The Doctoral Certificate Program in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy responds to strong doctoral student demand for interactive digital technology (IT) training and certification. It aims to better prepare doctoral students for life and work in the contemporary university and to impart valuable IT skills and experience that will make CUNY Ph.D. holders more competitive when they enter academic job markets. The ITP certificate’s interdisciplinary approach is designed to provide a critical introduction to the constellation of questions related to science, technology and critical thinking, to explore pedagogical implications of interactive technology, and to advance students’ skills as creators and users of technology-based educational tools and resources. Like all GC certificate programs, the Certificate Program in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy is limited to CUNY doctoral students; upon successful completion by the student, the certificate is awarded when the doctoral degree is conferred.
The certificate's sequence of courses provides theoretical, historical, philosophical, literary, and sociological perspectives on technology and pedagogy and their intersection in the classroom. The program will provide students with the critical skills to reflect on and then design and implement IT tools for use in teaching, primarily at the college level. Like other certificate programs at the GC, information technology is an emergent field that is well served by multidisciplinary approaches. And though the program draws on the discipline-based expertise of many doctoral faculty members, it also strives to build a collective conversation about the broad implications of emerging educational technology for intellectual work and classroom practices.
Download the full Certificate Program Proposal (.pdf)
For more information, contact:
Stephen Brier
Coordinator of the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (212) 817-7290
Email: itp@gc.cuny.edu
