Master’s Degree in
Technological and Pedagogical Innovations in Emerging Digital Contexts

Graduates of the Master's Degree in Technological and Pedagogical Innovations in Emerging Digital Contexts will be prepared to perform in various roles within the educational and technological fields.

• Designer of digital learning environments: You will be able to create and implement innovative digital learning environments, using advanced technological and pedagogical tools.
• Technology integration specialist: You will be able to advise educational institutions in the adoption and effective use of emerging educational technologies, providing training and support to teachers and students.
• Educational technology researcher: You will be able to conduct research in the field of technological and pedagogical innovations, exploring new ways to improve teaching and learning through the use of technology in digital contexts.
• Educational consultant: You will be able to work independently or for companies specialized in educational consulting, advising educational institutions on digital transformation strategies and design of training programs in educational technology.
• Coordinator of digital educational projects: You will have the ability to lead educational technology implementation projects, supervising the integration of digital tools in the curriculum and ensuring their proper use in the educational context.

All applicants must submit the following documentation duly scanned from the original and sent to the promoter to be uploaded to the respective platform:

• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent. 

• Bachelor's degree credits or grades or their equivalent. 
• Academic index of 1.5 required to enter the program.

Of Being a foreigner, the aforementioned documents must be apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of their respective country. In the event that the country does not have a consulate, it must be processed before the official authorities that validate it.

• Identity document (passport in case of foreigners residing in Panama).
• A current passport-size photo. 
• Fill out the admission form in electronic format with the promoter. 

Note: Students enrolled in virtual modality whose nationality is different from Panamanian, must present a copy of their personal identity document from the country of origin. 

In case of being a foreign student these documents must be provided with an apostille stamp or legalization through diplomatic channels and its translation in Spanish.

The permanence in the University will depend on the student's motivation, capacity and vision to obtain the chosen degree. 

Given the profile of the curricular educational model "CYBERHUMANIST" of the university, the student must: 

• Study in teams and individually.
• Develop research skills based on discovery learning.
• Deepen in the disciplinary knowledge that is of interest to them. 
• Respect and comply with the regulations established by the statutes that regulate the relationship between the University and the students.
• Be up to date with their monthly payments.
• Attend at least 80% of the meetings in the semi face-to-face modality.
• For studies under the virtual modality, attendance is regulated by constant interaction in all activities planned on the platform, including synchronous and asynchronous meetings, as well as the development of the student's autonomous work.
• In case of prolonged absence, the student must present a justified argumentation. 
• All students of the Specialization programs must have basic computer skills.

• Maintain a minimum cumulative index of 2 on a scale of 1 to 3.
• Pass each subject with a minimum grade of 81 on a scale of 1 to 100 which is equivalent to B.

The Master's Degree in Technological and Pedagogical Innovations in Emerging Digital Contexts is an Academic Master's Degree since it culminates with a research project. The student who enters the program cannot exceed 4 years of permanence in it.

In order to obtain the Master's Degree it is required:

• Maintain a cumulative academic index of not less than two (2.00) on a scale of three (3.00).
• Take a certification exam of a second language recognized by UNESCO, in accordance with internal regulations.
• Complete and pass all the subjects of the curriculum with a minimum grade of 81 points equivalent to a B. 
• Prepare, support and approve the Final Research and Application Project: Within the framework of the Master's Degree, participants must complete a Final Application and Intervention Project in order to put into practice the learning achieved throughout the Master's Degree in Technological Innovations and Pedagogical in Emerging Digital Contexts. The student will develop a research project and professional application through the diagnosis of the local, regional or national context. To do this, it will start from the project proposal developed in the Research Methodology course, in order to develop a project to solve a specific problem through the use of technological innovations and emerging digital resources.  

It may also evaluate additional literature, install equipment, platforms and tools, conduct tests, surveys and other inquiry activities that facilitate the diagnosis of situations specific to Technological Innovations and Emerging Digital Contexts.

 The objective is to develop the research and application project proposal. The student will have a tutor who will support and guide him/her during the development of his/her project. During the four-month period, the student will carry out the designs, implementations, experimentations, measurements and fine-tuning of the products defined in the formulation of the intervention project. 

In this final Research and Application Project, students pose an academic, social, or political problem that can be solved through the use of technological innovations and emerging digital resources. This problem is justified, supported, determined by the context of application, the theoretical framework, the prospective, general and specific objectives, the expected results, the way in which the proposal will be administered. Likewise, detail the project evaluation methodology with the corresponding indicators. All this with the list of bibliography. The development of this project focuses on know-how, on learning by doing, on learning by learning, since they must apply what they have worked on in the different subjects of the Master's Degree in Technological and Pedagogical Innovations in Emerging Digital Contexts. Namely:

