IT&DML Program

The Instructional Technologies and Digital Media Literacy (IT&DML) Sixth Year Certificate program at the University of New Haven was designed and built by W. Ian O'Byrne to prepare K-12 educators to embed digital literacy and instructional technology into their classrooms, take on teacher leadership roles, and develop school or district-level professional development.

Program Overview

Program Description

The IT&DML program is a graduate-level Sixth Year Certificate (Program #827) at the University of New Haven's School of Education. The program prepares educators to:

• Develop and implement school or district-level professional development in instructional technologies and digital media literacy
• Consult with or work alongside Connecticut State Regional Alliance Centers
• Serve in positions of teacher leadership related to instructional technologies or digital media literacy
• Embed instructional technologies and digital media literacy into classroom instruction

The program takes a participatory, networked approach to learning — students build blogs, create digital portfolios, engage in open online courses, and develop real classroom resources as they study theory and research.

Program Learning Goals

Graduates of the IT&DML program demonstrate the ability to:

1. Understand the definition and foundations of instructional technologies and their relationship to 21st century teaching and learning in K-12 schools
2. Identify new media and technologies and plan for their use in K-12 curriculum
3. Locate their own roles in supporting and shaping students' diverse literacy and technological practices
4. Apply confidence and willingness to use instructional technologies and new media in professional practice

Program Outcomes

1. Participatory Networks — Develop and utilize participatory networks in their students' and their own learning
2. Global, Distance, and Critical Literacy — Work with colleagues to develop common understandings across literacy contexts
3. Diverse Literacy Practices — Identify their own roles in supporting and shaping students' diverse literacy and technological practices
4. Power and Technology — Analyze the shifting power relationships that accompany new technologies and literacy
5. Adaptive Technologies — Identify and employ adaptive technologies for use in inclusive classrooms

Courses

Connections

• Digital Literacy Framework
• Media Literacy
• New Literacies
• Online Content Creation
• AI Literacy
• Teaching Philosophy
• ORMS MOOC
• The Life and Death of a Literacy & Technology Program