Master’s Programme “E-Learning Technologies”
About the Program
E-learning technologies are a new and fast-growing interdisciplinary research industry. It aims atdeveloping e-ecosystems as a response to the challenges of the future industry and the public sector’sdigital needs.
The main topics are the education, use and creation of e-learning-based study methods andtechnologies for education. Topics include advanced development of e-learning content, integration ofreusable e-learning resources, implementation of e-learning processes, data mining, analysis,visualization, and interpretation of e-learning technologies.
This master’s degree programme graduates will be high-level experts in planning, creating, and analysingof e-content, which includes decision-making based on educational data. Graduates’ competencies will bein high demand in state administration, local government, educational institutions, private enterprises, andlifelong learning projects. Graduates will be able to manage strategies for lifelong learning based on e-learning research and technologies. Graduates of this programme will be prepared for research in the fieldof e-learning technology.
The programme contributes to the development of human capital for the information and communicationtechnology (ICT) sectoral needs, by training highly qualified specialists and also improving existingspecialist expertise in ICT.The target group of this programme will acquire knowledge, skills and abilities to become involved in theprocesses of knowledge society effectively and efficiently.
Aim
- To increase human capital contributing to development in ICT fields, enhance knowledge of current ICTprofessionals in e-learning technologies to avoid the middle income gap in an intelligent way.
- To prepare highly skilled specialists who can meet modern requirements to work in a globalized networkeconomy.
- To promote suitability of national specialists for the requirements of the nowaday job marketand knowledge-intensive economy and who can work in universities, training centers, schools, State andlocal government institutions of Latvia, institutions of the European Union (after obtaining additionalqualification), private sectors in Latvia.
- To develop a broad knowledge base in the field of e-learning technology and to promote thedevelopment of distance education.
- To integrate the research results of the e-learning with the use of open-source technologies and openlearning resources created in RTU and in the world over the last 20 year
