Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a Concentration in Personalized Learning
Teach based on students’ individual needs!
Blended Learning (BL) and Personalized Learning (PL) are teaching models that are based on the needs of students, the transformative thinking of teachers, and the willingness of school districts to embrace visionary goals—all based on measurable data that drives change.
Learning Model
Online
Credit Hours
36 credits
Tuition Estimates
Average In or Out of State
$415-500 per credit hour
Tuition rates are based on your residency determination of Texas Resident, Non-Resident, or Foreign. Please consult the Admissions site for more information.
About This Program
Collaboration is at the heart of successful BL/PL and through a partnership with the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation and several pioneering school districts, Texas Tech University's College of Education and its Department of Curriculum & Instruction are paving the way in customized professional development for schools and educators that will settle for nothing less than the best learning outcomes for their students.
The Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a Concentration in Personalized Learning is designed to give practitioners hands-on knowledge and experience around the following topics:
| BL/PL Foundations | Teaching in BL/PL contexts |
| Data Literacy and Data-Driven Instruction | Using BL/PL pedagogical strategies |
| Creating Community Connections and Collaborations | Peer-coaching |
| Creating Multiple Pathways to Mastery | Critically using technology to enable better BL/PL learning and teaching |
| Promoting Competency-based learning |
Key BL/PL Courses
EDPL 5390: Foundations of Blended and Personalized Learning
This course lays the groundwork necessary for further skill development in PL/BL practices and mindsets.
Participants will discuss theories and frameworks that underpin PL/BL using the course participant's actual classroom context alongside relevant case studies. This course will prioritize the development of data-literacy skills to support planning for and implementation of personalized learning strategies.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Unpack and apply the teacher competencies (i.e., the mindsets, knowledge, and skills) outlined in the TTU Personalized Learning Framework.
- Apply data-literacy strategies to plan data-driven instruction within the context of personalized learning classrooms.
EDPL 5391: Student Agency in Personalized Learning
This course will provide teachers with the ability to equip students to become self-empowered drivers of their own education. The course will also explore the changing roles of the teacher and student and how to leverage that shift to make learning more meaningful for students.
At the end of this course, participants will:
- Develop a deep understanding of student agency and the renegotiation of teaching and learning responsibilities required to enable student agency.
- Create student agency structures and processes for students to monitor their learning progress and
- Understand how to deploy strategies for assisting students in developing self regulation skills.
EDPL 5392: Teacher Routines for Using Data to Support PL
This course focuses on fostering student motivation and student ownership of learning through student data literacy. Participants in this course will use tools, self-assessments, and create scaffolds and materials that they can use throughout the year to build student data literacy within their classrooms.
EDPL 5393: Demonstration of Advanced Models of PL
This course focuses on the development of unit plans that are aligned with a focus on data-driven instruction, student agency, and student data literacy.
EDPL 5394: Personalized Learning Coaching and Critical Communities of Practice
This course focuses on implementation of the materials created during the summer, and coaching opportunities. Participants in course 5 will become coaches for students in course 1. Participants in this course will gain additional experience implementing BL/PL strategies (with peer and instructor review of implementation), and also gain on-the-ground coaching experience in BL/PL. Participants will emerge from this course (and the graduate certificate) prepared to make real changes in their schools as teacher-leaders.
Why Blended Learning/Personalized Learning?
Personalized
All of the assignments in the courses are personalized to the roles and mastery levels of students.
Hands-on
All assignments include high-touch support that guides students into doing personalized and blended learning in their specific context.
Job-embedded
Apply skills and knowledge tailored to the unique needs of your school or district.
More info about this program
1 Transfer credit hours from certificate program
Courses from our Blended Learning/Personalized Learning Graduate Certificate will count towards the 18 required hours of the BL/PL Track Concentration. Completing the 15 hours in the certificate program will put a student nearly halfway towards the hours required for the M.Ed. program, so we encourage all prospective students to consider this route.
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Blended Learning/Personalized Learning
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Address
Texas Tech University, College of Education, 3002 18th Street Lubbock, TX 79409 -
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Email
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