The doctoral program in Educational Communication and Technology is a 57-credit program with a dual focus on design and research related to educational media environments, including computer-based, multimedia simulations and games for learning, dramatic and documentary narratives, media that support advocacy and advance social justice; the educational potential of social media; and educational applications of media and technology for international development. The program frames this work with theoretical perspectives in the cognitive sciences, the learning sciences, constructivist and constructionist philosophies of learning, and social-cultural learning theories as well as research on interaction design, information design, emotional design, multimedia learning, human-computer interaction, human symbolization and aesthetics. Doctoral students combine specialization courses in ECT with courses in research design and methodology and educational foundations, eventually advancing to the candidacy paper, the dissertation proposal, and dissertation research. Students attend an ECT doctoral community colloquium with faculty throughout their program of study.

The advisor for the Doctoral program is Professor Jan Plass. 

All mail regarding admissions should be directed to:

Professor Jan Plass
Coordinator, Doctoral Program
Program in Educational Communication and Technology
239 Greene Street, Suite 300
212 998 5520 | jan.plass@nyu.edu