Careers in ETEC

One online site calls educational technology "the best career you never heard of." UH grads from the ETEC program agree that it is the best career but argue that you have heard of it, but didn't know that's what it is called.

With the increasing emphasis on 21st Century skills and workforce development, our graduates are in high demand and have multiple job opportunities upon graduation. Students in the program may be upgrading current capacity as educators or seeking new career paths. Educational technology graduates work in many places. You will find our graduates in K-12 education, colleges and universities, libraries, health care, private business, government, the military, non-profits, museums, and more.

Job categories

There is no single job title for educational technologists in organizations, but some examples include:

·         Training coordinator

·         Instructional designer

·         Web or multimedia designer

·         Technology support specialist

·         Distance learning developer

·         Educational video producer

·         Technology director

·         Museum education specialist

·         Education software/games developer

·         Teacher/professor

·         Evaluation and assessment specialist

·         Human performance technologies manager

·         E-learning consultant

For some real-world examples, check out the following:

·         Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Job Listings

·         International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Career Center

·         American Association for Computing in Education (AACE) Career Center

·         American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Job Bank

·         International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Career Center

·         Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT) Current Jobs

Career opportunities

Practitioners in educational technology, whether they are teachers, trainers, developers, administrators, or support personnel, seek innovative and effective ways of organizing the teaching and learning process through the best possible application of technological developments.

With the rapid expansion of media in all fields, jobs for educational technologists are growing rapidly, a trend which is expected to continue. Your ETEC graduate degree is the assurance to employers of your abilities not only in technical areas, but in learning and management. ETEC graduates are in demand because of the high quality of the UH program and its reputation both state-wide, nationally and internationally. With the computing and management skills you gain in the program, salaries are excellent and opportunities are plentiful