Interactive Technology and Pedagogy

The Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (ITP) Certificate Program provides students with the critical skills to reflect on and then design and implement technology in their research and teaching. The ITP program’s multidisciplinary approach draws on the discipline-based expertise of many doctoral faculty members and thereby builds a collective conversation about the broad implications of the use of technology in scholarship and pedagogy. The sequence of courses described below offers theoretical, historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives on technology and pedagogy and their intersection with academic practices.

Curriculum and Course Description

The certificate program provides students with an interdisciplinary environment to gain theoretical, historical, philosophical, literary, and sociological knowledge on technology and pedagogy, and explore the implications of their intersection in the classroom, academic research, and scholarly publication. Students learn praxis-oriented methodologies for digital research and pedagogy and complete capstone projects under the mentorship of one of our doctoral faculty members, drawn from across the disciplines. ITP provides intellectual insights and technical training to prepare students for employment in the academy and beyond by advancing their skills as critical and creative makers and users of technology. While students learn about and experiment with new software applications, the program moves beyond functional technology training to generate a rigorous dialogue about technology in research and pedagogy.