This Spotlight Issue of TechTrends focuses on the courses/programs currently
offered in the nationally ranked Educational Psychology and Educational
Technology (EPET) program at Michigan State. Over the years the faculty
at Michigan State University have developed an innovative, forward-looking
program to develop the next generation of educational technology leaders as
practitioners and researchers. The EPET program offers undergraduate courses
for pre-service teachers, a Master’s degree for practicing teachers, as well as a
Doctoral degree for those seeking to enter academia or research-based practice.
These courses and programs are deeply grounded in the TPACK framework
(AACTE, 2008; Mishra & Koehler, 2006), with the expectation that graduates
will develop and demonstrate knowledge that is meaningful, complex, fluid
and flexible. The key themes that cut across the chapters in this issue and the
program are: learning by design, multiple levels of conceptual integration across
multiple modes of delivery, innovative uses of technology, and scholarship for continual