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Online Masters Degree where can I get a good one?
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Patrick Hanley



Joined: 24 Oct 2009

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:43 pm    Post subject: Online Masters Degree where can I get a good one? Reply with quote

Hi am wondering if anyone could suggest an on-line Masters degree in Education, TEFL Masters would be good.
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Swampfox10mm



Joined: 24 Mar 2011

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i can ask my coworker. Maybe his is Upenn or Penn State?
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The Grumpy Senator



Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Up and down the 6 line

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just finished mine through the University of Missouri. Reasonably priced, on-line support was top-notch. Director of the program is moving on, but most of the professors will still be there. I would highly recommend the program.

http://mudirect.missouri.edu/degprog/ed-TESOL/_courses.shtm
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Swampfox10mm wrote:
i can ask my coworker. Maybe his is Upenn or Penn State?


Can't really see an Ivy granting an online masters...
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 2:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are lots of decent MATESOL/applied linguistics/M.Ed programs out there.

It really depends on where you are from unless you are American (then everyone, including US universities) will charge you through the nose).

The rates for a decent MA program (distance) are usually different depending on where you are considered to be resident (non-resident students pay significantly more in most places).]

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Swampfox10mm



Joined: 24 Mar 2011

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remembered his online TESOL (or Education?) program. It was UMass.




Here's Penn State, but not MATESOL from what I can see:

http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees.shtml


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Carbon



Joined: 28 Jan 2011

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Prediction:

"Online MAs are crap"

"No dissertation? Its crap"

I suggest using the search function; there was a thread which asked the same question not long ago, complete with all of the requisite insecurity, flag-waving, belittling and posturing.
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Swampfox10mm



Joined: 24 Mar 2011

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Carbon wrote:
Prediction:

"Online MAs are crap"

"No dissertation? Its crap"

I suggest using the search function; there was a thread which asked the same question not long ago, complete with all of the requisite insecurity, flag-waving, belittling and posturing.


Online degrees are certainly accepted by my university.

There is a very vocal minority of people who are very upset about the online thing and how it has given many more the opportunity to receive a degree equivalent to theirs in the job market. They like to throw out generalities about what they think schools will accept and what they won't, but the fact is that Korea has been immersed in online education for nearly a decade at all levels. Some foreigners at some of Korea's best universities try to get onto hiring committees and lampoon certain candidates who apply at their schools (as I've heard from more than one source). It's all very petty and selfish.

The next step these people take is to attempt to rank MA's based on criteria they pull out of their ass, showing a total lack of understanding of how education has changed since they did their degree (back when everything was books and research combined into a paper few ever read, care to read, or would find remotely useful to the educational community).

This is how some snide folks with MA's (most of whom have never actually published) deal with the ever-encroaching fact that Korean schools are more interested in hiring the younger, more attractive MA holders who can relate to and capture student interest more readily. This, and the fact that Ph.D's are being hired for their positions. These MA's are becoming overpaid dinosaurs who can't hold their own in a fight with the incoming Ph.D's, so they do their best to belittle the online MA's as crap while they secretly sweat over every contract renewal, praying that they won't get axed.

Sad fact is, these individuals are slowly but surely finding themselves pushed into unigowns or removing themselves from the university market entirely when they won't accept a job outside of their favorite area, or for less money than what they used to have.

There is a lot of bitterness out there.


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Koharski
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PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 3:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This will not turn into ANOTHER debate on the quality of an on-line degree. This thread will be monitored closely and those that decide to pursue this off-topic discussion will find their posting ability disappear.

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HapKi



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PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea, it's funny how the same couple of people can derail a thread right quick.

University of Birmingham, UK
http://www.cels.bham.ac.uk/programmes/distance/tefltesl.shtml

Feel free to ask me questions here, or PM me.
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jackson7



Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: Kim Jong Il's Future Fireball

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Birmingham's program is world-class, as is their linguistics department. Several of my colleagues have done or are doing their program, and report that it is much more research-based than others, which may be an advantage if you're thinking of going on to do your doctorate in the future.

