Educational Technology Department at NJCU

Kudos to the MA and Ed.D. graduates who were honored at our 2026 Educational Technology Department's Cording and Hooding Ceremony.

Check out our 2025 Year in Review

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https://archive.org/details/year-in-review-2025

Proud of the outstanding work presented by our MA in Educational Technology students at our Educational Technology Symposium at New Jersey City University. Students explored topics including parent-teacher communication after COVID, literacy makerspaces for young learners, assistive technology in inclusion classrooms, immersive multimedia storytelling, computer-adaptive testing, and industry certification pathways in CAD education.

What made this symposium especially exciting was the range of project formats. While our research course has traditionally focused on formal research studies, students can now also complete field-based professional projects such as implementation manuals, instructional websites, and professional development series. At the Educational Technology Department we’re proudly setting standards with innovation and service—creatively investigating and developing long-term solutions.

Check out the video of the event.

MA in Educational Technology Research Seminar, May 2026 Overview of the research and projects of the MA students in the Educational Technology MA Program

Congratulations to Cheryl Rabinowitz (Cohort 13), on her new role as Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology, starting July 1st, 2026, in the Hudson City School District, Hudson, New York!

Congratulations to Cohort 11 member, Dr. Patricia Dennis on being awarded as a Fulbright Scholar! She will be doing her Fulbright experience to develop and support libraries and librarians in undeserved communities and working with librarians in Victoria, South Africa!

Last week’s induction ceremony welcomed many new members including some familiar faces from the Doctoral Program. Congratulations on this achievement! Special thanks to our guest speaker, Cohort 7 alumna, Dr. Qunita Breckley, Ed.D. (Whitely) for sharing her words of inspiration with everyone that evening!

Join us for our MA Research Showcase. Tuesday May 12, 6-7pm. Register at https://tinyurl.com/MAResearch2026

Faculty from the Educational Technology Department at NJCU were proud to present their latest research, The Future Can’t Wait: Faculty Research Transforming Education, at the NJCU Research Forum during Research Days 2026 at Kean University.

Day two of Research Days highlighted an incredible range of scholarship, from the creative and visual arts to thought-provoking insights from the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research, along with dynamic college research showcases. We were honored to contribute to such an inspiring and forward-thinking academic community.

Our presentation featured four active faculty research studies focused on how technologies, including AI, are shaping the future of education. The work reflects our department’s commitment to innovation, collaboration, and real-world impact.

Watch our full presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgwQ0TuIDA

Congratulions to Irma Noel for recieving the NJCU Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe Distingished Alumni Award for living the NJCU mission -- enter to learn, exit to serve. Irma is dedicated and creative English teacher at County Prep HS in Jersey City and a graduate student in the MA in Educational Technology at NJCU.