This education section examines my learning journey through the master program of Distance Education & E-Learning of the University of Maryland Global Campus UMGC (formerly UMUC). I enrolled into this program in September 2014, the anticipated graduation date is August 12, 2018.
Obtained graduate certificates, associated with this program:
Distance Education Leadership, (December 30, 2015)
Foundations of Distance Education & E-Learning (May 30, 2017)
Graduate Certificate Library & Intellectual Property in Distance Education & E-Learning (May 30, 2016 )
The master's program aims at developing knowledge and competencies in the following areas of distance education and online learning:
Education theory, learning models, and various teaching and learning frameworks
Distance education curricula development
Intellectual property and digital rights
Learning technologies
Cost and benefit analyses
Organizational structure, staffing and leadership styles
Workplace learning & development programs
Organizational change and project management
Quality assurance
Policy and management
UMUC is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in Philadelphia, a accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
The MDE program is accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development-Technology-Enhanced Learning ( EFMD CEL), Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
The MDE program has won the Program of Excellence within the Distance Education Community of Practice award from the UCEA and the Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program award from the Sloan Consortium
Source: http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/en/c3l/bachelor-master/master-programmes/mde/the-mde/who-awards-the-mde-degree/