, test, implement, evaluate and disseminate a curriculum at postgraduate level in the field of educational technology. In order to reach the goal of qualifying and graduating PhD students in the field of educational technology five European universities and two public research institutes are collaborating to build up a European network to award joint PhD-degrees. The development of the joint English curriculum by the network is based on the expertise of the contributing institutions: the Technical University
Dresden (Germany), University of Bergen (Norway), University of Strasbourg (France), University of Mulhouse (France), Business University of Rzeszów (Poland), Media Design Centre Dresden (Germany) and the Institute for Future Studies (Austria).
The core elements of the project E&T are:
the development of an joint biennial curriculum (certified by ECTS), which contains e-learning elements (e-modules) and presence teaching
to impart soft skills & hard skills / specialised knowledge
to establish European summer schools
the integration of practical training
the support of doctoral mobility (practical training)
a trilingual web page (English, French & German) with forum to enhance contact, discussions and learning outcome
an innovative international supervisor system (two supervisors from two countries)
organization of an final conference.
The subjects of the planned modules (distance learning)
| e-Module I (Technical University Dresden) | e-Module II (University of Bergen) | e-Module III (Universities Louis Pasteur & Haute-Alsace) | e-Module IV (University of Rzeszów) |
| Didactics (technology & organisation) of collaborative learning | Social and cultural implications of new media and ICT | Pedagogic design of media and technologies | Information systems & management of knowledge within virtual environments |