I did my master's through Shenandoah University's MSEd-TESOL program, and loved the blend of taught and research components. It fit my learning style, while still allowing me enough opportunities to perform research to get published and get into the doctoral program in which I'm now a candidate.

Do your research on both google and this site and you should be able to find a quality program for around 12K USD. There are quality opportunities in TESOL as well as Translation Studies (Birmingham), Literary Linguistics (Nottingham), and others. So much learning, so little time! Smile Get started ASAP!

http://www.su.edu/education/5CEB469589CF488781970E4AAE0E4950.asp

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Carbon



Joined: 28 Jan 2011

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DISTANCE TEFL / TESOL & POST-GRADUATE STUDIES


http://www.matesol.info/ (a Free Guide to Graduate & MA TESOL Programs)

http://www.actdec.org.uk/ (Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Courses)

http://www.qca.org.uk/index.html (QCA / Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)

http://www.accet.org/index2.cfm (ACCET / Accreditation Council for Continuing Ed)

http://www.degreeinfo.com/index.html (DegreeInfo.com / Distance Learning Forum)

http://www.eslcafe.com/discussion/dz1/ (Dave's ESL Cafe / Teacher Training Forum)

http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/tle/Tesol/ (University of Tasmania / MEd TESOL)

http://www.une.edu.au/arts/LCL/index.shtml (UNE / Online MA in Applied Linguistics)

http://www.anaheim.edu/edu/index.shtml (Anaheim University / Online MS in TESOL)

http://www.aston.ac.uk/lss/english/index.jsp (Aston U / Distance TESOL & MSc TESOL)

http://www.thedistancedelta.com/index.cfm (British Council & IH / The Distance DELTA)

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/languagestudies/ (University of Dundee / Online MA in TMLA)

http://www.bridgelinguatec.com/ (Bridge-Linguatec / CELTA, TEFL & Online certification)

http://www.smuc.ac.uk/lttu/actdec/index.html (St. Mary's College / Distance Dip. TESOL)

http://www.schooloftesl.com/ (School of TESL & Seattle Univ / Online TESOL certification)

http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/ed/tesol/ (Sheffield Hallam University / MA & PgDip TESOL)

http://www.intesolprague-teflcourses.com/index.htm (INTESOL Prague / Online & Hybrid)

http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/opacsprog.html (USQ / MA TESOL & Appl. Ling)

http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/support/distance.htm (Macquarie U. / MA in Applied Linguistics)

http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/index.html (University of London / Distance MA in TESOL)

http://www.tesoltraining.co.uk/diploma.html (SGI / Online Trinity College Diploma in TESOL)

http://maxkade.miis.edu/call_online/index.html (Monterey Institute / Online CALL certificate)

http://www.teachenglish.co.uk/ (London Teacher Training College / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.open.ac.uk/ (The Open University UK / offers BA, MA, Certificate & PGCE Studies)

http://study.massey.ac.nz/ (Massey U - New Zealand / a variety of Distance TESOL Degrees)

http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/index.shtml (Penn State World Campus / Online MEd)

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ALRG/ (University of Surrey / MA in TESOL & MSc in ELT Management)

http://www.transworldschools.com/home.htm (TransWorld / Online CTESOL Cert & practicum)

http://www.englishtc.co.uk/ (The English Training Centre / 3 levels of Online TESOL certificate)

http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/pg/edu/gcteso/ (Charles Sturt U - Australia / Grad Cert TESOL)

http://www.americanbritish.com/ (American British Teaching Group / Distance TEFL certification)

http://www.intesolinternational.com/ (INTESOL / Online TESOL & Diploma in TESOL certification)

http://www.indiana.edu/~disted/index.html (Indiana U of Bloomington / Online MA & Certificate)

http://www.drexel.com/ (Drexel University / Online post-grad teaching degrees & TESL certificate)

http://www.le.ac.uk/se/courses/tesol_home.html (U of Leicester / MA & PhD in Linguistics & TESOL)

http://www.education.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduatestudents/ (U of Manchester / MEd & MA TESOL)

