Universidad Panamericana de Guatemala
Virtual Education Master
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Master in Virtual Education trains professionals to develop quality virtual education programmes. The programme runs two years and includes six specialty courses, one core course, three general courses and two research courses. It culminates in a thesis completed during the final year. Key subjects include educational technology, 21st-century trends, principles and ethics, curriculum and instructional design, project management and research workshops.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as adviser, consultant, director, teacher, developer of virtual projects in public or private sectors, with education providers or corporate training teams, or as instructional designer, e-learning manager, curriculum developer and project administrator.
Master's Approach
This career responds to current opportunities and the need for competent professionals in the field of virtual education so that they are able to develop relevant and quality programs under this modality.
The Master in Virtual Education is developed in two years, which are structured with a common area of 6 specialty courses, 1 core course, 3 general courses and 2 research courses. It closes with the thesis which is the option of graduation and accompanies the student during the last year of the career to complete their research while closing their master's degree.
Professional Field
- Adviser
- Consultant
- director
- teacher
- Developer of virtual projects in the public or private sector, companies dedicated to formal education or training
First year
- Educative technology
- Educational trends of the 21st century
- Principles, ethics and values
- Research Workshop I
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Research Workshop II
Second year
- Theories and foundations of distance education
- Design, development and evaluation of the curriculum for virtual education
- Thesis I
- Design of strategies and activities for virutal environments
- Roles and roles of virtual education
- Thesis II
- Planning and evaluation in virtual environments
- Management and administration of virtual projects
- Thesis III