• Retake, review and update the Project presented at the end of the Research Methodology subject.
• Define the link between the proposed solution to the problem and the theoretical framework from which it will be developed. For this, they will resume conceptualizations of the different subjects studied: Digital ecosystems in learning environments; Critical and creative digital citizenship; hybrid realities; Pedagogical innovations in digital contexts; Disruptive education and gamer culture; Artificial Intelligence and Education; Big Data and Education.
• They will determine and justify the technological structure that they will use for the implementation of the project. 
• Apply what has been worked on in the Digital Narratives Workshop, Technological Tools for Education; Computational Thinking, Robotics applied to educational contexts, Hybrid Realities, for the development of resources that will serve to respond to the problem posed. 
• Select and design innovative and digital resources that facilitate the solution to the problem posed (all the subjects of the master's degree).
• Integrate resources and tools that, without being pedagogical, enhance and expand the possibilities of a technological structure, turning it into a bridge that allows the generation of a Personal Learning Environment, PLE, interacting within larger networks (Hybrid Realities, new challenges to navigate complexity, Digital Ecosystems in learning environments, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Robotics applied to education, Disruptive Education and gamer culture, Computational Thinking in Education).
• Design the technological structure integrating everything developed and selected, taking into account the problem posed and the framework developed.
• Link the technological structure with external tools that are pertinent to the theme and the problem to be solved (Subjects Workshop on the Production of Digital Narratives based on 2.0 resources, Big Data in Education, Hybrid Realities, Disruptive Education and gamer culture, Technological tools for The education).

The final results will be presented by the student to a jury of specialists during the grade exam. The grade exam will consist of supporting the final research and application project and the oral evaluation by questioning the student about aspects of their project. For this, the video conference system will be used.

• Be in good standing with the institution (financial, academic, and library).

• You will learn research techniques for application in virtual environments.
• You will master the theories and models of technological and pedagogical innovations in emerging digital contexts.
• It will distinguish the emerging digital contexts.
• You will know the correct, pertinent and necessary data and information for the design of educational policy programs alluding to innovation and the use of digital contexts.
• They will have the knowledge for the formation, training and improvement of the person as a human resource, with the perspective of permanent education to participate effectively in social, economic, political and cultural development.
• They will know and apply educational and communication technologies for university teaching and learning processes.
• They will have mastery over the processes and procedures to plan, schedule and evaluate the learning process.
• You will obtain the knowledge for the design and production of educational material for diversified uses.

• You will have mastery over the production of didactic material for the subjects of your specialty, in collaboration with graphic designers and programmers.
• You will obtain the knowledge to solve problems in your local, regional or national context through technological and digital resources.
• You will obtain the knowledge to express yourself appropriately both orally and in writing in the field of the specialty of technological innovations and digital contexts.

Doing

• It will develop disciplinary and interdisciplinary research activities with an emphasis on technological and pedagogical innovations in emerging digital contexts.
• Will present oral and written reports in the field of Specialization in Technological and Pedagogical Innovations in Emerging Digital Contexts.
• You will use theories and models to explain educational processes in the new contexts mediated by technology.
• It will make use of the pertinent data for the research, design, implementation and evaluation of planning programs and educational policies. 
• It will prepare the team of specialists who contribute to the study of the potential of technological innovations in digital contexts.
• Will apply processes and procedures to plan, schedule, and evaluate the learning process
• Research and implement new technological trends applied to education in emerging digital contexts
• It will carry out the integration of technical knowledge for planning and curricular adaptation in technological and pedagogical innovation in emerging digital contexts.
• You will carry out actions to solve problems in your local, regional or national context through the use of technological innovation.
• They will plan proposals for the use of innovative technologies in the social context in which they carry out their work. 
• You will participate in multidisciplinary teams for the design, planning and management of projects aimed at solving problems through technological and digital innovations. 

Being:

• Being a professional in the field of analysis, management and design of educational policies in technological and pedagogical innovations for the higher education level, in public and private educational institutions, as well as state or private agencies.
• It will be an agile planner of proposals for the use of innovative technologies in the social context in which it develops its task. 
• Being able to carry out policy research in local and national specialized centers, in which you will be able to undertake and solve problems of higher level educational policies. 
• Understands that the exercise of university teaching is a process that must be constantly renewed in the face of technological and pedagogical challenges.

Living:

• They will critically analyze situations and propose viable solutions with objectivity and realism.
• It will elaborate a global and comprehensive vision of the complex socio-labour relations that arise in the different ways of taking advantage of digital and technological resources. 
• You will possess ethics in personal and professional life. 
• It will perfect the theoretical bases of the specialty and guide it in the best possible direction.

Undertaking

• Create a work environment with people concerned with honesty and transparency.
• Possess initiative and planning skills
• It presents proposals for optimization in the different teaching modalities through digital and technological resources.
• It generates analysis and optimization models in the design of proposals, the production of materials and other resources necessary for this methodology.
• Ability to generate new companies with the knowledge acquired.
• Considers the possibility of applying his or her knowledge to undertake activities on his or her own.
• Inquires about the conditions of their field of work that imply opportunities for entrepreneurship.
• Demonstrates critical thinking about the potential of their knowledge.
• Maintains a positive attitude in the face of changing scenarios.