http://www.uts.edu.au/study/courses.html (Univ of Technology Sydney / Distance MA in Appl. Ling)

http://www.ef-tefl-training.com/teacherinfo/training/online/default.asp (EF Diploma in TEFL / new)

http://www.cels.bham.ac.uk/prospectus/ODL/odlteflinfo.htm (University of Birmingham / MA TEFL)

http://www.su.edu/sas/tesol/ (Shenandoah University / Distance TESOL & MA TESOL programs)

http://www.cie.ca./otherpro.htm (Canadian Institute of English / Distance BEd & MEd in TESOL)

http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/index.htm (Lancaster University / Online MA in ELT)

http://www.tesol-education.com/ (Harrow Institute of Linguistics / Online TESOL certification)

http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/cl/slals/pgcourse.htm (The University of Reading / MA in ELT)

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/ (University of Wales Bangor / MA & PhD in Linguistics)

http://www.swan.ac.uk/cals/ (University of Wales Swansea / Online BA, MA & PhD in TEFL)

http://www.english-international.com/ (English International / Distance TEFL certification)

http://www.thekennedyacademy.com/ (The Kennedy Academy / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.bostontefl.com/index.htm (Worldwide Teachers / Online CTEFL & Cert TBE)

http://www.globaledcorp.com/index.html (GEC / hybrid TEFL & teach abroad programs)

http://www.innovative-english.com/ (Teachers Latin America / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.americantesol.com/ (American TESOL Institute / Online TESOL certification)

http://www.lambert.edu/eli/eli_e.html (Lambert University / Online TESOL certification)

http://distance.wsu.edu/degrees/ESLDistance.asp (WSU / Distance ESL Endorsement)

http://www.netlanguages.com/ (Net Languages - Barcelona / Online ELT certification)

http://unitedtesol.com/english/default.asp (United TESOL / hybrid TESOL certification)

http://www.traininglinkonline.co.uk/ (Training Link Online - Online TESOL certification)

http://www.global-english.com/ (Global English / distance learning TEFL certification)

http://www.uclaextension.edu/ (UCLA Extension / offers a variety of online courses)

http://teacher-training.net/english/Default.asp (ICAL Online TESL/TEFL certification)

http://www.worldportesl.com/index.htm (Worldport ESL / Online TESL certification)

http://www.olionline.com/ (Open Learning International / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.teflcenter.com/ (The TEFL Center / 120 hour Online TEFL certification)

http://www.onlinetefl.com/ (i-to-i Online TEFL / 'The Original Online TEFL Course')

http://www.onlinelearning.net/ (OnlineLearning.net / 'teacher education online')

http://www.excelsior.edu/ (Excelsior College / Distance BA or MA in Liberal Arts)

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/ltc/efl/ (The University of York / Distance MA in TEYL)

http://www.norwoodenglish.com/ (Norwood English / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.ontesol.com/Welcome.asp (ONTESOL / Online TESOL certification)

http://www.winfieldcollege.com/ (Winfield College / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.teflireland.com/ot.shtml (TEFL Ireland / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.eurolinkcourses.co.uk/ (Eurolink / Distance TESOL certification)

http://www.tefl-uk.com/ (TEFL-UK / 40 & 60 hour Online TEFL certification)

http://globaltesol.com/ (Global TESOL College / Online TESOL certification)

http://www.canadian-englishcenter.com/ (CEC / Online TEFL certification)

http://www.tefl-prague.com/teflonline_public.htm (Tefl Online Prague)

http://www.teachercertificate.com/ (CETC / Online TEFL certification)

http://teflpro.com/ (PSL TEFLpro / Distance TEFL certification)
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Swampfox10mm



Joined: 24 Mar 2011

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wasn't this one of the degrees that was reasonable in price?

http://www.su.edu/sas/tesol/ (Shenandoah University / Distance TESOL & MA TESOL programs)
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cert43



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PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2011 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Penn State is Ivy? I really didn't know Shocked
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Hokie21



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PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2011 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cert43 wrote:
Penn State is Ivy? I really didn't know Shocked


He said Penn was Ivy not Penn State.
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