Ed.D. Distance Education Cognate
- Roxie Godfrey, Ed.D.
2009 Virginia FCS
Teacher of the Year
Regent Graduate, 2005
"A Regent education will
open doors for you.
It certainly has for me."
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The Ed.D. is delivered primarily online (along with one-week summer residencies) and is designed to facilitate the learning styles of adults and provide a collaborative community for higher-level thinking and problem solving. The problem-based curriculum, applied dissertation projects, and individually designed cognates allow for a tailor-made program. Undergirding the entire program is critical thinking, scholarly research, writing, and learning from a Christian worldview. The capstone project, as with any doctoral program, is the submission and defense of a doctoral dissertation.
Summer 2012 Cohort: The traditional Ed.D. cohort will begin in mid-June and a one-week residency will be held July 9-13, 2012 at our Virginia Beach Campus. |
- Courses: View Course Sequence and Descriptions
- Length: 60 credit hours. May be completed in as little as 3 years.
- Format: Offered in a cohort model beginning with an online class in the month of June and a one-week residency in the month of July. Subsequent courses are offered online with additional one-week residencies during the second and third summers of the program. School division cohorts are also offered in varying formats.
- Results: Doctor of Education degree. The Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) is awarded after completion of 30 credit hours. The Doctor of Education degree is awarded after completion of 60 credit hours.
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- Features: Online coursework, cognate and dissertation advisor, on-campus residencies.
Cognate Description:
The Distance Education cognate is designed for K-12, higher education and corporate educators involved in distance and online education. It builds upon the principles of curriculum, instruction, assessment and evaluation provided in the core courses by applying these principles to a distance education setting with emphasis on program development and management of online learning. This cognate considers research and effective practices along a continuum of distance education delivery models and learning technologies to prepare a student for leadership in the field. The research done by students is usually applied research, that is, searching for solutions to distance education problems or seeking ways to deliver new research-based educational concepts or services to individuals, organizations, families or groups at a distance. Read dissertation abstracts of students in the Distance Education cognate.
Hot Academic Jobs of the Future Ph.D.'s and Ed.D.'s are in high demand, and will be for some time." - Mark David Milliron Read more>> |
Ed.D. graduates will be able to:
- Identify, respond to, and lead in important local, national, and global educational issues in a Christ-like manner from informed biblical perspectives.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how key theories inform planning, administration, policy, and professional practice.
- Evaluate educational research from theoretical and methodological perspectives in order to determine its contribution to policy and professional practice.
- Solve problems associated with planning, administration, policy, and professional practice by
- analyzing data;
- synthesizing information; and
- applying critical thinking
- Provide intellectual leadership in producing and communicating action research to significantly impact respective professional spheres of education
- Demonstrate integrity, fairness, and ethical behavior in a Christ-like manner in planning, administration, policy development, problem solving, and professional practice.
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