Technology, Innovation, and Education

Curriculum

2011-2012 Requirements

Students in the Technology, Innovation, and Education (TIE) master's program are required to complete eight courses for the Ed.M. degree. Five of these eight courses must be selected from the offerings listed below. For more information about program requirements, please read “The Official Stuff” chapter of the TIE Student Handbook (176KB pdf).

Courses that meet TIE requirements:

HT-123 Informal Learning for Children
HT-500 Growing Up in a Media World
S-150 Advancing the Public Understanding of Education (not offered in 2011-2012)
S-999 Special Reading or Research
T-510L Assessing Technology-Based Programs for Adults
T-522 Innovation by Design: Projects in Educational Technology (Fall 2011)
T-523 *Formative Evaluation for Educational Product Development
T-526 Power of Networked Learning
T-527 How to Teach for Understanding (not offered in 2011-2012)
T-530 *Designing and Producing Media for Education (not offered in 2010-11)
T-545 Engagement and Learning
T-560 Universal Design for Learning
T-561 Emerging Educational Technologies
T-565 Entrepreneurial Approaches to Educational Publishing
T-581 Advanced Design Studio
T-598 Field Experience in Electronic Technology and Education

TIE Internships

Cambridge and the Boston area are lively centers of both education and high-tech innovation – which makes the region rich with unique opportunities for internships. TIE internships complement students' on-campus learning through mentoring, hands-on job experience, and sometimes even a job after graduation, as well as course credit.

Here's a sampling of places where TIE students have held internships:

Educational and nonprofit institutions: Arnold Arboretum, Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School, CAST, Concord Consortium, EDC, HGSE's Project Zero, Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Lexington Public Schools, Media and Technology Charter High School, MIT Media Lab, Newton Public Schools, Project for School Innovation, TERC, Tufts University Pearson Center, and The Walden Woods Project
Educational software and Website development companies: IBM Visual Communications Lab, Inflexxion, Muzzy Lane Software, Overdrive, Six Red Marbles, and Tom Snyder Productions
Media: Geovision, Walden Media, WGBH/PBS (including NOVA, Frontline, and many programs in the WGBH children's programming unit)
Museums: Boston Museum of Science, MIT Museum
Hospitals: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary
Research and consulting: Ambient Devices, Eduventures, Overdrive Interactive, Public Consulting Group

TIE Student Handbook

The TIE Student Handbook contains essential information about TIE program requirements, plus lots of savvy tips about how to make the most of life at HGSE and in Cambridge. “The Official Stuff” chapter is essential reading for prospective students considering graduate study in TIE.

View the entire TIE Student Handbook 2011-12 in a single downloadable pdf file (176KB pdf)

The Handbook is conveniently organized into seven chapters:

The Official Stuff
Getting Started
Selecting Courses
TIE Internships and Independent Study
Technology at HGSE
HGSE Resources
Life Inside and Outside Harvard

Foundations

Foundations is a unique feature of the TIE curriculum. During the summer before entering HGSE, TIE students receive videos and readings that introduce key ideas in learning theory, community building, and educational technology. Then they participate in a series of Web discussions and other online activities. The Foundations program jump starts students' learning experience, while giving them a chance to get know one another before arriving in Cambridge.

Cross-Registration

Many HGSE students choose to take courses at other Harvard graduate schools (aka, cross-registering), including the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). For more information about cross-registering at other Harvard schools, please visit the Cross Registration website.