The annual rate of studying abroad exceeds 10%, and the main universities include Columbia University, Indiana University, Manchester University, Bristol University, etc. The rate of postgraduate entrance examination is over 50%, with 80% of them entering 985 universities, such as the University of Hong Kong, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University, etc. Some students also continue to pursue a Master's degree in Educational Technology at Jiangnan University.

As for employment prospects, with the rapid development of online education and educational informaionization industry, there is a high demand for education technology professionals in schools, companies, and training institutions. Graduates from the Educational Technology program have broad employment opportunities and prospects for further studies. They can work in government agencies or companies. Founded in 1995, the Educational Technology program in the School of Humanities at Jiangnan University relies on the advantages of being directly under the Ministry of Education and a key university in the national "211 Project". After more than ten years of construction and development, it was awarded as one of the first batch of national first-class undergraduate programs in 2019. It is a branded program, distinctive program, and key program in Jiangsu Province.

The program has a high-level multidisciplinary faculty team, providing important support for the cultivation of compound talents. There are currently 21 full-time teachers, including 4 professors, 13 associate professors, accounting for 81% of the faculty with senior professional titles. 76% of the teachers have overseas study backgrounds, and 66.7% hold a doctoral degree. Among them, there is 1 deputy director of the Ministry of Education's Education Steering Committee, 1 provincial teaching master, 1 outstanding young philosopher and social scientist in the province, 1 outstanding young talent in Jiangsu Province's Purple Gold Culture Talent Development Project, and 1 provincial double innovation doctor. The disciplinary backgrounds cover computer science and technology, education, design, communication, etc.

The program has a provincial key research base in philosophy and social sciences, providing strong support for the two-way interaction of teaching and research. The "Internet + Education" research base is a key research base in philosophy and social sciences in Jiangsu universities and a key research base in humanities and social sciences at Jiangnan University. It is also an important support base for the cultivation of educational technology professionals.

The program has excellent experimental and practical teaching platforms to provide students with a comprehensive educational environment. It has excellent experimental conditions with laboratory equipment assets exceeding RMB 20 million. There are 17 undergraduate specialized laboratories, including teacher education skills training rooms, artificial intelligence teaching laboratories, educational robot laboratories, etc. At the same time, it has established a national university student cultural quality education base, a national primary and secondary school teacher demonstration training base, and a Jiangsu Province principal and teacher training base. It has also established internship and practical training bases with 46 primary and secondary schools, companies, and educational technology museums. The program has formed a three-level group of high-quality courses at the university, provincial, and national levels, including three national quality courses such as "Educational Technology", three provincial quality courses such as "Multimedia Technology", and five key nurturing courses at the university level such as "Online Course Design and Development".

Training Objectives

This major cultivates high-quality and versatile teacher candidates who are needed in the field of education in the "Internet+" era and the educational informationization industry. They possess good moral character, humanistic literacy, and a broad international perspective. They have a systematic understanding of the basic theories, methods, and technologies of educational technology. They are capable of engaging in the design, development, management, application, and evaluation of information-based instructional design, digital learning resources and environments, and solving practical problems in the field of educational informationization.

Expected development in social and professional fields approximately 5 years after graduation:

（1）Become a good teacher with ideals, morality, solid knowledge, and a compassionate heart.

（2）Possess the core competencies of an information technology backbone teacher and be able to undertake the design, development, and implementation of information technology education courses with outstanding performance.

（3）Be able to grasp the development trends of educational informationization at home and abroad and update teaching concepts, contents, and methods in a timely manner.

（4）Possess the ability to systematically design and evaluate the process of information-based learning and teaching.

（5）Have the ability to design, develop, apply, manage, and evaluate digital teaching resources and environments.

（6）Have the ability to engage in enterprise and educational training, curriculum design, platform development, and learning services.

（7）Possess basic literacy in educational science research and can use information technology to solve practical problems in education and teaching.

（8）Possess the ability to plan, build, manage, and evaluate digital campus systems.

Main Courses

Educational Psychology

Multimedia Technology

Instructional System Design

Interactive Courseware Design

Microvideo Design and Production

Fundamentals of Online Learning

Educational Game Design

Learning Science and Technology

Advanced Programming in High-Level Languages

Data Structures

Digital Textbook Design and Development

Online Course Design and Development

Enterprise Training Course Design and Development

STEM Course Design and Development

Research Methods in Educational Technology

Career Prospects after Graduation

(1) Further Education: In recent years, graduates can also pursue careers in educational technology, digital learning companies, publishing institutions, and other related industries. Possible job roles include online course design and development, enterprise training and consulting, digital publishing, educational software development and programming, product management, primary and secondary school teaching, educational information management, and educational TV program production. For example, this year our graduate, Yi Yuhe, was employed by Alibaba as a product manager.